Dean

[Mkf411]

I went to Guitar Center Hollywood recently and saw an old early 80's Dean. It is a white les pual style guitar with a big V headstock. It's pretty thrashed and they are still asking $1,500. The finish is very checked and the fretbaord looks like it's had a few repairs. But this guitar just kills. It's plays great & sounds great. Of course I was playing it through a $3,000 amp. I think it's called an Allesandro amp of some sort. But it sounded better than any of the other guitars I tried through that amp.

Anybody know what kind of pickups they used in that era at Dean. I'm not sure what the pickups were or even if they are original. I loved that smooth buttery rock tone this guitar gave off. I'd buy it but it just looked to thrashed for that kind of money and of course I don't have the money now anyway.

 

[TheProphet]

Re: Dean

Dean has always been a big user of Dimarzio's in the past on some of their higher up models but for the most part I find them with "House Brand" pickups.

 

[Sprinter]

Re: Dean

The old USA Deans used the following DiMarzio pickups:

Bridge.........Super Distortion

Neck...........PAF

If it's a three humbucker guitar, the center pickup will be a Super 2.


The modern Dean, Time Capsule guitars (ML, V, Z, & Cadillac) use the same pickups. The Hardtail's, use Seymour Duncan pickups.


Sprinter

 

[Mkf411]

Re: Dean

The old USA Deans used the following DiMarzio pickups:

Bridge.........Super Distortion

Neck...........PAF

If it's a three humbucker guitar, the center pickup will be a Super 2.


The modern Dean, Time Capsule guitars (ML, V, Z, & Cadillac) use the same pickups. The Hardtail's, use Seymour Duncan pickups.


Sprinter

Thanks. I'm not sure if it was the pickups that made it sound so good. But I'll go back this weekend and double check if it says Dimarzio on pickups. They usually do in small print.

Maybe it was just a good slab of wood. Anybody else have good experience with Deans from the 1980's? I think Billy Gibbons played them back then.