Dean EAB Fretless Acoustic-Electric Bass  

Built in tuner is extremely handy. Nice deep acoustic tone.

Well built instrument. Nice finish. Plays great but I had to change to flatwounds - roundwounds on a fretless will chew up the fretboard.

No better value on this type of acoustic that I was able to locate.

Incredible value on a fine instrument. This bass is quite large, but to get a good acoustic bass sound a large body it is needed. Dean has a winner here.

The pick up is insanely sensitive, and picks oup every littl adjustment  of your fore arm, if you rest your forearm on the bodywhen you play, and  I am still experimentin with the built in EQ, but the range of sound is  a lot of fun for me...not so much for my neighbors.  Ha.

I should really have titled it my replaced fretless Dean Bass.   Thankfully I spent the extra bucks on a waranty, bwcause the first  showed up with a back bend in the neck, making the fiorst 5 frets  unplayable.  I returned it for an exchange, and put a set of flat wound  strings on it, and it sounds great.  It gives the sound of an old  upright bass, wich is what I was hoping for.

If you are thinking about getting one, by all means, it is worth the extra bucks to buy the replacement waranty.

I have seen comparable acustic bass guitars for $800.00 in stores.

For the money, it is worth every penny(including the waranty)

only because of pickup, see below

I'm using this purely as an acoustic bass, so the built-in tuner is basically all I need.  That seems to work fine.  I do wish it had a second strap pin on it though.

Overall, this bass is nice.  My only complaint is the tuning heads.  One of mine broke on the first day.  I just happened to have another set of old tuning heads from another bass and put those on.  While this is disappointing, for the price of this bass I can afford to replace the tuning heads.

The other thing that really needs replacing are the strings.  The G string on mine had a very different tone than the rest of the strings.  I installed some flatwound (Fender 9120) strings and it made a huge difference.  It sounds very much like an upright bass now.

For this price, this was an excellent buy.  I picked it up on a Christmas sale for a great price.  Even with having to buy strings and a set of tuning heads, this is a great deal.

While it may take a little work to make it a really nice instrument, this is a great bass.  It seems loud enough to use with a couple of acoustic guitars without amplification (although I've yet to use it for anything other than practice so far).  I look forward to trying this out in some real gigs.

This is my first foray into fretless bass. I wasn't sure what to expect at this price, but I was thoroughly wowed when I got this out of the box and started playing it. It looks nice, and it sounds great. Compared to more expensive acoustic basses I checked out, this is an under-priced gem. It is large and that gives it volume and projection right down to low E. Mine didn't buzz like some reviewers complained. Like anything (even expensive instruments) you could get a bad one I suppose, but mine was a good one for sure. Comfortable and easy to play. Unplugged it sounds more like an upright bass than anything else I've played at any price. Plugged in, it sounds like a classic electric bass guitar. The electronics are adequate for my needs (jamming with buddies) and the built-in tuner is very much appreciated. I see no quality issues at this point on day one. I am completely satisfied. Get the bag to protect it a little.