Dean Vendetta XM Review

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Dean Vendetta XM has been rated by 790 musicians.

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Overall Rating 3.7

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Features 3.73

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Quality 3.63

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Reliability / Value 3.68

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Dean Vendetta XM 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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  • Body Wood: Paulownia  
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  • Neck Shape: C-shaped neck  
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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: White Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Bridge: String Through  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Black  
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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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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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Dean's Vendetta XM certainly has some people voting in its favor, and some against, but overall, Vendetta XM deserves your attention. Every player emphasizes different things about its features, so the opinions are divided. The best advice is to check out the guitar features yourself, and try to see if Vendetta XM is the right one for you.

Carefully chosen set of features makes Dean's Vendetta XM a really good guitar. Some might say that it lacks some of the features, but Vendetta XM's features still fulfill an average musician's needs. You won't be wrong to go for this axe 'cause it has a wide array of different sounds and a lot of possibilities for tweaking the sound to make it yours. Getting one of Dean's Vendetta XM is a way to go.

Dean's Vendetta XM is one cool sounding guitar, built to please with its tone. Many guitar players agree that it can produce sound that they want, and call it their own. When paired with the right amp, Vendetta XM will make you one happy guitar owner. Once you find the sweet spot setting you will be rocking all over the place with another quality instrument built by Dean.

Another reliable model from Dean brings us to a guitar that handles well and plays well. Finish doesn't feel bad at all, and the hardware is good. It stays in tune for most of the time, so if you take the time to adjust the action & pickups the way you want them, you will feel comfortable while playing Vendetta XM.

This is a solidly built guitar that will play well live and in studio. It does provide a fair amount of confidence, and it can serve well both as a replacement and a first choice guitar for gigs and rehearsals. Dean feels confident in its Vendetta XM and it will serve you well in most situations. Durability and reliability are evenly balanced with this instrument.