Members scott944 Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 After all these years, when I hear "Dean", I still see this... http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfi3j4OveT1qzhoxao1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1332984718&Signature=2kop9BHnaP6u6NYG%2F1N1l8QpwOo%3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arrowhen Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I like mine quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I once owned 3 pre 1980 Dean guitars.They were good. Help fund other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I own an Orange Dean Palomino (# P90 version) now....Love it....go if from an HC'er for $275. Things sounds awesome, looks awesome and plays well. Set neck, nice tuners.....for the money, Damn good for a hollow body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Athiest_Peace Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I like mine quite a bit. This, and Rand-o-monium own caddy's like this and the pictures always make me drool and get GASsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr. moon Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 Don't care for them (Dean USA made line) now that they're no longer made by US Masters Guitars.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeimBrent Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 The Cadillacs are amazing-looking. My first electric was a Dean Avalanche One, Strat-style with 3+3 headstock. I still love playing on that thing. Only problem is that I somehow have managed to crack the wood where the bridge sits, so it won't intonate properly. It has one minor cosmetic flaw. Looks like they wet sanded a bit too much on the upper horn. Great guitar none the less. If it hadn't been for the crack messing up the intonation, it would probably have been my #2. I also own one of those double-cutaway acoustics. Not crazy about the cutaways, but I remember thinking they were really cool when I bought it. I was 13. The guitar both plays and sounds great, though. Still play it almost every day, and when I have my acoustic-periods, like I've had for the last couple of weeks, it get's played for three to four hours a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I think Dean make some nice, perhaps even some very nice guitars and they make some not so nice guitars but so do most mfrs. I presently own a Dean Boca (12 string) that I've converted to a 6 string so I can get the wide neck. It looks great and is a pretty decent guitar. Is it a Godin Signature Series? No, but it's much better than the $280.00 I paid for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members awd83 Posted March 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I like mine quite a bit. I like that a lot, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I used to sell the mid-priced ones when I managed a music store. Evos, Bocas, etc. They were solid guitars for the money I thought. I actually liked their basses too (Edge series). An old girlfriend owned an old MIA Dean V. Sweet guitar, but I've never gotten over the headstocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I like mine. Not your typical Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 This, and Rand-o-monium own caddy's like this and the pictures always make me drool and get GASsy Hello Music has a nice maple top Cadillac on sale for $395.00 today. It looks nice, very nice, actually. http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMain.aspx?did=14007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onerailunder Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 Silly nice for the blowout price I picked it up for. It's an import. I know a couple of folks at the Dean HQ in Tampa. I don't care much for pointy guitars, but they do play really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vikingrat Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 Dig most of the USA models and have always loved the big V headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kherman Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 I think the USA made and Czech made (discontinued a few years back) were awesome guitars.I wish I could have gotten one of the Czech EVO Premiums when they were being closed out. Easily on par with a lot of MIJ guitars. The MIK, MII, MIC etc.. I don't like at all. I think companies like Fernandes, LTD (ESP), Schecter Diamond, Agile, Michael Kelly put out a better product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 Dig most of the USA models and have always loved the big V headstock. The head stock is what turns me off but I can easily change the look of the head stock myself, so if I wanted one of those guitars, the big V wouldn't stop me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vikingrat Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 The head stock is what turns me off but I can easily change the look of the head stock myself, so if I wanted one of those guitars, the big V wouldn't stop me. For me i associate the big V headstock with my youth. The Cars, Randy Rhoads, Rik Emmett, etc. It's based of an early Gibo design. The problem to me is what Elliot/Armadillo did with flooding the market with crap budget stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordchunker Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I like some of their hollow bodied guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 For me i associate the big V headstock with my youth. The Cars, Randy Rhoads, Rik Emmett, etc. It's based of an early Gibo design. The problem to me is what Elliot/Armadillo did with flooding the market with crap budget stuff. Actually, it's not the look of the head stock that would make me change it, but rather the extra weight as it might contribute to neck dive, at least on my guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arrowhen Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I don't get any neck dive with my Cadillac; it's actually very nicely balanced. I also like how the long lower bout puts a bit of weight below the strings and just ahead of where I'm picking, unlike many guitars where it feels like most of the weight is centered around and behind the bridge. It makes the guitar feel nice and stable without being too heavy, which is good for me because I tend to be a little heavy-handed in my rhythm playing and a lot of my guitars tend to bounce around a lot when I'm doing aggressive palm muting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I don't get any neck dive with my Cadillac; it's actually very nicely balanced. I also like how the long lower bout puts a bit of weight below the strings and just ahead of where I'm picking, unlike many guitars where it feels like most of the weight is centered around and behind the bridge. It makes the guitar feel nice and stable without being too heavy, which is good for me because I tend to be a little heavy-handed in my rhythm playing and a lot of my guitars tend to bounce around a lot when I'm doing aggressive palm muting stuff. Now, that's interesting about the balancing that you mention. You've just made me determined to try one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I picked up a deceiver a few months ago and threw in a set of EMG85's in it. I'm thinking that an 81 in the bridge would be better for what I was trying to do with it, but the damn thing never goes out of tune one bit and the fretwork is flawless. Plays like a dream. I think that it's MIK if memory serves correctly. For the price I paid I don't think that you are going to find a guitar that delivers much more. And I hate the old v headstock and crap. This actually looks aggressively dignified somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vikingrat Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I don't get any neck dive with my Cadillac; it's actually very nicely balanced. I also like how the long lower bout puts a bit of weight below the strings and just ahead of where I'm picking, unlike many guitars where it feels like most of the weight is centered around and behind the bridge. It makes the guitar feel nice and stable without being too heavy, which is good for me because I tend to be a little heavy-handed in my rhythm playing and a lot of my guitars tend to bounce around a lot when I'm doing aggressive palm muting stuff. How would you say your Cadillac stands up to a Les Paul Custom as far as sound goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arrowhen Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 How would you say your Cadillac stands up to a Les Paul Custom as far as sound goes? To my ears it sounds better, because the tone isn't being drowned out by someone shouting, "Hey! Get your grubby paws off of my $4,000 guitar!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vikingrat Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 To my ears it sounds better, because the tone isn't being drowned out by someone shouting, "Hey! Get your grubby paws off of my $4,000 guitar!":lol::lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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