I Finally Found This Dimebag Guitar (Unboxing)

After years of searching, I've finally tracked one of these down. Blessed. How long have you spent looking for a guitar? If you like what I do and want to support me even further, send me a message for guitar lessons, or for transcribing a song for you, session work, ghostwriting, re-amping, production, or general guitar maintenance and tech (Vancouver only)!
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[@tymanngruter1808]

I am so glad that Dime lives on in his guitars! And us forever...... R.i.p Dime! 🪨🪨🪨

[@tejay9416]

Long live the man himself. The legend of legends. One of my absolute favorite guitarists. That belongs somewhere in a glass case or a museum or something. What a beauty!!!!!! 🤟🔥🔥

[@EricMorettin]

Long live Dime indeed! Thanks Tate!

[@isolirionband7300]

@@EricMorettin Hi man, i got a Dean Razorback, the scale is 24,75, i want to put a Baritone short scale guitar string, do you think is ok? O i have to buy a baritone guitar to tune so down the tuning?

[@EricMorettin]

@@isolirionband7300 you can put baritone strings on and tune down just fine. I ran 13-56/62 and 14-68 in B standard for years on 24.75" scale guitars and it was great.

[@isolirionband7300]

@@EricMorettin thanks man!!

[@barry3045]

Hi Eric. Glad you’re enjoying the Dime , and I know you’re going to play the arse off it. Cheers man 🤘🏼

[@MF-Alien]

Congrats my man! I am literally building a guitar to these exact specs from scratch with all top of the line components because I can’t justify buying a D3 right now. I’ll post a vid when the guitar is complete for all the dime nerds. I’m using left over wood in my shop for the guitar so it’s African Sapele body with neck through 5 piece walnut/maple, FU-tone floyd & nut, rosewood fretboard that I just finished pressing in the frets. Exact shape and V neck carve of the D3!

[@PistolsPlayground]

That's fucking awesome dude. I'll be interested to see that when it's done.

[@DarrellandVinceAbbott4Ever]

I've always loved Washburn Dimes over Deans 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘 Congratulations on the new guitar! ⚡️🎸⚡️

[@Ben.d.strings]

dude this thing is insane! Congrats! \m/

[@EricMorettin]

Thank you my friend! Capturing it on camera doesn't do it justice

[@CarolynSullivan]

HELL YEEEEEAH! 🔥 congratulations!

[@EricMorettin]

Thank you my friend!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@OldSlabsides45]

Congrats man!

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks!

[@excwhy5447]

I'm sooo jealous dude, absolutely stunning guitar, I wish more washburns popped up in the UK and in reasonable pricings too, how much did you need to throw for it?

[@troyskinnard1393]

That guitar legit looks like it just came out of the custom shop

[@EricMorettin]

It's very clean outside of a couple scuffs in the gloss

[@MT_800]

Great find my dude. Honestly the more I see the Dimebolt finish, the more I love it. :)

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks! As I said in the video, no disrespect to the DFH, but the bolt on the D3 dimebolt is just insane

[@jon4904]

SO EPIC,,,IT'S ONE OF DIMEBAGS,,GUITAR THAT I WANT,,,,CONGRATULATIONS ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@EndaBuckley]

You look so chuffed to have the guitar!! It's stellar looking! always dug the updated Lightning Bolt graphic! Enjoy! 🤘

[@EricMorettin]

Much appreciated! Yup it's one of my favorites as well. I've always loved how Washburn did the bolts on these

[@tf2exordium]

Im glad youve got one of ur dream guitars, I recently picked up an 06 dime o flame and its blown me away (even though it pales in comparsion to this dimebolt xd)

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks! Hey there's nothing wrong with that dime o flame. Sure it might not have some of the higher end appointments, but dime played a lot of Korean guitars in the Damageplan days. At the end of the day you still have a dime guitar and are carrying the legacy.

[@tf2exordium]

@@EricMorettin yeah I mean it plays great and sounds great what more could you ask for :)

[@chupakabra3263]

Very happy for you and a little jealous =D Man Dime's Washburns are sexy as hell...

[@LicksoftheLegend]

Holy cow man is that ever awesome!

[@HarleyCampbell79]

I was wrong it's a Dimebolt

[@robbie6129]

I love that guitar and your video content is quality 🤘

[@EricMorettin]

Thank you!

[@robbie6129]

@@EricMorettin ive just recently brought on ebay what i think is a 2014 dean dime slime because of you and your videos.

[@EricMorettin]

@@robbie6129 enjoy!

[@BataraKado]

that guitar looked clean as f.. looking for my own ml atm

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks! Has a few scuffs which is totally fine since this is going to be played. Good luck getting your own Dimebag guitar!

[@BataraKado]

thanks bro, i built my own ML out of factory second parts but the routing of the pickup cavitys was way off alignment so the guitar just doesnt hold tune well.. if you have a dean ml or washburn etc that you want to giveaway please kindly consider me, i would pay shipping lol, love your channel dude and you are great!!@@EricMorettin

[@philfrank5601]

Was hoping it was the silver bevel Stealth, but...this is also the shit. Congrats, and kudos to that dude's packing job. It's the only way these will arrive in the condition they left.

