Product Description
Offering a large body with deep, full tone, this fretless Dean acoustic-electric bass guitar (model EABFL) also looks great on stage with a handsome satin-finished top made of select spruce wood and an abalone sound hole accent. It also features Dean's active pre-amp electronics, a 34-inch scale, and a lined fretless rosewood fingerboard.
Specifications
* Top: Select spruce
* Body: Mahogany
* Neck: Mahogany
* Fingerboard: Rosewood (lined fretless)
* Bridge: Rosewood
* Scale: 34 inches
* Tuners: Die cast
* Electronics: Dean active pre-amp and tuner
* Finish: Satin natural
Product Description
Dean EAB FL Electric Acoustic Bass is a Large Body, Big Sounding Fretless Acoustic Bass. Dean EAB FL comes with passive pre amp and is available in satin natural. Dean EAB FL is the BEST VALUE in a fretless acoustic/electric bass on the market today. EAB FL ~Lined Fretless ~Select Spruce Top ~34" scale ~Mahogany bound neck ~Rosewood fingerboard ~Pearl DOT Inlayes ~Die Cast Tuners ~Set Neck ~Celluliod Binding/Rosette ~Rosewood Bridge ~Dean/ Passive Preamp Electronics ~Slim Neck Profile for Easy Play
Product Features
* Fretless acoustic-electric 4-string bass with large body with deep, full tone
* Mahogany body with select spruce top; satin natural finish
* Lined fretless rosewood fingerboard; 34-inch scale
* Dean active pre-amp electronics
* Abalone sound hole accent
Customer Reviews
By Mike Talloo "composer" (Practicing in NC)
I've been playing bass since the sixties and grabbed this to explore fretless a little deeper while staying on a budget. The Dean A-EBF has been a genuine treat, right out of the box. The tone is rich everywhere on the neck and I'm pleased with the volume I can get without amplification (it arrives with round wound strings). I was also surprised at the variety of voice available through mid to high positions, especially from the middle strings where the fretboard delivers ripe, Pastorious like swells. If you're into slap beware as the accoustic body tends to capture and resonate both sides of the strings almost equally.
Obviously, transitioning away from frets requires a lot of concentration but also anticipate the extra travel distance to drive a string that doesn't stop on a bar. Its not about extra muscle, its about releasing the left fingers to jump a little higher, a little faster to find a neighboring open string. And don't look for any sympathy from this instrument's non-adjustable bridge.
The aesthetics are clean and honest, elegant actually, and the fit is easy though you may find yourself sitting with the body a little off your leg so you can play the elongated neck.
I wanted a lot from the Dean and I got more. While I purchased it for an introduction to accoustic/fretless I believe I have something that will last much, much longer.
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