Dean ML 30th Anniversary Review

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Overall Rating 2.8

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Features 2.3

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Quality 3.5

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Reliability / Value 2.35

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  • Body Shape: Star  
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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: Single cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: White  
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  • Neck Shape: Standard  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Abalone Blocks  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • String Nut: Syntetic Bone  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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Dean's ML 30th Anniversary is fairly good guitar. Not a brilliant one, but ML 30th Anniversary will serve you until you decide it's time to go for a bit more expensive guitar. You will not go wrong if you go ahead with ML 30th Anniversary.

Some say that the average is golden, and maybe that is true for Dean's ML 30th Anniversary as well. There are musicians who would like to see more features on ML 30th Anniversary, but Dean felt that ML 30th Anniversary provides enough features for a given price and the market that Dean aims for. Perhaps there are better equipped guitars then this one, but ML 30th Anniversary will deliver what it's built for.

Another great sounding guitar from Dean such as ML 30th Anniversary surely stands shoulder to shoulder with its previous models, and with top guitar models from other musical instruments manufacturers as well. Plugged into most amplifiers, this guitar will deliver the kind of tone you'd expect from a high class instrument. Hardware setup that requires no effort to adjust will have you playing your tone in no time.

Though it could be better, action of Dean's ML 30th Anniversary is not that bad at all. It may go out of tune when mistreated, but it's easily tuned back in no time. You won't be let down while playing ML 30th Anniversary's neck. Guitar does feel a bit cheaper, but it will last you a long time, if you handle it with care that each instrument should be getting anyhow.

Some might say that Dean didn't go all the way in providing a reliable and durable instrument, but ML 30th Anniversary isn't that bad. It will serve you well most of times, though you should be wary and have backups in situations where you feel ML 30th Anniversary might let you down, such as gigs and studio sessions.