[@stang518]

Guess before watching the unboxing: dime slime I was wrong 💀

[@f3uibeghardt522]

What are the weights on these D3s roughly (I assume they vary just like Les Pauls). The Bolt and Dimeslime are the big 2 iconic finishes for sure, and that thing's pristine.

[@johnwhitaker545]

Was it refinished? It looks kinda different compared to the USA Dimebolts I’ve seen. Just curious. Congrats either way. I had a USA D3 Blackjack but regretfully sold it.

[@EricMorettin]

This is original!

[@DomicidalCovers]

My man knows how to play the clicklbait game!😉Congrats matey, I'd be so scared to touch a guitar that rare with 0 surface scratches, all of mine need some light scratches for me to feel comfortable playing them haha. That thing is gleaming!

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks for clicking bud 😏 thanks for the kind words! It has a couple scuffs here and there which is totally fine since this is going to be played. I hear you on having some scratches on your guitar tho!

[@SCOTTSEXPLODINGGUITAR-wc9to]

HI ERIC i bought an ibanez prestige rg 1527 7 string guitar for $1100 canadian did i get a deal i dont know what year it is but its in mint condition i cant find much info on it thanx ERIC Scott

[@EricMorettin]

I think that sounds like a good deal! Good guitar too!

[@rottingcorpse6002]

Been there. Dumped mine in 2010 but kept my slime and cross. My bolt had cracks in the clear at the neck joint.

[@rottingcorpse6002]

Looks like the selector switch was replaced on yours.

[@EricMorettin]

Yup the selector was replaced and the clear coat on these guitars crack semi regularly. Confirmed with other owners and former Washburn Custom Shop builders

[@dylangajdosik964]

Dimebucker was released to the public in 2002.

[@colin_a_12]

I'm gonna predict a Washburn Stealth or Dimebolt edit: Holy fucking shit man.... congratulations

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks! This is definitely one of my grails!

[@colin_a_12]

@@EricMorettin man your a lucky guy. I wish I had the money for a just any Dime guitar. Even the import models are extremely expensive over here in Germany. things like the Razorback Vs are like 1500+ and the old Washburn Vs that were like 400$ new are at around 800 to 1000 bucks....

[@guitarrilho502]

Hell yeah brotha

[@EricMorettin]

Thank you 🙏

[@HarleyCampbell79]

Dimeslime is my guess

[@ChrisTopherBunnell]

Washburn needs to make a comeback. Their 2024 electric guitar collection is pathetic.

[@leviathan_is_me]

I'm still a Razorback guy. The Dime-slime, Bee, and Explosion are the only guitars I would like with that headstock. I can't stand those headstocks, lol. I know, I know...

[@DavidMadeira29]

All these beauties with points, still not a razorback nor those fluorescent skulls stickers to apply. Namastè.

[@grubz5011]

D3

[@drunkenmaster888]

dimebolt

[@EricMorettin]

🤘

[@dylangajdosik964]

Yeah you're lucky you have friends that you can get good deals off of. The same D3 cost me 1399.00 plus tax in 2000 and came with a hardshell case. My house was broken into about 13 years ago now and everything that mattered was stolen.....including this guitar. Ill never be able to own one again. Not with the way the prices are these days.

[@jordanpitruzzello1249]

Today’s market only cost 30 grand ! 😂 💀

[@EricMorettin]

Some of them might cost that much and some might not

[@jaydoode15]

Someone send one of these to Zak Wylde so his guitar tone has some semblance to Dime's for his Pantera gig lol

[@EricMorettin]

You need more than a guitar to get that sound

[@jaydoode15]

@EricMorettin No doubt, that's why I said some semblance, at least with an actual Dime guitar, he'll inch a little closer. Zak's tone is soft and lacks that crunch, I saw Pantera live last summer, and he doesn't come close.

[@EricMorettin]

@@jaydoode15 I saw them twice and they sounded great both times. Keep in mind Dime and Zakk are two different players at the end of the day. Also, when you're a professional musician, gear is a tool to help you do your job better in some way. So if Zakk wasn't 100% playing Dime's rig (or using Dime's tools for the job), then he would have to use tools/gear that he feels at home with to do the best job he can do.

[@jaydoode15]

@EricMorettin I agree but if you're playing as Pantera you might as well try and get as close as possible to Pantera's sound. I'm sure Zak has no problem ripping it on a dimebolt compared to what he plays now. Charlie Benante also doesn't sound close to Vinnie, opting to stick with thick and darker sounding Paiste cymbals instead of the super bright AAX's that Vinnie was known for rocking, snare didn't sound close either, lacked that echo-ey reverb that Vinnie was known for during the really heavy live bits. Both Dime and Vinnie's choice of gear were integral to their sound. Mind you, I saw Pantera in a shitty sounding venue so it wasn't their fault the sound sucked.

[@preston2636]

Hey eric, what do you know about the dean from hells having different colored bolts? I.e. most are bright white but occasionally you see them yellowish (for example pustulus from gwars dean from hell, 2nd gen import). I asked pustulus and he said he had no idea why his was more yellow. Any information you have and especially how to make my bolts yellow is appreciated.