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Dean Vendetta XM Electric Guitar

Paulownia sculpted body. Bolt-on maple neck.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           8 out of 10
Quality:
           9 out of 10
Value:
           10 out of 10
I Want It:
           9 out of 10
Sound:
           8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           9 out of 10
Support:
           10 out of 10
 
 

"Vendetta XM AMAZING!!!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 12/27/2007
Style of Music: Metal, Rock
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Burlington, Kentucky, USA

 

 
Feature:
The only thing it's missing is a whammy bar!

Quality:
This is very well built and has lasted me quite a while. It makes the perfect backup.

Value:
You can't go wrong with this guitar. For the price, it's unbeatable!

Desirability:
It's your typical mundaine Strat shape. The headstock looks sweet though.

Sound:
The sound was pretty good. If you ask me, the brigde pickups seem a bit too fuzzy sounding.

Ease of Use:
It's rather straight-forward. The tuners are large and easy to use. Changing strings is no problem thanks to the string-thru body.

Support:
Can't say. Never needed it.

Overall:
This is the PERFECT starter guitar!! If you're looking for a first guitar, this is it.

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"Amazing value for what I paid."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          6 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from sbcglobal.net
Submitted: 1/1/2008
Style of Music: Rock, country.
Musical Experience: Musician, songwriter, vocalist, engineer.
Location: Yorba Linda Ca. U.S.

 

 
Feature:
Only had it for two days, but am amazed so far.

Quality:
So far, no problems.

Value:
It's worth it.

Desirability:
I wasn't interested at first and was looking for something much more expensive and Les Paulish.

Sound:
It sounds as good as any guitar with hunbuckers

Ease of Use:
Plays like buttah.

Support:
N/A

Overall:
Can't say how long I'll be satified as I've only had it for 1 day.

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"Awesome, Good-Looking "Hot Guitar""

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 6/27/2009
Style of Music: Rock, Metal, Blues, Country
Musical Experience: Practicing Musician
Location: Shasta Lake, California

 

 
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Feature:
Even though it has a Paulownia body, it still sounds very good. The pickups seem to be powerful enough and they sound good. I did not even have to widen the nut slots which causes tuning problems. Other than that the only other thing that I would probably do is install a high quality high output pickup in the bridge position. Everything else is great!

Quality:
This guitar is made very well. The styling is awesome. The finish is great and there's nothing really there to break unless you hit it with something It's a great guitar if you can deal with it's light weight.

Value:
Definitely.

Desirability:
Yes, this is a real hot custom exotic looking guitar.

Sound:
I ordered this guitar from ZZSounds on Tuesday and received it on Thursday! It was very well packaged. The first thing I did was inspect it, tighten the neck joint and then I took the Diadaro strings off because they were too stiff and the wrong gauge for me. I installed some Ernie Ball super slinkies 9-42, then I adjusted the intonation and the string height. Then I polished the frets and conditioned the finger board and it sounds really good.

Ease of Use:
The neck on this guitar is really nice. It reminds me of the necks on my Charvelle guitar's, nice jumbo frets and flat radius fingerboard. This guitar is incredibly nice for the price. I sold my new squire fat strat special edition. This guitar has more of a Charvelle feel and play ability, much better than squires.

Support:
Never had to call for support.

Overall:
I wish that the body was either alder or mahogany but it will do just fine. Guitars do not play themselves, you have to do the rest.

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Dean Vendetta XM Guitar Customer Review

Overall:
          7 out of 10
Features:
          5 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          6 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 6/11/2008
Style of Music: blues, metal, and rock
Musical Experience: hobbyist

 

 
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Feature:
does come with a cable. I didnt need it, but sombody else might.

Quality:
overall quality is very good for the price. its definatly not the worst guitar ive used, but one of my pickups broke within the first 3 months and a nuts and screws needed to be tightend aswell as the volume knob. I still have to tighten a few things on a regular basis but its not much of a big deal.

Value:
using zZounds better price policy I was able to get this guitar for under $90 so it was a real steal. its probably the most affordable electric guitar available but the quality is better than many in or just above its price range.

Sound:
it sounds pretty good for a guitar in this price range. though the pickups do sound fuzzy and there was some static, so you'll probably want to change them. most beginners probably wont notice it.

Ease of Use:
it is a very light guitar. so its very comfortable. you will need to tighten a few bolts when it arrives aswell as on a regular basis. its simple design makes changing strings very easy.

Support:
the guitar is pretty easy to work on so Ive never dealt with them.

Overall:
the natural color is much darker than the pic provided. but its still a very n9ice looking guitar. its excellent for beginners. very comfortable easy to work on and change strings. will need more matainence than other guitars but it doesnt consist of tightening a few nuts and screws. you wont find anything better in its price range.

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"Great overall guitar for incredibly cheap price..."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 1/29/2009
Style of Music: Metal
Musical Experience: Beginner Guitar Player
Location: United States

 

 
Feature:
Humruckers are solid, good knobs, wish I got a case though

Quality:
Very well made, incredibly light which is nice. Came in perfect condition and remains that way...

Value:
Ridiculously good product for $100. Other people shell out much more on first guitar, definitely didnt expect it to be so amazing for 100 bucks.

