Dean Fretless Basses

[Cornwall Steve]

Does anyone own or has played one of these? Are they any good ? Where I live it's slim pickings for choice when it comes to picking up a half decent 5 string fretless at a reasonable price however a couple of Dean's have recently come up for sale within driving distance. I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts please 🤔 Thanks

[Hellzero]

Which model as there can be a huge difference?

 

The Brian Bromberg signature was and still is excellent.

[Cornwall Steve]

Well, the one nearest to where I live, and prefer out of the two, is simply described as an 'Edge' and is a kinda blue-green colour in the photo looking almost teal. For the £250 price tag I can't imagine it's terribly brilliant quality however the headstock says its made in Korea (by Cortek perhaps?)

[Hellzero]

It was an entry model, so I guess it's more a Vietnamese model.

 

Here is all the data I have.

 

[lemmywinks]

15 hours ago, Cornwall Steve said:

Well, the one nearest to where I live, and prefer out of the two, is simply described as an 'Edge' and is a kinda blue-green colour in the photo looking almost teal. For the £250 price tag I can't imagine it's terribly brilliant quality however the headstock says its made in Korea (by Cortek perhaps?)

 

 

You'll be able to tell where it came from be the serial number, a lot of Deans were made in the Unsung factory so it may start with US. In general for Korean basses an S denotes Samick, C would mean Cort, I or IS would be Saein (Shine) etc.

 

 

Unsung made a lot of decent guitars, did quite a lot of Epiphones IIRC.

[lemmywinks]

If it has an E or W then it's most likely WMI who made superb budget instruments, either way if you like it and it's £250 then grab it. 

[Cornwall Steve]

Hi Lemmywinks

Very many thanks for the info 👍

[Cornwall Steve]

On 01/07/2025 at 07:40, Hellzero said:

It was an entry model, so I guess it's more a Vietnamese model.

 

Here is all the data I have.

 

Hi 

 

On 01/07/2025 at 07:40, Hellzero said:

It was an entry model, so I guess it's more a Vietnamese model.

 

Here is all the data I have.

 

Good morning

Thank you very much for sharing the data on Dean Edge fretless basses, which is very helpful and informative. My apologies for not responding sooner.

Thanks

Steve