Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: MDV on May 14, 2007, 01:54:31 PM

Title: Dean zx
Post by: MDV on May 14, 2007, 01:54:31 PM

I can get one as guitar number 9 for £110: any good?

Title: Dean zx
Post by: Mr Ed on May 14, 2007, 03:49:18 PM

I'd say they need some bits changing, most notably the pickups, but yeah... seems a good price to me.

Title: Dean zx
Post by: noodleplugerine on May 14, 2007, 04:01:19 PM

I think MDV has plenty of pickups though :P

Title: Dean zx
Post by: Crazy_Joe on May 14, 2007, 04:47:05 PM

I wouldn't get it if it was just to 'add another to the collection', if it wasn't cheap you probably wouldn't buy it so i think it's rather the price that sounds good to you more than how good the guitar is.

Title: Dean zx
Post by: MDV on May 14, 2007, 08:01:38 PM

Well, given that:

Its a great guitar for the money: well enough made, great playability, hardly used it seems, good neck, pretty resonant if thin in the highs.

I get paid tomorrow, plus some bonus

it was my birthday last week and I did next to nowt for it (25 and they're starting to just pass by)

I got it.

Title: Dean zx
Post by: noodleplugerine on May 14, 2007, 08:03:13 PM

PIX!

Title: Dean zx
Post by: sambo on May 14, 2007, 08:03:29 PM

^ha! nice  :lol:

planning on upgrading it at all?

Title: Dean zx
Post by: MDV on May 14, 2007, 08:54:55 PM

No problem

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/D_Man666/DSC00026.jpg)

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/D_Man666/DSC00028.jpg)

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/D_Man666/DSC00029.jpg)

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/D_Man666/DSC00030.jpg)

And its big brother, mt custom dean (not for me: lifes weird sometimes)

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/D_Man666/DSC00031.jpg)

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/D_Man666/DSC00033.jpg)

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l198/D_Man666/DSC00034.jpg)

Sorry for the cr@p photos, tis but a phone camera

Title: Dean zx
Post by: dave_mc on May 14, 2007, 09:03:21 PM

very nice! looks quite classy with the sunburst and all...

Title: Dean zx
Post by: noodleplugerine on May 14, 2007, 09:09:27 PM

God I hate those massive headstocks =/

Other than that it looks nice - and prolly a steal for the price.

Title: Dean zx
Post by: Crazy_Joe on May 14, 2007, 09:11:55 PM

Looks nice from the front, not a fan of the bolt on neck on an Explorer but it probably still rocks!

Title: Dean zx
Post by: Tarzan on May 14, 2007, 09:15:13 PM

Quote from: noodleplugerine

God I hate those massive headstocks =/

glad i'm not the only one lol, but otherwise a very nice looking guitar

Title: Dean zx
Post by: MDV on May 14, 2007, 09:56:23 PM

Cheers for the nice comments. Its hardly a great guitar, it passes as an OK one, really. Great for the price. Really good actually. Dean has never failed at this, in my eperience.

The neck profile is almost the same as the guitar I did most of my early learning on (my jacskon), so it just fell into my hands. I love that shallow - C

I trust bolt ons more that sets: you can see the quality of the fit, and glue dampens vibration so a bad set with a lot of glue is about the worst thing you can get. But, yeah, Explorers look better in set or thru, but asthetics must bow to sense (imo).

I quite like the headstock. Goes well with the explorer body.

I will upgrade it at some point, but its suprisingly good as it is.  A little harsh, but pretty tight, little distinction between bridge and neck is dissapointing and obvious room for improvment. But I need to give it the MDV treatment first: I have a set of 12-54 just begging to go in it, pick a tuning and s how she fairs!

Title: Dean zx
Post by: Mr Ed on May 15, 2007, 09:18:43 AM

I adore the Dean headstocks, it's all about the horns!

\m/

Title: Dean zx
Post by: BloodMountain on May 15, 2007, 11:58:03 AM

Quote from: Mr Ed

I adore the Dean headstocks, it's all about the horns!

\m/

+1

nice guitar, i need an explorer  :evil:

Title: Dean zx
Post by: LazyNinja on May 15, 2007, 03:06:52 PM

Quote from: Tarzan

Quote from: noodleplugerine

God I hate those massive headstocks =/

glad i'm not the only one lol, but otherwise a very nice looking guitar

Me too. I think it looks nice on Vs though.