Buy Dean EVO XM Solid Body Electric Guitar, Trans BlackDean EVO XM Solid Body Electric Guitar, Trans Black Product Description:
- Basswood body Bolt-on maple neck Rosewood fingerboard Dual humbuckers Sealed tuners
Product Description
Dean's EVO XM is a perfect blend of vintage design, old world craftsmanship, and decades of guitar building technology. This affordable yet stylish member of that family has a lightweight basswood body in a mahogany stain for a "high-end" look, making it ideal for the beginning guitarist who wants an attractive model as their first guitar.
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Vendetta XMT at a Glance
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 Features a Tune-O-Matic bridge and Dual Dean humbuckers. |
 Dean sealed tuners keep you in tune longer. |
The Dean EVO Series: Evolved from Vintage Origins The EVO is a perfect blend of vintage design, old world craftsmanship and decades of guitar building technology. The Dean EVO is truly the "Evolution of Guitar Design" at its finest. With a deep dished, carved, ultra-thick solid wood top, the EVO achieves incredible sustain and astonishing tones. The EVO also features a neck joined at the body with Dean's exclusive angular neck joint, which was specially designed to attain the optimum in playability and ultimate resonance.
Basswood Body Basswood is commonly used for solid body electric guitars and basses because of its strong and durable character, desirable tonal characteristics, and how well it takes paint finishes. Basswood has a warm sound, with a strong, cutting mid-range and is an excellent tonal material for both beginner and advanced players.
Bolt-On Construction The EVO XM uses bolt-on construction, an affordable alternative to set-neck or thru-body designs. The advantage of this design is that if you do have any neck trouble down the line, you can easily replace it.
The maple neck features an ultra-playable 24-fret rosewood fingerboard, with classic pearl dot inlays.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By J-Mo
Dean EVO XM (black)Positive(s): Great look. Great feel. Excellent quality. Sweet sound. Stays in tune a long time. Looks great. Came with 6 foot long cord. Was prestrung (but had to tune it, of course). Totally worth the money!!Negative(s): When it arrived, the nuts holding the knobs and the switch were a little loose. I tightened them and all was well. It only took me about 2 minutes to tighten them.Concerns: Does not come with a strap or stand (no big deal, just letting you know).Delivery Concern: The guitar itself was packed in a "Dean" guitar box with minimal protection around it (no big deal if it were just sitting in a warehouse somewhere waiting to be purchased). When it was delivered to me, Amazon packed it in an additional, larger box but there was only about 2 pieces of packing paper protecting it and keeping the "dean" box from moving around. Luckily my guitar arrived undamaged which was a surprise due to the lack of packaging materials used. Pack your packages better, Amazon!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
By Mark F. Roling
I bought this guitar as one of my collection because of the Dean name. I have had other Dean's, and have not been sorry. This time, however, when the box arrived I thought, well, okay, let's see. When I opened the outer box, which I think was packed by Amazon (not sure, had Amazon label that maybe they shop out to warehouses?), there was two skinny pieces of crumpled brown paper protecting the Dean box, so it was rattling around quite a bit. Then what surprised me even more is that whoever packed it from Dean (whoever, not sure of the distribution line here) didn't even tape their box and the guitar fell out of the box into the outer box, then to the concrete, where the bottom strap bracket got scratched and also the bottom transom of the guitar. Send it back, not likely, how do you prove you didn't just drop it, but that ain't so. Amazon, check this quality control issue in a hurry. Besides all that drama, the guitar side of it is very good for the price. It plays nicely, the neck allows quick slides up and down, and the model I got, kind of a flat black, looks pretty damn classic. The pickups sound good for this model in the beginner to intermediate line, but getting past the box issue, it is what I would expect from Dean, a solid, middle-of-the-road option that you would be pleased with if you are not in a mega rock band with a label. I would recommend it, only, if there is a comment section, state that you want it packed properly. Besides that, I'm game with Dean still. They make a good product, never disappointed. :o)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
By MC242
Purchased this guitar as a cheap rig to teach my kids to play.For the price, I was impressed with the materials quality/hardware of this guitar.The black finish on the body is very cheap though, and has noticable blemishes.However, the assembly was HORRIBLE and would be a major concern to someone who did not know how to set up a guitar.1) All bolts/screws were loose. Including the neck bolts!2) Fret edges were VERY sharp, spent about an hour filing them down.3) Neck totally out of adjustment. I would say this is fine, since they should be shipped this way but I don't think it was intentional.4) Intonation way off, needs a good tuning.My main gripes are because Dean claims to set these guitars up in the US after they come from the manufacturer overseas.I think that's total BS to be honest.But, you get what you pay for and for $85 I got a lot.
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