Dean MAB3 Review

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Dean MAB3 has been rated by 3 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.5

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Features 4.5

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Quality 2.25

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Reliability / Value 4.5

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Dean MAB3 Specs

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  • Body Shape: Soloist  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Alder  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: Abalone  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: Asymmetrical  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Pearl Blocks  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • Locking Nut: Yes  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Floyd Rose  
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  • Hardware: Black  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-Position Blade  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Pickups: Dean DMT Design pickups

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Few guitars can match what Dean's MAB3 offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for MAB3, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With almost nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Dean's MAB3 an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for MAB3's features!

Ready to play out of the box, Dean's MAB3 is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Dean put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as MAB3 does.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that Dean's MAB3 is the right choice. This instrument is definitely built to last and will do so , through fire and flames. Dean has the knowledge and experience you can rely on, and that kind of experience is well built into MAB3.