Dean Club!!!

[Leftka]

so I guess i'm a sucker for these dean AEBs. saw this on reverb for a while...the one with the barkus berry pick up.. lol. anyway, I got the seller to record it...it sounded ok. so I took a flyer on it cheap. dressed frets, truss rod adjusted, thorough clean up and some new strings and she is ready to go out Wednesday night to gig!

 

[Bass V]

Or should I say.... e noho maluhia

and we can say Aloha Hurricane Lane, but now the search for any tape may need Sherlock Holmes...

 

[B-Mac]

and we can say Aloha Hurricane Lane, but now the search for any tape may need Sherlock Holmes...
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What a picture!

 

[B-Mac]

so I guess i'm a sucker for these dean AEBs. saw this on reverb for a while...the one with the barkus berry pick up.. lol. anyway, I got the seller to record it...it sounded ok. so I took a flyer on it cheap. dressed frets, truss rod adjusted, thorough clean up and some new strings and she is ready to go out Wednesday night to gig!

@McG gigs with one as well!

@GretschWretch is also a fan of the Dean EAB bass. He has a wealth of knowledge on ABG basses

 

[B-Mac]

I am still kind-of sort of in the market for Dean Rhapsody 4 and 5 string basses. Very difficult to find used out there. Always sold before I see their ads online.

Besides your quest for a Rhapsody, are you currently the owner of a Dean bass?

 

[B-Mac]

me and Dean AEB fretless...

Just want to say that you're a true inspiration...Playing the way you do. If I'm ever in your area of Florida I'll definitely have to come see and hear you play!

 

[B-Mac]

me and Dean AEB fretless...

Leftka,

Welcome to Dean Club!!!

You have been officially issued Member Number 172

 

[B-Mac]

Here's me with my Exotica. Replaced the strings with tape wounds and tuners with gold Hipshot Ultralites. Love the tone and growl this acoustic beauty produces!View attachment 3126987

MrBassman17,

Welcome to Dean Club!!!

You have been officially issued Member Number 173​

 

[B-Mac]

Here's me with my Exotica. Replaced the strings with tape wounds and tuners with gold Hipshot Ultralites. Love the tone and growl this acoustic beauty produces!View attachment 3126987

The following members also have Exotica Quilt Ash ABGs:

@dustklose

@armyadarkness

@jd56hawk

@Tejas Thumper

@wintremute

wintremute put pressure wounds on his.
I put ground wounds on mine.
Not sure what anybody else has done concerning strings.

 

[B-Mac]

Never cared for cherry burst tbh.

What I am digging is the blue curly maple tops on the exotica line. One of those will be my next acquisition.

Did you ever acquire one of these?

 

[armyadarkness]

The following members also have Exotica Quilt Ash ABGs:

@dustklose

@armyadarkness

@jd56hawk

@Tejas Thumper

@wintremute

wintremute put pressure wounds on his.
I put ground wounds on mine.
Not sure what anybody else has done concerning strings.

Just using phosphor bronze and I love em! I clean them religiously too

 

[B-Mac]

Just using phosphor bronze and I love em! I clean them religiously too
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Cool picture by the way.....

 

[B-Mac]

The Galvestons were made in two runs. The MkI version is the brown one pictured first, and then the MkII version afterward, pictured second. I have a MKII just like the one pictured, color and all. I also have a Carlo Robelli model that is identical to the Galveston. Yes, they were made in the same Korean factory as the Deans, and other than body shape they are essentially the same instrument.

This?

I also noticed they have a silver sparkle octave 8 string that I am guessing is also made at the same Korean Factory...Unsung Musical Instruments (Silver Star)?

 

[armyadarkness]

Cool picture by the way.....

Thanks bro... Lol. I usually do full on photo shoots of my basses, but that one was just an off the cuff random for the coffee club... Such an unlikely candidate being that it's a partial, but it's on of my fav pics.

I couldn't have planned it. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who digs it!

 

[armyadarkness]

This?

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I also noticed they have a silver sparkle octave 8 string that I am guessing is also made at the same Korean Factory...Unsung Musical Instruments (Silver Star)?
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Okay give me all of the details on this stuff! I'm a huge 12 string fan and I've been having trouble finding one that I want... I LOVE DEAN, but not so much into the Rapshody. Who makes these? I like that last red one a lot. What is it, and whos is it?

I did find a guy on here named cataldi that makes them too, but I'm trying to find all of the production models and can't find any at all.

 

[B-Mac]

Thanks bro... Lol. I usually do full on photo shoots of my basses, but that one was just an off the cuff random for the coffee club... Such an unlikely candidate being that it's a partial, but it's on of my fav pics.

I couldn't have planned it. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who digs it!

The 'artsy' bass pic!

 

[B-Mac]

Okay give me all of the details on this stuff! I'm a huge 12 string fan and I've been having trouble finding one that I want... I LOVE DEAN, but not so much into the Rapshody. Who makes these? I like that last red one a lot. What is it, and whos is it?

I did find a guy on here named cataldi that makes them too, but I'm trying to find all of the production models and can't find any at all.

Carlo Robelli

 

[armyadarkness]

Carlo Robelli

I seem to recall you having one of his and raving about it... Am I right? Someone on TB was/ did/ does.

 

[armyadarkness]

I seem to recall you having one of his and raving about it... Am I right? Someone on TB was/ did/ does.

Never mind... That was cataldo

 

[B-Mac]

Okay give me all of the details on this stuff! I'm a huge 12 string fan and I've been having trouble finding one that I want... I LOVE DEAN, but not so much into the Rapshody. Who makes these? I like that last red one a lot. What is it, and whos is it?

I did find a guy on here named cataldi that makes them too, but I'm trying to find all of the production models and can't find any at all.

That was:
@wkargel

Galveston
Carlo Robelli

Plus there is also Rogue, but I've only seen their octave 8 string, not a 12 string.