Dean Club!!!

[Beersurgeon]

May I join you club? Here is my 10 string Edge Hammer. Bought on vacation this fall!

 

[B-Mac]

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May I join you club? Here is my 10 string Edge Hammer. Bought on vacation this fall!

One of my favorite Dean basses. So cool. @NicJimBass here in this club used to have one

 

[B-Mac]

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May I join you club? Here is my 10 string Edge Hammer. Bought on vacation this fall!

Oh, yes! Welcome to Dean Club!!!

 

[B-Mac]

There is an Edge Pro 5 near me that I may see if I can get via a trade; it is a beautiful looking bass.

That said, I stumbled upon a Barchetta (guitar) at a Music Go Round in the Twin Cities a couple of years ago for a stupidly cheap price. It was like new (still had the plastic film on the pickups and cavity covers) and sounded incredible. So I bought it, and just take it out to noodle on it or stare at it. Now where are those pics...

Raz

Any luck on this transaction?

 

[B-Mac]

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May I join you club? Here is my 10 string Edge Hammer. Bought on vacation this fall!

Beersurgeon,

Welcome to Dean Club!!!

You have been officially issued Member Number 163

 

[B-Mac]

Updated member list:

tom once dead #1
Spector Ray #2
Ric5 #3
Mr sprocket #4
BlackLake #5
Kalyptic #6
nutterisgo #7
Basstones #8
Nightsblood #9
bstringrandy #10
scionreality #11
theory028 #12
JMDT #13
toksik johnney #14
Scorsa #15
derrick007 #16
Bass-Waster #17
Ian perge #18
capn cosmos #19
CaptainWampum #20
mrtn400 #21
MetalManZ #22
The modifier #23
mattsbass #24
Gougedeye #25
BlizzardBass #26
Chump stain #27
JoeyZ #28
mr.Zer0 #29
tomswell #30
138BASS #31
DeanT #32
Zuokinis #33
BassShifter21 #34
Knight1292 #35
lowendfriend #36
rhapbus #37
MaidenFreak79 #38
CliffHarrisFan #39
Demonator #40
aallien #41
rictor66 #42
eastcoasteddie #43
davy4575 #44
rtslinger #45
stevoshsb #46
Avalon #47
Jzhobo #48
Chuck King #49
The Bassmonkey #50
countrybass007 #51
Johnston #52
crapusername #53
MetallicaFan18 #54
ScootBass1 #55
39-Bassist #56
Rick4001s #57
Angel.Of.Death #58
CrystalMan85 #59
JimInRadfordVA #60
Canadian_Man_44 #61
poomwah #62
BassPlayer95 #63
XXStatiX #64
ffutterman #65
garp #66
gard0300 #67
NML1986 #68
Freezer #69
zenofchaos #70
chicharra9 #71
lepreconbass13 #72
SteveMcB #73
watspan #74
topcat2069 #75
JasonKain #76
MKoby #77
bassmasta76 #78
redburp #79
jack7jack #80
SkaryKid #81
Higgins666 #82
dougazbass #83
turbo chicken #84
winndaddy #85
Byron 92 #86
DiscoFace #87
dcalde78 #88
Need2KnowBasses #89
evic777 #90
66Atlas #91
BradWorld #92
nomeX #93
Muziekschuur #94
Ash Jazz #95
davidgoldman #96
Oxo #97
jdb72 #98
RoyT #99
fourstringgirl #100
MVACCARO #101
penguineman #102
Pills Are Yummy #103
ProgRocker #104
Liverspot #105
Amara #106
jd56hawk #107
tmdazed #108
Templar #109
errornosignal #110
kodiakblair #111
wild4oldcars #112
dukey donkey #113
gebass6 #114
Rizzorapz #115
pica #116
planetdrumz #117
DeaconBlues #118
spicy734 #119
Fretless370 #120
BamaBird #121
Shannon #122
drittal #123
alottabass #124
SnL #125
Sub-Frequency #126
B-Mac #127
wintremute #128
Tejas Thumper #129
louthedog #130
Draculea #131
MortallyWounded #132
Happy Gilmour #133
CM63 #134
Lizardskyball #135
lz4005 #136
GigantorTX #137
avillani89 #138
Rileygoodenough #139
moonshinegtrs #140
pudge #141
Rocknrollover #142
patrickj #143
Swerve #144
BurnOut #145
Pilgrim #146
2saddleslab #147
mojomike001 #148
Lammchop93 #149
McG #150
JACink #151
BassJuju #152
HeyPauly #153
Meschica7 #154
MrKeef #155
RobinG #156
DJ is a new bass player #157
NicJimBass #158
Farquhar #159
Wicked G #160
armyadarkness #161
dan W #162
Beersurgeon #163
TheBassmaster27 #164
dustklose #165
sdgrfan #166

