I FINALLY Played a New Dean ML - Dean ML Select Series Upgrade & Review

I FINALLY Played a New Dean ML - Dean ML Select Series Upgrade & Review - Eric Morettin

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Күн бұрын

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0:00 - Intro
1:19 - General Guitar Maintenance
1:55 - Remove Old Pickup
2:07 - Install New Pickup
2:13 - Wiring Diagram & Soldering
2:23 - Tone Knob Delete
2:43 - Recap of Modifications / Thoughts so far
4:17 - Distortion Tones (Dimebucker & Seymour Duncan Neck Pickup)
5:40 - Cleans (Bridge, Middle, Neck)
6:41 - Leads (Bridge & Neck)
7:59 - Outro & Final Thoughts of the New Dean ML Select
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Пікірлер: 95

@ChaosDP Жыл бұрын

I have a 2020 Dime Slime made in China. It has excellent fit and finish and plays great! My wife bought it for me at a pawn shop for $500 without a single ding or scratch.

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Nice score!

@vojislavpavkovs9124 Жыл бұрын

@@EricMorettin Guitar, or wife that get you such a guitar?

@Emmanuel.Ladella Жыл бұрын

That clean part was heaven. Everyone should do such cleans in their reviews even if the guitar is mostly made for heavier music.

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I try to be as versatile as possible for the styles and tones I use

@traceyrychewhite1874 Жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful guitar and sounds great! You must have quite the Dean guitar collection. Great playing too!

@chaplinj6512 Жыл бұрын

Great review sir. I have this guitar. Love it .

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Great guitar indeed

@jww732 Жыл бұрын

Love your channel man.

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤘

@MazorMan Жыл бұрын

LOVE YOUR VIDS!!!! KEEP UP!!!

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤘🤘

@johnsguitarmusicanddemos Жыл бұрын

_I’ve loved Dean for years! 🏆🎵🎶🎥 Possibly my next guitar soon! Great demo!_

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Thanks! You'll be a happy camper if you buy this guitar

@jaymz_rg1003 Жыл бұрын

That low action and matte neck finish is perfection!

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Matte finished necks should be standard across all "metal" and modern style guitars IMO.

@keremstoyshop8734 Жыл бұрын

It plays much more smoothly when it’s matte

@philfrank5601 Жыл бұрын

You guys mean satin finsihed necks?

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

@@philfrank5601 Matte = Satin. Tomato Tomato 🤷‍♂️

@barren9695 10 ай бұрын

Green scotch bright and 5 minutes of your time and any guitar neck can have a satin finish. Just tape it off and go in one direction only.

@DogDaze66 6 ай бұрын

Dean Custom Shop is unmatched . I had every custom shop axe from every big manufacturer , Deans are above and beyond any of them in my experience playing all .

@mofomartianp Жыл бұрын

I have this model as well and I absolutely love it. It looks gorgeous, the matte finish, subtle V-neck is fantastic and super stable in tuning. But I do plan to change the bridge pickup to a white SD TB-6, and put in full size CTS pots, better capacitor and a new switch.

@EricMorettin 11 ай бұрын

You said it! The v shape neck is so comfy here, and feels amazing with the satin finish. I would say hold off from changing the pots to CTS unless the existing ones fail. If it ain't broke then don't fix it!

@auntjenifer7774 7 ай бұрын

Unless you go for 550k pots . The ones that come in it are 250k.

@BadMotivator66 2 ай бұрын

@@EricMorettin my indian ML79 came with 250k pots (and no solder joint on the neck pickup!), so be careful you can't expect dean to do things the proper way.

@EricMorettin 2 ай бұрын

@@BadMotivator66 nothing wrong with 250k pots. Unfortunate to hear about the neck pickup not being soldered!

@KaddysJamKave Жыл бұрын

Haha nice squeelies man! I love this guitar... I have the V version of this. Fkn killer!

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Cheers 🤘

@KaddysJamKave Жыл бұрын

@@EricMorettin Big ears!

@Razrback 8 ай бұрын

Problem is it did not come with dime pickups at that price i need them

@grim..sentinel9500 Жыл бұрын

Bought this guitar in December. On Sunday I ripped out the pups and put a b&b l500xl (flipped) and ‘59 neck in the bridge. Plays amazing. When did you buy this? It’s out of stock everywhere

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Great pickup choice! I didn't buy this, as this one just came in for some simple servicing.

@eeyorebenji2836 Жыл бұрын

First dean I got was around a year ago now can’t get enough of the ml shape and v shaped neck Changed my bridge pickup for a bill n Becky xl500L Might change out the floyd for an original but as it stands the 1000 works perfectly as it is

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

If the 1000 series Floyd Rose holds tuning then just keep it.

@bandolierboy1908 4 ай бұрын

Is it easier to solo on that v shaped neck vs a c or d shape?

@eeyorebenji2836 3 ай бұрын

@@bandolierboy1908 sorry for the late reply, personally I only got into solos on the V neck so I’m not entirely sure Although when I play other shaped necks it does throw me off a bit

@mrblue8439 Жыл бұрын

God I love the ML

@cherndon77 Жыл бұрын

I literally just took a screen shot to hit him up in one of the dime groups lol

@NoQuadsNoMasters 7 ай бұрын

Man, I know everyone wants that dimebucker… but that Duncan custom is such a good pickup as well that watching you change it hurt me lol

@EricMorettin 7 ай бұрын

Duncan custom is wicked. I only changed it because the customer wanted me to

@fredshred8397 Жыл бұрын

Hei Eric, do you still have it? If so, is it for sale? :) Or are there any leads where I could snag one in Europe?

