Dean USA John Entwistle Spider, Redwood

Full Description

Iconic Spider bass outline

Coming from the iconic spider line, the John Entwistle bass features a custom Z-style body shape with an extended cutaway to provide incredible access to the upper frets. This stunning body is crafted from mahogany so you can expect an impressive amount of sustain and resonance thanks to its dense and heavy nature.

The warm and overall balanced tone of the mahogany ensures that you'll enjoy plenty of depth, grind, and bite. It's a sound resulting in an incredibly dynamic output, suitable for a wide range of playing styles. A striking burled redwood top sits proudly on the mahogany, enhancing its mesmerising aesthetics while injecting the overall tone with subtle enhances for an improved soundscape.

Powerful EMG Pickups & Versatile Electronics

Featuring a set of formidable EMG Lo Z Pickups, the Entwistle Spider Redwood produces fearsome output and an incredible punch of tone. It's ideal for hard rock and energetic playing styles. Searching for that hard-to-find tone? Look no further, as you can easily dial in the desired sound with the volume control and 3-band EQ which provides excellent tone shaping capabilities to suit a variety of applications.

But the crowning, unique feature of this Signature Dean Bass is the versatile Aphex Exciter circuit. It allows you to add extra low end punch and growl to create an incredible range of destructive sonics.

Babicz Bridge

The addition of a Babicz bridge provides players with an enhanced performance, improving the amount of contact between the strings and body for an increase in sustain and resonance. Jeff Babicz designed this innovative bridge with the intent of gaining the maximum amount of direct string coupling to the instrument's body, with over 50 times more contact surface per saddle compared to conventional saddle designs.

Smooth Mahogany Neck & Ebony Fingerboard

With its mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard, this Signature USA Dean Bass offers an incredibly strong tonal character. Infused with dark punchy lows and crisp, sizzling highs. The ebony fingerboard enhances the natural characteristics of the mahogany, creating plenty of depth and midrange punch to suit a variety of playing styles. The fingerboard is equipped with jumbo frets to make vibrato and string bends easier, while its pearl black widow inlays create a stunning look that adds to the overall aesthetics.

Neck-Through Construction

Incorporating a neck-through construction allows the Signature Dean Bass to produce advanced sustain and resonance. It optimises the maximum contact between the neck and body joint to achieve superior vibration transfer and sustainability, perfect for times when you need notes to ring out for as long as possible.

Incredibly Stable Performance

Along with its incredible comfort and tonal options, this Dean Bass Guitar features a selection of high-quality hardware to provide an incredibly stable performance. Its Grover tuners and Graph Tech tusq nut ensure the Dead Entwistle Spider remains in tune, even against harsh playing style, while its D’Addario strings provide excellent playing comfort and a long lifespan.

About John Entwistle

Born in 1944, John Entwistle's names is as synonymous to the bass as Jimi Hendrix is to the guitar, with a career spanning over 40 years and being the bassist to one of rock 'n' roll’s most iconic bands, The Who. The English bass guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film and music producer started his life of music at the young age of 7, taking piano lessons before moving on to the trumpet, then the French horn. It was his second year at school when he met fellow Who guitarist Pete Townsend, and the two ended up forming a trad jazz band together. Not much time after, Entwistle went on to play the bass, mostly due to his large fingers and fondness of the low guitar tones of Duane Eddy, joining the band The Detours which went on to become The Who. Throughout his life, Entwistle's playing style has incorporated fingerstyle, plectrum, tapping, and harmonics, constantly changing techniques between and during songs to create a plethora of sounds. John Entwistle has been nicknamed ''the Ox'' and ''Thunderfingers'' due to the speed of his play, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 alongside The Who.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Top: Burled Redwood
• Body: Mahogany
• Contour: Flat Top
• Shape: Custom Z
• Bridge: Babicz
• Construction: Neck-Through
• Finish: Natural

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Maple
• Profile: C
• Scale Length: 34’’
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Frets: 24 Jumbo
• Inlays: Pearl Black Widow
• Nut: Graph Tech TUSQ
• Nut Width: 41mm

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: EMG Lo Z
• Neck Pickup: EMG Lo Z
• Controls: 3-Band Active EQ, Volume
• Special Electronics: Aphex Exciter Circuit
• Tuners: Grover
• Knobs: Dome
• Hardware: Gold
• Strings: D’Addario EXL 170 (.045-.100)
• Case Included: Hardshell Case