Dean Vendetta XM Electric Guitar Natural

I got mine I love it it's an excellent guitar for the price sounds great I recomend it if you want a great guitar

I can't say enough good things about this Dean Vendetta XM: great value, plays beautifully and easily, and it's got a nice understated design and finish ... nit-pickers and nay-sayers of course will mention component quality, but perhaps that forgets the limitations of Dean's manufacturing options at this price levelI find nothing wrong with the basic foundation the guitar's built on, as its neck is comfortable, solid and true, and the body firmly joined to the neck ... right out of the (admittedly very basic) box it played very well, and to my very good sense of pitch, didn't need much tuning or intonation tweaking at all ... this Dean was purchased solely for chordal work - with and without a pick - to recreate material I had written on an acoustic steel-stringed Favilla in the 80s, so there's no soloing or string bending in my Dean's futurethe only out-of-box flaw was a small dent on the bottom edge near the output jack ... after month's playing, I find that the "satin" finish shows finger oil marks easily, but they are cleaned just as easily ... a few reviews here mention audible, and in some cases, objectionable hum from the pickups: I can report no such issues, connecting the guitar with a cable I made (w/Amphenol jacks + Gepco XB20 wire) to a Behringer 1002FX mixer, and the signal's quiet thru 'phones or amplified to my JBL stage monitorsI highly recommend this instrument ... kudos also to Amazon's quick shipping

Hab mir die Gitarre als Zweitinstrument zugelegt weil ich relativ weit weg vom Proberaum wohne (in einer anderen Stadt) und keine Lust mehr auf das Geschleppe hatte.Die Gitarre lässt sich für meinen Geschmack gut bespielen und ist schön leicht und sieht auch gut aus.Nicht so gut ist, dass Drehregler keinen so stabilen Eindruck machen sie sitzen ehr wackelig und der eine lässt sich etwas weiter als bis zum maximum drehen und wenn mans drauf anlegen wollte würde man ihn mit einem zu beherzten dreh auch abknacken können (fühlt sich zumindest so an). Auch die verschraubte Platte an der Rückseite fühlt sich recht fragil an, was mich persönlich allerdings nicht stört.Bisher musste ich sie spätestens nach jedem zweiten spielen neu Stimmen da sie sich schon recht heftig verstimmt was ich aber nicht besonders ungewöhlich finde und ich hab auch noch die vorgespannten Saiten drauf.Insgesamt bin ich zufrieden damit.

As fellow reviewers have said, an excellent guitar for the price, and Dean are another to make, like Gibson and Fender, in America, guitars to suit all pockets. As with peer products, Dean guitars can cost you £thousands, but this model is a great way of trying out the brand at a fair price. Read a review somewhere online saying "if pushed, it would double up as a good weapon in a bar brawl, and could probably stop a .22 bullet!" Amusing, but this is a sturdy beast that may be a little unassuming in its looks, but does the job and becomes a close friend quickly.

I received my Dean yesterday. After reading reviews and checking other guitars, I decided that this was the best deal for the money. At 42 years old, I decided I had the patience to actually sit down and try to learn to play. I ordered this and Rocksmith for the Ps3. Overall the guitar is nice. Out of the box it was tuned well and plays easily. The finish is a matte burgundy, not natural. There was a corner of the headstock broken off and in the bottom of the box, but it does not affect the way it plays and have glued it back on. There was nothing loose or missing and required no real adjustments to start playing. Paired with Rocksmith this has been a very good purchase. I gave it 4 stars because of the damage, but again, it's not a big deal. If you are just starting out and looking for an entry level guitar, this is the way to go. One month later...The guitar holds it's tuning well. I play it daily and have let my 9 year old pluck on it a good bit. I think the factory set string height is a touch high, but I will reset everything when I change strings. Over all I couldn't be happier with this purchase.