The mods have graciously given me another chance and I am forever in their debt.
I am so glad this club kept moving along. Special thanks to @TheBassmaster27 !!!
I’ll be posting some things soon
glad to be back
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I am so glad this club kept moving along. Special thanks to @TheBassmaster27 !!!
I’ll be posting some things soon
glad to be back
Welcome back @B-Mac! Now I don't have to be a run between of information anymore
. I didn't mind though. It was my pleasure to keep the club alive
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Thanks Bassmaster27 for keeping the Dean Club rolling.
While I was away I've been a victim of G.A.S. (aren't we all now and then?) and bought a few basses. Some of which were Deans. I picked up a later Rhapsody Hollow Body Fretless and really like it. I'm more partial to unlined fretless, but I really like how this feels and plays. I've been looking for the fretted version of this same HBF which is really hard to find, but I know they exist from catalogs and a TB member who has one.
So, I came across an early HBF body without the neck and bought it and thought I'd keep my eye open for an inexpensive Rhapsody 1 thinking I could switch the neck from the Rhapsody 1 to the Rhapsody HBF. Just a note here that the Rhap HBF body I bought is the earlier version with the cats eyes F holes. Well, I seem to be having some problems with getting this neck into the neck pocket correctly. I've tightened the neck bolts (screws) as far as they'll go hand tighten and the neck is not in the pocket all the way.
I am thinking maybe because of the difference in version, model year and possibly Korean plant (Un Sung vs World) that maybe this just won't work or that I need to do some sanding or use a power drill to tighten the neck to set firmly into the neck pocket? Maybe @2many can advise or anyone else with experience with something like this? I don't want to force something and then destroy the neck which I can always put back on the Rhapsody 1 bass and play that bass and just wait till I find the right neck for the HBF which might take years. Anybody have some thoughts?
So, I came across an early HBF body without the neck and bought it and thought I'd keep my eye open for an inexpensive Rhapsody 1 thinking I could switch the neck from the Rhapsody 1 to the Rhapsody HBF. Just a note here that the Rhap HBF body I bought is the earlier version with the cats eyes F holes. Well, I seem to be having some problems with getting this neck into the neck pocket correctly. I've tightened the neck bolts (screws) as far as they'll go hand tighten and the neck is not in the pocket all the way.
I am thinking maybe because of the difference in version, model year and possibly Korean plant (Un Sung vs World) that maybe this just won't work or that I need to do some sanding or use a power drill to tighten the neck to set firmly into the neck pocket? Maybe @2many can advise or anyone else with experience with something like this? I don't want to force something and then destroy the neck which I can always put back on the Rhapsody 1 bass and play that bass and just wait till I find the right neck for the HBF which might take years. Anybody have some thoughts?
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If you saw my post about lowering the action on that black rhrapsody that I have a lined fretless neck on... I compared fretted and fretless side by side/end to end. They were identical dimensions. Of course I saved the fretted neck and am using the fretless on there. I don’t know why you’re having a fitment problem, but I will say that...
I had called dean and was in discussion about something when I mentioned fretless for my rhapsody. He said “we have one left”. I bought it. Not a fan of the lined fretless look, but love that set-up. Could be that the hollow body basses are different, or like you say, year/factory.
“Tighten the neck firmly into the neck pocket”...
You mean it is loose or there’s a gap between the body and the board?
I had called dean and was in discussion about something when I mentioned fretless for my rhapsody. He said “we have one left”. I bought it. Not a fan of the lined fretless look, but love that set-up. Could be that the hollow body basses are different, or like you say, year/factory.
“Tighten the neck firmly into the neck pocket”...
You mean it is loose or there’s a gap between the body and the board?
The pictures in my post are of an HBF which is a later version with tradition F holes and the pup closer to the neck and fretless
I left that as is
The black bass is a Rhapsody 1
One pup and passive with only volume and tone and a fretted neck with abalone dots and a regular ‘normal’ style bridge
The last two pics are of the HBF that is the earlier first version with the cat eye style F holes and pup close to the bridge. I took the neck off of the black Rhapsody 1 and put it on the early HBF
Just a note that the Rhapsody 1 also came out early but not as early as the HBF with cat eye F holes.
Your black Rhapsody is a Rhapsody 4Q with a fretless neck from an HBF. They only made the Rhapsody Fretless with the Hollow Bodies. They also made fretted versions of the Hollow Bodied basses.
Unlike the Rhapsody 4 which doesn’t have a quilt top and is passive. The Q4 has EMG HZ pups and the 4 has DMT pups
There is also the Rhapsody BB4 which was also active with EMG HZ pups and a Bubinga top.
The Rhapsody 4 which neither of us appear to have which is passive with two pups no quilt top and V/V/T controls and EMG HZ pups even though the catalog says DMT pups it is pictured with EMG HZ pups.
Rhapsody Catalog pages reference
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NBD! EMG GZR loaded Dean for !
I got this Dean last month at Sam Ash. It came loaded with EMG GZRs, but also included the original pick ups and preamp. It's a great bass. I can't believe they had it priced for $50!
I got this Dean last month at Sam Ash. It came loaded with EMG GZRs, but also included the original pick ups and preamp. It's a great bass. I can't believe they had it priced for $50!
Which Dean acoustic electric is that next to it with all the stickers? There’s no dot markers so I’m guessing it’s the EAB lined fretless?
