Dean

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Beautifully sculpted mahogany body with a maple top. 34" scale maple and walnut neck. 12 strings are strung as 4 groups of 3. Black Grover tuners. EMG-HZ pickups with Dean 3D preamp. Dean 2-piece anchor bridge.
Dean Rhapsody 12 12-String Bass Transparent Black
Dean Rhapsody 12 12-String Bass Transparent Black

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  • 12 string
  • Maple top
  • Mahogany body
  • 34" scale and 2-1/8" nut
  • Black chrome bridge
  • Black Grover tuners
  • EMG-HZ pickups with Dean 3D preamp
  • Dean 2-piece anchor bridge system
  • Bolt-on maple and walnut neck
  • Rosewood fingerboard
  • Abalone dot inlays
  • 24 frets

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5 year parts and labor warranty against defects.

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5

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Best Uses
  1. Recording4
  2. Small Venues4
  3. Jamming3
  4. Practicing3
  5. Large venues, too1
Cons
  1. No faults at all for me1
Describe Yourself
  1. Experienced4
Pros
  1. Fun To Play4
  2. Good Feel4
  3. Good Pick Up4
  4. Good Tone4
  5. Solid Electronics4
  • Great Sounding 12-string Bass

    5

    submitted5 years ago

    byJulie A.

    fromEverett, WA

    This instrument would not be A good choice for a first bass or an only bass. It is great for adding depth to the sound.

  • Still a 12-String, There's Something Different abot It

    5

    submitted8 years ago

    byJeff - Young Old Timer

    fromLakeland, Florida

    Dean might still be mad at me for turning one of their Rhapsody-12s, but I did that because Dean won't open their eyes and start producing the Edge-10 again. If they did, I'd still get one. Anyway, since that conversion worked so well, I got the nerve to modify one more. It's still a 12-string, but now, it has six pairs of stings, each pair tuned in octaves. Now it has an even deeper voice as I tuned it (low to high) F#-B-E-A-D-G. It plays very well. I say this every time - don't try to do something like this unless you have some serious experience with this sort of thing. I have two pictures below.

  • Another Stunning Success

    5

    submitted8 years ago

    byJeff - Young Old Timer

    fromLakeland, FL

    I said I'd do it, and I "done" it. I converted my second R-12 into an R10, and it came out great! I had to cut new grooves into the nut and bridge, but I could still use several of the existing grooves on both ends. Up close the bridge and nut look pretty awful, but to me, they are very beautiful, because they WORK. Yes, there is extra space between the new low B string and its octave counterpart, and for two reason. 1- I really had no choice on that one, and 2 - a little extra space helps the fingers and picks anyway while giving a little extra space for the rather wide vibration of the B-string. I Used all D'Addarios, a Pack of EXL-170-8s, a singleXLB-125 and an XLB-045. It still has much of the chime but also dishes it out on a much lower, almost evil, tone. I'm happy as can be. You should hear it through a Big M**f fuzz box. New dimension there! Let me remind you, don't try anything like unless you know what you are doing !!

  • So much fun, I now have two of them.

    5

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    submitted8 years ago

    byJeff - Young Old Timer

    fromLakeland, FL

    I know this might set Dean's Guitars hair on fire, but I'm going to convert this bass from a 4-course 12-string bass into a 5-course 10-string bass. I was going to replace the bridge, but it turns out that I can't get it off the instrument. Then I took some close looks and did some measuring and discovered the existing bridge will work, and so will the brass nut with minor modifications. My other R-12 swerves me very well, and I still enjoy it after a few years of playing it. The reason I'm doing this is to get a pair of octave B strings on the thing. I don't need to change anything else, and the project has begun very nicely. The neck is wide enough to not have to squeeze the string sets too close to each other. The R-12 (soon to be R-10) is a very good and sturdy platform for the conversion. This modified bass is going to give me a new sound to choose from when deciding which bass to play from one set to another. Once more, I strongly recommend that if you the reader get a wild hair to try something like this, YOU BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!! If you don't, then get a professional to do it.

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  • asked byZak

    fromBucks County Pennsylvania

    Will this fit into the Coffin Case?

    Will this fit into the Coffin Case?

    Open Reply - Gear-Support
    Yes, it will fit.
  • asked byDamon

    fromNorth Ogden Utah

    Does it come with a case?

    Does it come with a case?

    Open Reply - Kenneth
    This does not come with a case