Desirability:
The black is kinda strange. I might paint it or do something cool but its alright

Sound:
For a first guitar, sounds great. I'm used to how it sounds now and other guitars dont compare

Ease of Use:
Glad theres 24 frets, good for shreddin, easy to tune

Support:
Dont know yet

Overall:
I will always keep this guitar. I'm very satisfied, the only thing I might change is the body look with some paint or something. Great product Dean.

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"Nice guitar for the money."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 12/17/2008
Style of Music: Traditional Christian
Musical Experience: Hobbyist

 

 
Feature:
The wood that is used for the body of the guitar is really light, and it seems kind of soft. If you like a hefty guitar like a Les Paul, this might be a bit light on weight.

Quality:
It came aesthetically perfect. While doing the setup I noticed that it was really hard to turn the screws on the saddle to lower it. As a result the tops of the screws got torn up a bit, they felt sort of soft also. I don't think that it should be that hard to turn them though, because I tried turning the same screws on a guitar that had an identical style bridge and it was way easier.

Value:
I don't know if this is the best value for a guitar, but it is really a good value, especially for a beginner.

Desirability:
It looks quite nice, I got the black. The only thing I would change is not use a flat finish, I like my guitars to be shiny.

Sound:
The sound is on the deep rich end. But the humbuckers crackle, most noticeably at full volume. At full volume the crackling is very noticeable if you are running it clean, and somewhat noticeable with distortion on. But that would most likely be fixed with new and better humbuckers.

Ease of Use:
Once I personally adjusted the setup the playability is really nicely.

Overall:
Overall this is great for someone who is a beginner or intermediate. It is light, fairly easy to play out of the box, and it is really cheap.

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"AMAZING"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 1/29/2009

 

 
Feature:
The natural skin was a bit darker then the picture its more of a darkish brownish red. still looks nice

Quality:
you can travel with it and its not to easily broken. its a very good guitar.

Value:
Its worth the price for this

Desirability:
very high on the must buy scale

Sound:
Sound can get a little staticy but other then that its amazing

Ease of Use:
Its very easy to use and I would reccomend it for begginners

Support:
havent had to call

Overall:
This is a amazingly good guitar for beginers to learn on and it will last a while. Only problem was the strings it came with wern't the best quality.

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"Want to learn on a cheap well built gituar.Then this is the one for you."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 12/17/2007
Style of Music: blues
Musical Experience: Been playing on and off for years. Had lessons,played thru school and played in bands later.
Location: Holy, Mi, USA

 

 
Value:
Hard to say what the typical price is. It is all over the place. Depends on whioch store you choose. It is well worth what I paid for it.

Desirability:
I brought it to learn on.

Support:
Havent had to deal with the company yet.

Overall:
In its price class it cant be beat. Later on I would like to go to a big Les Paul Gibson

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"Words dont describe how great it sound , but its made as a begginer guitar"

Overall:
          7 out of 10
Features:
          4 out of 10
Quality:
          3 out of 10
Value:
          7 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          6 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 4/5/2009
Style of Music: metal. mostly goove and my own style. a mix of death metal,groove,and 80s
Musical Experience: i play 4 hrs a day after school ive been playing for 2 months
Location: elberta,alabama,usa

 

 
Feature:
no tremelo but ill live.tune pegs brok off after 1 months and im not rough with my guitar.

Quality:
cheaply made its made for begginers that are intrested in dean.i would take it on the road but id pay someone to tune it for me after every time i play it and take it in to a guitar shop to get inspected.i might be getting some better humbuckers since the ones they come with dont give ya much versitility.most comfrable neck ever!

Value:
only if you need a rockin guitar to pratice with,give to a begginer,or upgrade into a wicked beast.

Desirability:
the transparent black is never boring to look at.amazing finish.the all black hardware with it just adds to the greatness!

Sound:
the pickups are good good for rock not so much for blues.im only 75% satisfyed with them

Ease of Use:
will not stay in tune.sounds good in open and drop c

Support:
tuning pegs,strap holders,and input need replaced.humbuckers are ok for a while.i spread the word that dean is not bad.

Overall:
i got 2 months out of this guitar and now im buying either a bc rich avenge sob,schecter hellraiser c1fr,or a Epiphone SG Prophecy Custom EX Electric Guitar with EMG 81/85 Pickups

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"real tight metal rockin guitar"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 4/22/2008

 

 
Feature:
i wish they had it in more colors tho but otherwise than that i liked its lightweight body

Quality:
real good quality. one time i accedentily droped it and it only got a scratch

Value:
this guitar is really good priced!!!!! it could be worth like 200$ and more not sayin to rise the price but i really think this is a good guitar

Sound:
this guitar rocks for metal my friend lemme borrow it for our band before i could get my new guitar it sounded real good, just it was a little fuzzy soundin but it wuz either the amp or his pickups(their kinda old) but otherwise than that it was really good soundin

Ease of Use:
this was really an easy guitar to use i personally thoght it was more of a begginer guitar though but its lightweight body makes it so easy to use and i dont get shoulder pains anymore for have such a heavy guitar with a strap

Overall:
overall id say this guitar is great its a good guitar i recomend it for begginers but its also good for andvanced play.

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