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elijen

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« on: December 27, 2008, 04:44:40 PM »
Hi guys! It has been a while since I asked for your advice on guitars. I've been doing a lot of researching and searching, trying to find the right guitar for the right price. After a while I set my mind on Epi LP-100. And I almost took it a couple of days ago, but I told the guys at the shop to hold it for me until Saturday. And it turned out to be the right move. When I came to the shop today, I started browsing around since there were other costumers there already. That is when I spotted this magnificent Dean Caddy Select in (not my favorite) cherryburst. One of the employees noticed my curiosity for the Dean and asked me to try it. I explained that I do not play and in fact am looking for a beginner instrument. The guy plugged it in, nevertheless.  Pickups were definitely more convincing than the ones on the Epi. It had nicer hardware (Grover tuners) and looked more appealing too. And now the finale: it was on a craziest discount ---> around 250 GBP  :D

Thus, my first guitar day:


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Re: FGD
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2008, 04:57:22 PM »
really great first guitar! nice price too

i know the lp-100 is a bolt on neck. is the dean a set neck?
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Re: FGD
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2008, 04:57:50 PM »
It's a very pretty bit of wood you have there.

It certainly kicks the shite out of my first guitar, which was a god-awful thing from a catalogue shop (the manufacturer neglected to place it's name on the headstock it was so bad) that put me off of strats for quite some time.
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Re: FGD
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2008, 05:02:53 PM »
This is a Dean Caddy Select of Korean origin. It has a set neck. Caddy X is a bolt-on, but since this was offered for such a low price I opted for this one. It also has a coil tap/split, don't really know which one.
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Re: FGD
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2008, 05:55:55 PM »
Dean Cadilac = awesome!!
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Re: FGD
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2008, 06:08:36 PM »
Quote from: elijen on December 27, 2008, 05:02:53 PM
This is a Dean Caddy Select of Korean origin. It has a set neck. Caddy X is a bolt-on, but since this was offered for such a low price I opted for this one. It also has a coil tap/split, don't really know which one.

its set neck too? thats great for £250!
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Re: FGD
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2008, 06:19:16 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on December 27, 2008, 06:08:36 PM
Quote from: elijen on December 27, 2008, 05:02:53 PM
This is a Dean Caddy Select of Korean origin. It has a set neck. Caddy X is a bolt-on, but since this was offered for such a low price I opted for this one. It also has a coil tap/split, don't really know which one.

its set neck too? thats great for £250!
couldn't ask for a better x-mas present :)
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Re: FGD
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2008, 01:22:18 PM »
Christ, thats an awesome, awesome first guitar!

Congrats on taking up the instrument, enjoy the many hours of irritance as you begin to learn!
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Re: FGD
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2008, 05:11:07 PM »
that's very nice! :)

how much was it meant to be? i'm guessing quite a bit more than £250, anyway...
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Re: FGD
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2008, 05:23:35 PM »
Very nice!

One of the more tasteful deans.
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Re: FGD
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2008, 11:10:38 PM »
Thanks guys. The guitar feels nice, not too heavy. Grover tuners, coil tap, pick-ups sound okay. I tried it through a Bugera head, it sounded dirty, more on a hard rock side. For the starter amp I chose Micro Cube (also on discount).
The guitar was originally almost 600 GBP. For some reason the are getting rid of all the Deans and maybe Jacksons if I understood correctly. Can not tell you why. The did become the new Gibson distributor for Croatia recently, though I can't see the connection.
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Re: FGD
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2008, 01:55:22 AM »
You got yourself quite a good deal there, enjoy it!!
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Re: FGD
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2008, 12:52:15 PM »
Bargain. Not a great fan of the colour but I've always liked the look of Caddys and you can't really complain for that price anyway.

Enjoy man.
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Re: FGD
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2008, 12:55:15 PM »
as playability goes its probably great value, but i think its one of the uglyest guitars ive ever seen.  I saw glen drover using one and thought ewww then.

Their has always been something about dean guitars i hate
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Re: FGD
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2008, 01:18:48 PM »
Quote from: Spitfire on December 29, 2008, 12:55:15 PM
as playability goes its probably great value, but i think its one of the uglyest guitars ive ever seen.  I saw glen drover using one and thought ewww then.

Their has always been something about dean guitars i hate

I'm with you.  I think it's mainly the headstock. 
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