@angrytroll27 Жыл бұрын

2:51. Dude the Dimebucker mounting ring is the wrong way round.

@YsAbTones Жыл бұрын

nice guitar man , can i ask what is you signal chain here?

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Guitar straight into Neural DSP Petrucci

@philfrank5601 Жыл бұрын

8n the 2000s, the only V necks on were on USAs. Imports meant big fat C neck, and in fact period correct for 1979. Maybe an exception here or there. The Korean guitars have fantastic fretwork, and compared to Indonesian guitars today, better quality overall. I wish my Korean MLs had the V neck.

@auntjenifer7774 7 ай бұрын

😂 Do you have a 2022 Dean select series from Indonesia !? I think not, but I do. The Korean guitars are not superior in any way to the modern ones.

@isaiahknies8731 Жыл бұрын

How in the WORLD did you get the action that low! Pleeasseeee do a video covering it that would be so helpful

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Should the magician give away their secrets? 🧐😂 In all seriousness maybe if there's enough interest!

@isaiahknies8731 Жыл бұрын

@@EricMorettin DUDE PLEASEEEE

@philfrank5601 Жыл бұрын

There's only so much you can do with a set neck and low action, other than adjust the trem post height. And beware, the lower the action, the more likely you won't be able to do pull ups on the bar without the string bottoming out on the intonation adjustment screw. You gotta find the balance.

@Synthedelic 9 ай бұрын

i have this guitar and i love looking at it but i dont really like playing it. MINE started falling apart after about a year of constant use. its definitely the heaviest guitar ive ever played lol your review of this guitar is very different than my thoughts about mine. maybe i got the short end of the stick and pulled one of the crappier ones off the line.

@EricMorettin 9 ай бұрын

How did it start falling apart?

@Synthedelic 9 ай бұрын

Maybe "i had to start replacing parts after about a year" is a better way of wording myself @@EricMorettin

@themixmusicandmore6280 16 күн бұрын

A buddy of mine had the dimebucker and I didn't like it. I wonder how it would sound through my rig

@EricMorettin 16 күн бұрын

Give it a shot! It's a great pickup outside of Dimebag related tones

@nsjr528 Жыл бұрын

This guitar is cool

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@thiofabian9568 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone knows for Dean ml adjusting the truss rod, twisting to the thick E string side is to straighten or it makes the neck bow?

@auntjenifer7774 7 ай бұрын

Yes that will level it out.

@moreteaplease4952 3 ай бұрын

Wish they made hard tails like this one exactly without the matching headstock so I can make a far beyond driven tribute guitar

@EricMorettin 3 ай бұрын

That's where the ml79 comes in

@moreteaplease4952 3 ай бұрын

@@EricMorettin Ik but they don’t look the same and I don’t wanna spend 10k on a far beyond driven USA

@EricMorettin 3 ай бұрын

@@moreteaplease4952 Could get a FBD import model

@maxophone5218 Жыл бұрын

hey have you played any dime333’s? how do they comepare to like the shadow?

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

I owned a 333 bolt and slime at one point and they were cool. They both had pretty thin necks. The shadow had a bit of a thicker neck by comparison, but not like a 50s Les Paul. Both great guitars.

@maxophone5218 Жыл бұрын

@@EricMorettin did the 333 seem so much better to pay like $1000 more?

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

@@maxophone5218 Only if you want a guitar that Dimebag signed off on, otherwise the 06-10 Dean MLs are a great era to get.

@CB_lIlIlIlI 5 ай бұрын

My 2020 dime o flage came with a flexing headstock it ways sold as brandnew 🤦

@GGM5150 Жыл бұрын

Hey Eric, is this select ml the same size as a regular ML?

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Hey, yeah they're the same size.

@GGM5150 Жыл бұрын

Just pulled the trigger on one of these. Used of course since they are out of stock everywhere.

@clutch2827 2 ай бұрын

Can get the flame maple for 800 USD but has a small hairline crack in the neck where it meets the body. Could just be in the finish. Deal or no deal?

@EricMorettin 2 ай бұрын

Better to see it in person before you buy

@calvintu4868 Жыл бұрын

Eric, is yours made in Indonesia?

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

Yes it is, but this is not my guitar. My friend owns this and I fixed it for him

@aidam_ytb 18 күн бұрын

please where is buy this guitar??

@mikeyleenders 5 ай бұрын

Anyone know where I can buy a Dean ML in Europe?

@troyskinnard1393 Жыл бұрын

Action looks super low. I’d love to know what you E strings measure off the 12th fret

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

It's pretty low. Honestly I don't measure string height, since I adjust by feel. If I can bend a note more than 1 or 1.5 steps and it doesn't fret out, then I'm happy. Same with if I don't have to press down super hard to fret the note.

@troyskinnard1393 Жыл бұрын

@@EricMorettin does it restrict your trem range considering you drop it so low?

@EricMorettin Жыл бұрын

@@troyskinnard1393 not really if I'm being honest. The trem can only move so far as it is, and I find myself only using it within a certain range, especially to hit those high squeals. You don't need to pull up like crazy to hit them either.