Dime Warhead Amps Rehash

[lattjeful]

Are/were any of his signature products good?

I personally have a very poor view of products with his namesake on it, because they were just pumping shit out with his name when I was in middle school
I have not heard good or bad things about Dean. Never heard a good thing about Krank. His MXR distortion pedal, never heard anything good about that. I liked the CFH wah, though.

The CFH wah and the SD Dimebucker are alright but everything else...

Ehhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[soul_lip_mike]

Are/were any of his signature products good?

I personally have a very poor view of products with his namesake on it, because they were just pumping shit out with his name when I was in middle school
I have not heard good or bad things about Dean. Never heard a good thing about Krank. His MXR distortion pedal, never heard anything good about that. I liked the CFH wah, though.

USA dime sigs (Washburn and Dean) were . Also love his crybaby. The rest never tried.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Oh yeah I dig the Dime bucker too. It gets a lot of hate for the misconception of being scooped sounding but it's actually pretty mid heavy.

 

[DimMak]

Are/were any of his signature products good?

I personally have a very poor view of products with his namesake on it, because they were just pumping shit out with his name when I was in middle school
I have not heard good or bad things about Dean. Never heard a good thing about Krank. His MXR distortion pedal, never heard anything good about that. I liked the CFH wah, though.

The wah was about it for me too. Didnt like the Dimebucker unless installing it upside down with the duncan letters toward the neck, made it sound less thin and harsh.

All the shit after he was killed was total garbage IMO. Cashing in for sure.

 

[Choop]

Are/were any of his signature products good?

I personally have a very poor view of products with his namesake on it, because they were just pumping shit out with his name when I was in middle school
I have not heard good or bad things about Dean. Never heard a good thing about Krank. His MXR distortion pedal, never heard anything good about that. I liked the CFH wah, though.

The Krankenstein is pretty good -- and at the very least it's a whole lot better than the Warhead was.

 

[oracles]

Krankenstein which is getting a better reuputation these days.

I'm not sure why, they're built extremely poorly like everything else Krank made. The reliability rate on them is very poor, and they're a nightmare to work on because of how badly they're assembled.

 

[DimMak]

All the Dime merch/sig stuff after his murder really turned me off. Felt very cheap, commercial and cash Grabby. Kind of gross.

 

[soul_lip_mike]

All the Dime merch/sig stuff after his murder really turned me off. Felt very cheap, commercial and cash Grabby. Kind of gross.

All of the import Dean garbage like "DIMEBONICS" and "DIMEOFLAGUE" were horrible money grabs. I can't believe anyone would buy that crap. The real USA stuff is great, though. I've got 3 USA Dean Dimes (2x southern cross and a stealth) and I put them up against any of my custom USA Jacksons or Japanese ESP's.

 

[RevDrucifer]

I think Dean did a few models post-death that were actual Dime designs with the graphics and whatnot, but then immediately followed them with all the dumb shit that look more like tourist trap offerings than signature guitars.

Back in high school I suggested a Dimebucker to a friend who wanted “the craziest pickup”, I had never used a Dimebucker, I just assumed because of Dime it was going to be over the top. We installed it in an ESP Viper and when comparing it to the Evolutions in my JEM it was not very over the top at all, quite dull in comparison. He ended up with an Evolution.

 

[hensh!n]

If I learned anything we loved shit tone when we were younger lol

I remember thinking the Rammstein Sehnsucht/Herzeleid sound was THE sound to get. Now that I go back, it's way too scooped and harsh.

The harsh part is probably the SansAmp. But Rammstein is/was an Industrial band, that harsh/cold/mechanical kind of tone is on par for the genre.

Fear Factory also come from a similar type of lineage. And while their tone is vastly different, it still fits within that spectrum of Industrial/Industrial Metal.

Tone evolves, tastes change, and we only gain perspective years after the fact. I don't think it's the right approach to judge a subjective element (e.g., guitar tone) decades removed from the time period it was made. For example, when Demanufacture came out there was nothing that sounded like that. And Sehnsucht/Herzeleid also fit within the landscape of the era they were made in. Rammstein had that "German Depeche Mode on Steroids" thing going for them and it worked. Those records are definitely a product of their time though. Fads also come and go too. It seems that a lot of people are now "tired of Djent tones", but give it another 10-15 years and the same people may get nostalgic about them.

We went from "scooping the mids" to "all the mids". Just find what works and use that. It doesn't matter what the EQ looks like. There are no rules with this stuff. All the greats broke the rules.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Semi off-topic but I still fuck with FF tone lol. SOANM and Demanufacture are still 10/10 guitar tones.

 

[Werecow]

Semi off-topic but I still fuck with FF tone lol. SOANM and Demanufacture are still 10/10 guitar tones.

Demanufacture is still my favourite ever tone. It's a shame much of it is studio magic. I still get goosebumps dialling up a close enough tone and playing those songs though.

SOANM is still right up there for me as well.

 

[Shask]

We went from "scooping the mids" to "all the mids".

That happened, then skinny jeans came, then the man-bun, and next comes the downfall of society.

People should have just left the mids scooped.....

 

[Shask]

Semi off-topic but I still fuck with FF tone lol. SOANM and Demanufacture are still 10/10 guitar tones.

Yep, Demanufacture + Enemies of Reality is basically MY tone. I pretty much always dial in a tone somewhere in that mix.

 

[hensh!n]

Semi off-topic but I still fuck with FF tone lol. SOANM and Demanufacture are still 10/10 guitar tones.

Same same. I think the guitar tone on Genexus is criminally underrated as well. That tone in Dielectric always gets me jacked, as with some of the tracks off Obsolete (e.g., Smasher/Devourer).

 

[Shask]

Same same. I think the guitar tone on Genexus is criminally underrated as well. That tone in Dielectric always gets me jacked, as with some of the tracks off Obsolete (e.g., Smasher/Devourer).

I pretty much love all of Dino's tones, except for The Industrialist. That one is a bit too squaky for me.

Brujerizmo is one of the heaviest Recto tones out there.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Re-Industrialized fixed the tone a good bit. Sounds a bit closer to his Mechanize sound. Which makes sense because according to Dino, he used the same rig on both amp. I remember during the marketing for the album, he claims he used a POD HD for Industrialist, but a couple of years ago on Twitter he said he used the same Vetta II + Recto 2x12 setup he used on Mechanize.

EDIT: Oops nevermind it was direct from the Vetta, no mics. Mechanize was Mesa 2x12 for sure though, probably why it sounds better.

I pretty much love all of Dino's tones, except for The Industrialist. That one is a bit too squaky for me.

Brujerizmo is one of the heaviest Recto tones out there.

 

[soul_lip_mike]

For me being an angsty teen in the 90’s, demanufacture was one of the GOAT tones along with burn my eyes and the black album. If only there was a way to make a wolverine picture frame meme of me with those tones.

 

[hensh!n]

EDIT: Oops nevermind it was direct from the Vetta, no mics. Mechanize was Mesa 2x12 for sure though, probably why it sounds better.

So I just listened to a play through of the Vetta II on YouTube and heard that "squaky" high mid thing from The Industrialist. I dig it.

Line 6 get a lot of flack, but they've made some really great guitar products. They still do, even if they're a bit behind the competition.