Dean Pace Electric Upright Review

History: I have been playing the bass now for about 12 years in a semi-pro capacity. previously a drummer, I was turned on to playing bass as they needed a bass man at a jam session! Since then,I´ve played rock standards, jazz and lately the last couple of years, being getting into jazz fusion and more latin. Hence, I decided i needed to try a get more of an upright bass sound.The Dean Pace was my choice, having read a lot of reviews/opinions relating to EUB´s(electric upright basses.

Purchase: I found this unit on Ebay, being auctioned out of a Pawn Shop somewhere in the States. I won it for what I thought was a reasonable price(compared with the new list price. I paid $400 approx. and great....hope this thing is as described...suppoede to be as new. When I finally got the bass, I live in Portugal,I was clobbered with the local import duty tax bill of $200! I bought a used unit for nearly new price.Oh well, it looked great,as described. Now to plug it in....

What I Like About This Dean Pace Electric Upright: This instrument is really well made.The sound is very close to that of an upright bass. I´m still working o the sound by changing the strings. According to some reviews, the thing sounds best using nylon tapewounds so i´m just about to change them as the fender black nylons arrived today in the post. It's surprising easy to play, the change from standard bass to upright isn´t such a shock as I expected! Got used to the thing in about half an hour of playing it. Being pivotted to a sturdy metal tripod means you can boogie around the thing whilst playing and not be worried about back ache from longer sessions!

What I Do NOT Like About The Dean Pace Electric Upright: When I first plugged it in...horror! A nasty ground hum type buzzing...get this...when I touched the strings. No bass sound at all coming out of the amp. I had loads of electronics buffs pear over the thing but to no avail. Then I read, on yet another review, some guy with a similar problem who simply changed his strings. I did as suggested and hey presto...sound! and a great sound with zero noise. I figured that with steel strings there is tendency for oxidization to occer between the strings and the point of contact with the Piezo pick-ups. However, this will be cured when i finally fit my nylon tapewounds.

Dean Pace Electric Upright Quality Rating: Ecxellent construction and general quality is good

Review Summary: If you are thinking of making the leap into the world of EUB´s, but want it to be easy at a reasonable cost, tyhen get one of these!

Rating of this Dean product: 5

This Dean Pace Electric Upright Bass Guitars Review Submitted By: Luigi

Review Date: 2008-05-09