You can add me to this club. Would love to see someone make a decent 10 string. I'd even settle for one of the crappy Deans if I could find one
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Protest Time! Dean Edge Hammer 10-String
- Thread starter Veldar
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That is scary!I know where you're coming from...if I had the money I'd throw the towel in on my Zooma fixation and get a Manson.
So um..... I got mine After about six years of missed opportunities.
After about six years of missed opportunities.
More pics!So um..... I got mine
It would be nice to see dean make the edge hammer basses once again. they should make it in 4-string, 5-string, 8-string, and 10-string versions. this would give a little variety to all players.
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I really wanted one. A Nice instrument. When I finally had the cash they were off the market. And I can't find a used one.
Root-octave basses have been my specialty for decades. Have owned 100+ 8-, 10- and 12vers.
Currently have at least three 10-strings....a Dean, a Godlyke and a Hamer. I've played a few others. They are hard to find.
I was always surprised that there wasn't more interest in 10-strings, after the 5-string market exploded 20 years ago.
I'd be in for a fretless 10. I have a couple fretless 8-strings and they have auch a unique sound. Would love one with a low B. But 10's are fun.
Curious to see how many people seriously want a 10.....and at what street price? $500? Is $750 too high? My thought is why buy a $500 bass that you have to put $300 worth of upgrades into? Wouldn't it be better to buy a perfect one for $750?
I liked that the Dean didn't have a maple neck but didn't like the hardware or PUPs. Neck profile was nice, although I would have preferred a non-bolt-on.
I've thought about doing a short run of 10-strings...but the right way.
Currently have at least three 10-strings....a Dean, a Godlyke and a Hamer. I've played a few others. They are hard to find.
I was always surprised that there wasn't more interest in 10-strings, after the 5-string market exploded 20 years ago.
I'd be in for a fretless 10. I have a couple fretless 8-strings and they have auch a unique sound. Would love one with a low B. But 10's are fun.
Curious to see how many people seriously want a 10.....and at what street price? $500? Is $750 too high? My thought is why buy a $500 bass that you have to put $300 worth of upgrades into? Wouldn't it be better to buy a perfect one for $750?
I liked that the Dean didn't have a maple neck but didn't like the hardware or PUPs. Neck profile was nice, although I would have preferred a non-bolt-on.
I've thought about doing a short run of 10-strings...but the right way.
Only one or two. One was a zebra stripe Blitz for Gary Shea of Alcatrazz....I have a pic of it somewhere Gary sent me when I bought his Hamer 8-string. Godlyke only did six 10-strings, I believe. So, Dean made the most.
Tried to get Pedulla to make me one but Mike refused. I figured he had made dual-truss necks and 5- and 8-strings and would be a likely guy to build one but he said no.
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I remember seeing this bass in an ad in Guitar Player in the 80s.... as a kid with very little information about other instruments, I had NO idea what that thing was!
And yes, I'd love to have a TenBanger as well.
FYI, my buddy Keith Horne has developed and is now building 10-string basses. I make up the hardware and pickups for them. They are really good basses. We put a lot of work into making them play and sound better than any of the others out there. In particular, we got them to have exceptional clarity on the bottom end. Not mushy at all. The low B roars.
The first one, the purple one, was built for Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, Dokken), who is a long time 10-string player. Jeff has at least one Dean 10 in his collection, and he says Keith's 10-string is the first one that he really likes the sound of.
The second one that Keith built is actually available for sale. It's assembled and tested out, but not finish-painted yet. It's in natural wood right now, but could be finished out to any color. Here's a few pictures of them.
Here's a YouTube video of our friend Juan Perez testing out the purple one:
No, these are not $750 basses!
Keith operates under the name of Marvin Guitars. His web site is: Invalid Link Removed
They look and sound great! My first thought, however, is how nice it'd be to set the intonation of each string individually, rather than making the root and octave be the same length.....
Yes, they are individually adjustable. Ten little saddles. I know. I made and hand fitted every one of them! We also put a lot of care into the string spacing, both at the bridge and the nut. Each pair has a 0.060" space between them, not equal center-to-center. The spacing and the relative height of the paired strings is really important on an Octave Bass, to get it comfortable to play. String layouts at the nut and bridge were done in AutoCad and cut on milling machines.
