NGD (Warning: Dean Headstock inside)

[DrakkarTyrannis]

I think a custom paint job is in order

In all seriousness tho....I think the explorer style pickguard looks awesome on the none trem ML....thoughts?

The actual Explorer pickgaurds look fine but Dean's take on it looks too bulky to me. This guitar is ugly..but the pickgaurd looks better than Dean's

Oh..and random shitty family shot just because I happened to have them over there so I took a random pic without bothering to make them look nice

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

If only the headstock could be bigger. HNGD, nothing more classy than black ‘n white. Looks good here.

Funny thing is this is the smaller headstock. I recently learned that the headstock went through 3 iterations. Series one is the biggest, series two is shorter but almost as wide, series 3 is the smallest, and then there's the shrimp fork which just looks stupid as fuck to me. I wanna say my Modifiers have the series 3 but the ML headstock is a bit shorter yet wider. I can't really call it a 2 or 3. Maybe there's a 4th and I just don't know. They don't really tell you on Dean's website so it's hard to tell.

I'm not really knowledgeable about all of that. TBH I don't give a shit about Dean for the most part but they're the only company that makes the guitars I like so I'm stuck with them. I didn't really bother learning this history and whatnot.

 

[Dumple Stilzkin]

That shrimp fork headstock is pretty goofy! What it is about Dean @DrakkarTyrannis that you prefer?

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

That shrimp fork headstock is pretty goofy! What it is about Dean @DrakkarTyrannis that you prefer?

Dean makes the ML so I'm stuck with them. IDC about the company honestly. If I had to pick a company I'd go with ESP in a heartbeat but obviously that's not an option.

I like the ML shape because I've always been partial to Vs and I like big guitars. I'm a big person so small guitars look and feel weird to me. I also like having a guitar I can easily identify if it's in a room of other guitarists guitars. Most people don't use MLs so it's easy to spot mine.

Now I just need ESP Japan to make an ML "signature" guitar for me and I'd be set

 

[mmr007]

The actual Explorer pickgaurds look fine but Dean's take on it looks too bulky to me. This guitar is ugly..but the pickgaurd looks better than Dean's

Oh..and random shitty family shot just because I happened to have them over there so I took a random pic without bothering to make them look nice

Why are your guitars at the strip club?

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

Why are your guitars at the strip club?

....they are? That would explain a lot

 

[ZXIIIT]

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That pic needs to be updated

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

That pic needs to be updated

We ignore that abomination and wipe it from our minds

 

[soliloquy]

Funny thing is this is the smaller headstock. I recently learned that the headstock went through 3 iterations. Series one is the biggest, series two is shorter but almost as wide, series 3 is the smallest, and then there's the shrimp fork which just looks stupid as fuck to me. I wanna say my Modifiers have the series 3 but the ML headstock is a bit shorter yet wider. I can't really call it a 2 or 3. Maybe there's a 4th and I just don't know. They don't really tell you on Dean's website so it's hard to tell.

I'm not really knowledgeable about all of that. TBH I don't give a shit about Dean for the most part but they're the only company that makes the guitars I like so I'm stuck with them. I didn't really bother learning this history and whatnot.
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They have a few others too.
The Kerry King one they just posted above.
The deceiver headstock
The soltero and icon headstock
The vmnt headstock
The thoroughbred headstock (think it's the same as their acoustic headstock?)

Think there are a few others they have?

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

They have a few others too.
The Kerry King one they just posted above.
The deceiver headstock
The soltero and icon headstock
The vmnt headstock
The thoroughbred headstock (think it's the same as their acoustic headstock?)

Think there are a few others they have?

Yeah there are a few others. I just meant in terms of the V headstock. Personally I like the V shape more than anything they have. I'm in the super minority who actually prefers the V headstock

 

[soliloquy]

Yeah there are a few others. I just meant in terms of the V headstock. Personally I like the V shape more than anything they have. I'm in the super minority who actually prefers the V headstock

Yeah, I don't mind the v headstock either.
Though I do have a super soft spot for anything Dean related that isn't a sig guitar.

 

[MrBouleDeBowling]

Congrats! The select serie is hella nice. I'm also in the minority who likes the Dean headstock.

How's the neck?

 

[kerryymm]

Congratulations! I might be in the minority here, but I think that's the nicest-looking ML I've ever seen

I don't mind the headstock either, tbh. I used to have a Cadillac: great-looking guitar, played nicely, weighed about as much as the moon though.

 

[TheBolivianSniper]

A modifier just popped up in a Facebook group I'm in, the Axe Exchange, in red for $1k if you'd need a backup.

 

[erdiablo666]

For some reason the original post got rid of them. Also told me I couldn't say "p0ker chip" for some reason.

Whoa WHOA! This is a family forum!

HNGD man

 

[STRHelvete]

Congrats! The select serie is hella nice. I'm also in the minority who likes the Dean headstock.

How's the neck?

Can't complain. I really like it. It didn't make as much of a difference from the C shaped necks of the Modifier as I thought it would. V necks were always THE thing I thought would be a game changer but eh..not so much. Either way I dig it though

 

[STRHelvete]

A modifier just popped up in a Facebook group I'm in, the Axe Exchange, in red for $1k if you'd need a backup.

Normally I'd be on it...but it's getting too close to NAMM time to spend that kind of money. I'll wait to see if Dean does anything for the new product year.