hey everyone, just wondering if there are people here that have heard about dean guitars and their thoughts bout it.

Have you tried one? cos i just did and it totally blew me away, way better than any jacksons i've tried and i have one, japan.

ok i get your point.. but let me make another one i know alot of people judge guitars by its specs and deans have inferior specs compared to brands like jacksons and esp's. But comparing the high end guitars of the mentioned brands that i've tried (rr5,sv), it didnt leave as big an impression compared to dean, and this is just a 79ml which is bout 3k. Tone wise, sustain, feel i think it's on par and better than the 5 - 7 k jacksons and esps. But have you guys tried one? what did you think of the sound and playability? thanks for feedback

nice, you getting the korean one? for how much if you dont mind me asking? how come your not getting it from the malaysian dealer? yea i'm in love with them since i tried my first one, used to love old jacksons and gibsons.. feel like toy guitar to me now. And i know i'm not the only one, alot of my friends who were esp fanboys jumped ship once they tried a dean.

Yes i totally agree with you, especially with guitars it's a matter of preference, i'm quite enjoying hearing diff opinions so feel free to debate
im finding this quite educational also.

I forgot exactly which rr i tried actually i think it might be the rr3 but it was around the 4 - 5k range but i did manage to do a side by side comparison with an
esp sv..which was going for 12k last year but now its around 8k. I was comparing it with a dean 30th anniversary V korean. Yea the esp specs are amazing, aldor wood, emg 81's,jap. while the 30th V is mahogany, korean and some stock dean pick ups... for my preference even with such inferior specs dean wins hands down, an esp fanboy friend still favored the sv slightly but later admitted the dean tone, playability was better.. guess he still preferred sv on paper.

oh ya, one more thing to add, the sv owners selling it off to get a dean.

Now i didnt manage to do a side by side comparison with an ml, but i did test the 30th v and 79 ml together and i actually thought they were very similiar. so hence my conclusion that a rm3k dean can be equivalent and surpass the above mentioned guitars . But i'm curios, what did you think of the ml 79?

sorry onli have my h/p cam on me now can't get pics till next week when i get my cam back. heres links to the official website pics 1st though.

http://www.deanguitars.com/dean_winter_07/30th_enlargedv.htm 30th anniversary V
http://www.deanguitars.com/79MLSelect/79_ML_body.jpg ML'79
http://www.deanguitars.com/dean_winter_06/...ld_enlarged.htm V white gold

and some crappy pics




This post has been edited by mesa: Jul 24 2008, 11:55 AM

TQ:) but actually i don't own one yet:( , my friend just started working at the shop which distributes dean in malaysia and i've been messing around with them.

well the korean models all use licensed floyds.. unfortunately.

blacktrix - replied via pm

gapnap - thanks for the advice man, I never tried a US jackson myself so I'll take your word for it, but then again I'd bet my money on a US dean . how much does a US jackson go for anyway?

blademaster - replied via pm

lol kk, u got me there.. but they got these new Dean US mhg series which goes for usd2000, i'm willing to bet theyd give the jacksons at least a good fight.

np:) thats what i keep hearing ..but i too still stand by my opinion but hey you guys are welcomed to come n try them out at kota kemuning, spruce guitar professionals. Told my friend bout LYN and he'll cut you guys a good deal if interested. 017 241 7515 khoo.

Schecters huh, used to love them too, they're thinking bout BC rich though..

fatboythin - ya if I had my way, It's be schecters.. but the next shipment they'll be bringing in some really nice deans. here's pics for upcoming ones... think it'll be a crowd puller on its own:)





so check em out at spruce guitars. Remember good deal for LYN Forumers.. 017 241 7515 khoo


blacktrix - grats man, i'm seriously happy for you , maybe you can thank me by letting me play with your guitar? lol jk

This post has been edited by mesa: Jul 25 2008, 10:29 PM

woo hoo cool, no idea you guys organize stuff like that.. but i'm tempted to 'borrow' a razorback to try it on a mesa boogie rectifier in bentley. Thats my dream combo. not yours offcourse lol