I didn't have GAS at all. I did it just because the price was right and I really love this bass.
I picked up a 2nd Dean Sledgehammer 5 from a local Brooklyn Music Shop.
$412 with NY sales tax
Brand new
Slightly better condition than the first one I got, as far as dents & things that may accumulate from being handled in a store for 2 years.
I got this one because i absolutely LOVE the way this bass looks, feels and sounds. They've been discontinued so they're getting sort of rare as brand new basses (Sam Ash still has a few), especially at this price!!! (Sam Ash wants $599).
Another factor that promted me to buy it is the grain pattern. The one I got originally has a 3-piece body, and the pieces are sort of mis-matched...like they had 2 pieces that matched and stuck a non-matching piece in the middle. But I didn't care too much because I was to get a neck pickup installed in it anyway..it'll cover some of that up.
This new one has a 2-piece body with a really sweet "bookmatch" to the grain, perfect symmetry down the middle. I needed to have this bass. If it was full price, I probably would have passed on it.
And I didn't spend any of my payckeck money on it either. I was able to collect and sell a bunch of things to fund it plus some left-over $$.
Funny, though, I installed a Bart preamp into the first one I got, and I compared the tone of each bass back to back. I think I'm going to put the oroginal pre back in because the Bart doesn't have as much attack and "ballsyness" to it. The bart is a bit warmer, and that "ballsyness" is one thing I always loved in this bass. I had nothing to really compare it to after he swap, so I kind of lost that edge without knowing. I'll probably put that Bart into my Fretless.
I picked up a 2nd Dean Sledgehammer 5 from a local Brooklyn Music Shop.
$412 with NY sales tax
Brand new
Slightly better condition than the first one I got, as far as dents & things that may accumulate from being handled in a store for 2 years.
I got this one because i absolutely LOVE the way this bass looks, feels and sounds. They've been discontinued so they're getting sort of rare as brand new basses (Sam Ash still has a few), especially at this price!!! (Sam Ash wants $599).
Another factor that promted me to buy it is the grain pattern. The one I got originally has a 3-piece body, and the pieces are sort of mis-matched...like they had 2 pieces that matched and stuck a non-matching piece in the middle. But I didn't care too much because I was to get a neck pickup installed in it anyway..it'll cover some of that up.
This new one has a 2-piece body with a really sweet "bookmatch" to the grain, perfect symmetry down the middle. I needed to have this bass. If it was full price, I probably would have passed on it.
And I didn't spend any of my payckeck money on it either. I was able to collect and sell a bunch of things to fund it plus some left-over $$.
Funny, though, I installed a Bart preamp into the first one I got, and I compared the tone of each bass back to back. I think I'm going to put the oroginal pre back in because the Bart doesn't have as much attack and "ballsyness" to it. The bart is a bit warmer, and that "ballsyness" is one thing I always loved in this bass. I had nothing to really compare it to after he swap, so I kind of lost that edge without knowing. I'll probably put that Bart into my Fretless.