the harp unstrung #420

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[Razman]

Any luck on this transaction?

No dice - not interested in what I brought to trade. Sad to see it hang on a wall but at $450 I think that's high (too high for me). Right now if I'm going to put $$$ into a bass it's going to be a seven string.

Raz

 

[TheBassmaster27]

I own a Dean, and I really like it, but I think the hardware on this bass is crap. But I liked it too much to trash it, since the neck and pickups were really really good. I put new tuners on it, and I looking into getting some gold saddles and knobs, to try to get that faux Aria Black n' Gold feel. Also, I would like to become part of the Dean club. Even though this bass had issues, I like Dean basses and guitars, and they are one of my favorite brands(except for jackson, but they don't make left handed concert basses. Still holding out for that vintage 80's charvel concert bass.)

 

[dustklose]

I ordered a Dean Exotica Quilted Ash Acoustic bass. Should be in on Thursday or Friday... I bought an older one as I really wanted the Aphex pre. I will get pics up asap!

 

[B-Mac]

No dice - not interested in what I brought to trade. Sad to see it hang on a wall but at $450 I think that's high (too high for me). Right now if I'm going to put $$$ into a bass it's going to be a seven string.

Raz

That is kind of high for a used Edge Pro. There’s a few Euro spec basses on GC used you might want to check out

 

[B-Mac]

I ordered a Dean Exotica Quilted Ash Acoustic bass. Should be in on Thursday or Friday... I bought an older one as I really wanted the Aphex pre. I will get pics up asap!

The Aphex pre-amp is awesome and definitely worth the extra effort to look for.

 

[B-Mac]

I own a Dean, and I really like it, but I think the hardware on this bass is crap. But I liked it too much to trash it, since the neck and pickups were really really good. I put new tuners on it, and I looking into getting some gold saddles and knobs, to try to get that faux Aria Black n' Gold feel. Also, I would like to become part of the Dean club. Even though this bass had issues, I like Dean basses and guitars, and they are one of my favorite brands(except for jackson, but they don't make left handed concert basses. Still holding out for that vintage 80's charvel concert bass.) View attachment 3016219

What exactly is this? Could you provide some extra pics plz

 

[TheBassmaster27]

What exactly is this? Could you provide some extra pics plz

It is a Dean Edge 09. I like it, but some of the parts went bad. I liked gold, so I started to change the hardware. The bass sounded and felt nice stock, but some of the hardware was garbage. This is what it looked like stock....

 

[MrKeef]

It is a Dean Edge 09. I like it, but some of the parts went bad. I liked gold, so I started to change the hardware. The bass sounded and felt nice stock, but some of the hardware was garbage. This is what it looked like stock....View attachment 3016443

So you're saying if I come across an Edge 09 in mint condition for 90$.. Take it? No ifs, ands or buts.

 

[TheBassmaster27]

So you're saying if I come across an Edge 09 in mint condition for 90$.. Take it? No ifs, ands or buts.

