Dean Custom Zone Bass, Nuclear Green

I am absolutely floored by the quality of this bass. I bought it sort of just for how cool it looks. I did not expect this quality for that price. It has some weight to it for one thing , not some cheap lightweight junk. The fretwork is perfect , it came setup just fine for me . It appears to have .45 gauge strings on it , which is okay by me. The neck is sort of a Jazz style neck which I didn't know it had. Nice and narrow up near the nut . I am a very average sized guy so the norrow nut makes it much easier to fret those low notes. The pickups sound good . The finish is flawless which I am shocked by for nowadays standards , there is usually something wrong with it coming from China . The last few lower end guitar I bought that came from China have cosmetic issues or sharp fret ends . Others from China did not have any issues though. The box it came in actually was open and the bass was not sealed properly in the original box nor was it placed back inside properly with the proper foam intact at the right spot, yet it made it here perfect. This bass has the feel of a real professional instrument and that I was not expecting and I'm approaching 40 years of playing guitar , bass and some drums.

I had a great experience with this purchase. I've been a musician for about 25 yrs now i own american fenders, a gibson paul and many other lower price axes. needed a simple good feeling, passive pickup bass to beat on the road for a few months. for his price I had my doubts, but I'm not a price snob and loved the bold look. It is still rocking strong. set up was very good right out of the box nicer than my merican fender in fact. a thin smooth neck, light weight, balanced and cool looking. I'm no spokesman for Dean... but for under three bills, they got this one righ

This bass is a very good bass for the price! It sounds really great, and more aimed towards the rock bassist, or playing with a pick. The tone knob is very functional, dialing in between a nice bright slap tone, and a mellow 70's Motown sound. The fretboard is polyester (plastic) as opposed to rosewood or ash, but it allows for a very nice bright tone (think somewhere between a regular warm tone, and a bass with graphite neck). The polyester neck has been done successfully on several basses, and works really well on this green bass, as it's easy to use whatever color (as wood is limited in color). This bass has frets, and it sounds great slapping. If you're looking for a cheap slap monster that can also dial out some old school funk, this probably will be your monster! And what's more, the price, I can't believe that prices like this exist on a bass of this caliber! If I wouldn't know any better, I would say it sounds just as good as a $600 bass of a few years back!

I dug the color of this Bass, because it gave me a Type O Negative vibe with it's color scheme. The bass itself plays alright, but it has Some negative aspects out of the box that can be fixed. some of the issues I've had are the sharp frets causing issues when sliding around on the neck, the bass gives a buzzing noise when I turn the tone knob at all, and the input jack is kinda trash. Negatives aside if you want a pretty cool looking Bass that won't break the bank, and plays decently out of the box this isn't the worst option out there.

It just has the bare bones, no bells and whistles, but it works perfectly for what it does. The slap tone isn't the best with the existing pickups, too much click when it hits the magnets, and the bottom end gets muddy in drop tunings, especially below D. I have since replaced them with the EMG-PJX set (I routered out the well for the J pickup) and now it sounds as good as it looks. The real reason I got it is for the appearance anyways. Everywhere I go people compliment me on it. People come up and take pictures while I'm tuning for a show. I love this bass and I play it every day. I would recommend a change of pickups after a while unless you like the stock tone, which is a rough, round sound good for fingerstyle and picking in rock music. It's not clear enough for new metal music, particularly since it's almost all drop tuning these days. The pickups don't catch harmonics real well, but that goes away with a compressor. With a good amp and some effects, you can get a much larger range of good tones.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this bass. I like to play something before buying it, but I took a chance on this. It was worth it! The bass instantly became my new favorite instrument. The quality is better than expected. My only complaint is that the nut that screws onto the female jack came off when I unplugged it from the amp the first time. Others have said the same thing. I fixed it by cranking it down really tight. Others have suggested super glue. It doesn't hinder the bass in any way. The action is smooth. The sound is good quality. There aren't any dead notes or frets that buzz. The 20 frets are more than enough and as a bonus it came with decent strings so I haven't replaced them yet. I took a chance, got extremely lucky with this product, and could not be happier about my purchase.

This bass guitar is terrible. The nut is soft plastic, the string ate into the groove causing a buzz. When my son's music teacher tried to change the strings he noticed this, he stated that he had never seen a nut made of such soft material. Then when he removed the screw, or TRIED to remove it, it broke off in the head. Very cheaply made bass, I do not recommend this to anyone. If I could give 0 stars I would do so

Pros: Great Bass Vibrant color (not as bright lime green as picture shows but still awesome) Great Price Cons: Amazon. The bass is great. I've played a lot of basses, this is the first dean bass I've played however I really enjoy it. It's lightweight, sounds good, nothing wrong with it and overall great price. The only problem I had with it is the shipping. I'm an Amazon Prime member and it took twice as long (and a whole other order) to get the bass delivered. This is the second package they've had to re-ship. This generally wouldn't be a big deal however you can find the bass cheaper at Guitar Center. I was willing to pay more to get it shipped fast, however I wish I would've just drove or ordered it from Guitar Center.

Insgesamt a nettes Teil. Hab es zwar erst mal zurückschicken müssen, da (wahrscheinlich) der Potty defekt war, aber hat alles wunderbar geklappt. Zurück geschickt, neue (oder reparierte; weiß i ned so genau ;-) ) geschickt bekommen, welche dann auch funktioniert hat. Und das alles innerhalb von 5-7 Tagen. Für unsere Musik bassd der Sound vollkommen. Und die Farbe is einfach dermaßen pornööös..... Ich bin zufrieden

Really nice for the price, was all tuned and set up right out of the box!! Came on time! Thing looks sick too!

Wollte unbedingt den Bass in dieser Lackierung aber weder Thomann noch die anderen Grossmärkte konnten ihn besorgen. Er war überall ausverkauft. Amazon war der einzige Anbieter der ihn noch hatte. Heute Morgen ist er angekommen u ist nicht nur Optisch ein Hingucker sondern er klingt auch super u lässt sich sehr gut spielen. Mein Rat... kauft ihn euch sonst kriegt ihr ihn nicht mehr so schnell !!

one of my favorite bass’s I have

So I bought this bass mainly for the extreme Green color and the fact that it was a single split pickup as my T-40 and My LTD 6 string are both duel pickup basses. When I received it there were a few things that had to be done. The finish quality of the fret ends wasn't great several of them were very sharp so had to give the neck a little bit of a sand and polish to correct that problem. The action was set pretty high although the neck adjustment was good right out of the box. A minor adjustment on the bridge saddles corrected this. Intonation was way off even before I started messing with the spring saddles so it also had to be reset. After these minor adjustments I will say this plays awesome the neck is narrow and fast and the single split P gives some wicked Jazz tones as well as being hot enough to really rip on metal or hard rock songs. Overall an excellent bass for the price point. I do recommend getting it set up when you receive it which is pretty common for most guitars that have been shipped.