NGD...Dean V Select

Jethro Rocker said:
Hey what's the diff betwee the Select series ans others?? I saw a very nice Charcoal burst something Dean V that looks nice but its only 350. Must be a fair difference somewhere in the series. Any ideas? Cheers.
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Not really sure.

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Here's a charcoal burst model I found on Dean's site. Looks like a bolt on neck, made in China, poplar body, maple neck, katona fingerboard, DMT design pups, no name hardware, dot inlays, no binding other than single ply binding around body...etc.

The V Select is all mahogany, ebony fingerboard, block inlays, "set through" neck (not really sure what this means. Is it set or is it through??) SD pups, Grover tuners, made in Indonesia, 5-ply binding on body and headstock, bound neck, and more 5-ply binding on the headstock.

As far as I can tell, that's about it. I'm probably missing something or other, but I haven't had my coffee yet..

One thing is for sure: the V Select showed up and it was evident from the get go that it was a very well made guitar with a high level of attention to detail instilled into the making of it. It was almost too perfect... At first I feared a serious lack of mojo due to this... My '16 Gibson Explorer wasn't even a match, sadly...
 
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the China/Indo/Korea diff seems to be a big determination--
ALso the BOLT vs set (or set through)

Set-through neck - Wikipedia

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And the hardware is usually a big determination

as you can see on my previous Dean (and I believe the current one which is labled NECK THROUGH construction)
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the neck is one "piece" of laminated (maple and ??)that goes the entire length and has "wings" attached to either side = NECK THROUGH ==

Set neck through (from what I know and wiki says) is a neck that is one piece for the SCALE lencth of the guitar --- that sits in a pocket (similar to set neck) but a longer pocket and longer "tenon" I think is the word.......
 
eSGEe said:
the China/Indo/Korea diff seems to be a big determination--
ALso the BOLT vs set (or set through)

Set-through neck - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

And the hardware is usually a big determination

as you can see on my previous Dean (and I believe the current one which is labled NECK THROUGH construction)
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the neck is one "piece" of laminated (maple and ??)that goes the entire length and has "wings" attached to either side = NECK THROUGH ==

Set neck through (from what I know and wiki says) is a neck that is one piece for the SCALE lencth of the guitar --- that sits in a pocket (similar to set neck) but a longer pocket and longer "tenon" I think is the word.......
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Ah, helpful link there, thanks. Now I know lol
 
eclecticsynergy said:
Duncan Custom - it's the mother pickup that the CustomCustom and the Custom5 are based on. As you probably know, the Custom family all have the same coils, just different magnets. Stock Custom uses a small ceramic, as opposed to the extra thick ones in the Duncan Distortions.

(Duncan Distortion neck model actually makes a nice bright, punchy, medium output bridge pickup - it was originally designed for bridge position and called the SH-7 Seymourizer; I have one of the old ones. Later the model was renamed the SH-6n to be sold as a companion pickup for the Distortion bridge.)

Aside from those two, the third ceramic humbucker I've liked is the Railhammer Chisel bridge. It's tight, fat, and ballsy. Railhammers are pretty unique with the half-rail-and-half-oversized-slug design. I have several - Alnico Grande, a Hyper Vintage set, and the Chisel.
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Electricsynergy , thanks for explaining that. Kind of cool how they openly share how they switch magnets and the forum even helps create. I ordered a custom shop pickup to be like a t-top. On the seymour duncan forum most of what I read suggest a SH-5 and it has a ceramic magnet . Wouldn't that be more like a 500T ? I have one in my Explorer. Anyway , I started with a Alnico 4
 
mcblink said:
I "accidentally" ordered this a couple days ago. And it's here. Seeing as it's real pretty and so far plays really nicely, I might as well keep it. Going to have to put my own strings of choice on her and give it a proper review...but frankly, that may be awhile because I'm not done playing it yet.

Liking the neck, it's not quite as meaty as my Epi V, which has a thick'n'meaty '58 profile neck, but not as slender as a slim-taper either. Somewhere in between, and it's nice and comfy. Another cool feature (which personally makes no diff to me) is that the paint on the back of the neck isn't a glossy finish, like the rest of the instrument, it's dull, satin/matte type finish so the hands don't stick. Now, this has never been an issue for me personally, but I know a lot of guys get too much friction out of a gloss finish, so it's probably an advantage in the right hands....get it? Hands? HANDS. Because you play with your hands? Right? Get it?

Jeez, you guys are a tough crowd...anyway, onto the pics, and for now there's only a couple of em....


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Okay, that's all for now. I'm going to get back to breaking this thing in!!
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Gibson is gonna sue you......:io:
 
guitarweasel said:
Gibson is gonna sue you......:io:
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Yeah, I can honestly say that Gibson themselves had a hand in my decision to buy a Dean, and it wouldn't be a lie.

For about the same money, I could have bought a Gibson V. With no features. A plain old bare bones V, and it has a decent chance of not being the caliber of QC that should be expected of a company such as Gibson...might have had to send it back....2 or 3 times...

I'm happy with the Dean. The longer I have it, the more I love it. I'm confident that I made the right decision.
 
mcblink said:
Yeah, I can honestly say that Gibson themselves had a hand in my decision to buy a Dean, and it wouldn't be a lie.

For about the same money, I could have bought a Gibson V. With no features. A plain old bare bones V, and it has a decent chance of not being the caliber of QC that should be expected of a company such as Gibson...might have had to send it back....2 or 3 times...

I'm happy with the Dean. The longer I have it, the more I love it. I'm confident that I made the right decision.
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I love mine , I had it since 2012 ! At one point I thought about selling but then I played it again. Not selling it.
 
mcblink said:
Not really sure.

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Here's a charcoal burst model I found on Dean's site. Looks like a bolt on neck, made in China, poplar body, maple neck, katona fingerboard, DMT design pups, no name hardware, dot inlays, no binding other than single ply binding around body...etc.

The V Select is all mahogany, ebony fingerboard, "set through" neck (not really sure what this means. Is it set or is it through??) SD pups, Grover tuners, made in Indonesia, 5-ply binding on body and headstock, bound neck, and more 5-ply binding on the headstock.

As far as I can tell, that's about it. I'm probably missing something or other, but I haven't had my coffee yet..

One thing is for sure: the V Select showed up and it was evident from the get go that it was a very well made guitar with a high level of attention to detail instilled into the making of it. It was almost too perfect... At first I feared a serious lack of mojo due to this... My '16 Gibson Explorer wasn't even a match, sadly...
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Sounds like you nailed the difference . Mostly materials. For the “V” style guitars I prefer the set/through neck .
 
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