If you get to play it first and like it, then sure. If you don't, then do some research. I couldn't find any good demos of the bass before I bought it, but for about $ 179, I figured I could do stuff to it if I didn't like it stock. I had absolutely no problems with the bass's sound or feel, only poor quality hardware. This might be a one time thing though, because I haven't heard of any other instances of this happening. I play mostly metal and rock bass, and use a pick most of the time. It sounds good with a pick, but it sounds good with fingers too, as long as you change the settings on your amp. If I had to go back and buy it again knowing that the tuners would start to give out, I probably would still buy it, because in my opinion, a new set of tuners is cheaper than buying a more expensive bass. Dean has been known for selling good instruments at a low price. So for all intensive purposes, yes, if you can get it for $ 90, take it.

 

[MrKeef]

If you get to play it first and like it, then sure. If you don't, then do some research. I couldn't find any good demos of the bass before I bought it, but for about $ 179, I figured I could do stuff to it if I didn't like it stock. I had absolutely no problems with the bass's sound or feel, only poor quality hardware. This might be a one time thing though, because I haven't heard of any other instances of this happening. I play mostly metal and rock bass, and use a pick most of the time. It sounds good with a pick, but it sounds good with fingers too, as long as you change the settings on your amp. If I had to go back and buy it again knowing that the tuners would start to give out, I probably would still buy it, because in my opinion, a new set of tuners is cheaper than buying a more expensive bass. Dean has been known for selling good instruments at a low price. So for all intensive purposes, yes, if you can get it for $ 90, take it.

Pretty good fit then, I like pick playing and do a lot of thrash/metal.

 

[MrKeef]

I ask because an edge 09 popped up for 90$ in mint condition. I have an Edge 01 from the 90s that I love. Just couldn't find any sound clips of the 09. The few reviews I could find were amateur at best.

 

[TheBassmaster27]

And whenever whoever is in-charge here gets a chance, I really would like to join this club. Deans are great.

 

[B-Mac]

If you get to play it first and like it, then sure. If you don't, then do some research. I couldn't find any good demos of the bass before I bought it, but for about $ 179, I figured I could do stuff to it if I didn't like it stock. I had absolutely no problems with the bass's sound or feel, only poor quality hardware. This might be a one time thing though, because I haven't heard of any other instances of this happening. I play mostly metal and rock bass, and use a pick most of the time. It sounds good with a pick, but it sounds good with fingers too, as long as you change the settings on your amp. If I had to go back and buy it again knowing that the tuners would start to give out, I probably would still buy it, because in my opinion, a new set of tuners is cheaper than buying a more expensive bass. Dean has been known for selling good instruments at a low price. So for all intensive purposes, yes, if you can get it for $ 90, take it.

Dean does change hardware over the years on many of their basses from name brand to no name. However, the Edge 09 being one of their lower line basses probably never had name brand tuners or briges to begin with. There are quite a few Dean aficionados that absolutely love the Custom Zone, which is also a lower line model. Just goes to show that you don’t always have to shell out big $$ to get something that performs well even if you might need to tweak it a bit

 

[B-Mac]

I ask because an edge 09 popped up for 90$ in mint condition. I have an Edge 01 from the 90s that I love. Just couldn't find any sound clips of the 09. The few reviews I could find were amateur at best.

The Edge 09 has one pickup and one volume and one tone control.
The Edge 1 (not 01) generally has two pickups and two volume controls and one tone control. I say generally as the Edge 1 has more recently been available in some pretty cool versions. One with a P/J configuration with volume/volume/tone/tone and another with a single exposed pole humbucker pup with one volume and one tone

The Edge 1 P/J configuration comes in some nice looking wood versions of either satin mahogany or satin natural. Of course that is just my opinion as I am a sucker for wood grain.

The absolute lowest line electric bass from Dean is the Playmate version of the Edge 09 which usually comes in a bass pack like this:

I am not knocking this bass at all. It is amazing that some of their lowest line basses are as good as they are. @McG plays his EABC Playmate at gigs with great results though he also modified it a bit.