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Dean Guitars Custom 450

STC-Shaped Guitar from Dean Guitars belonging to the Custom series

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Published on 11/04/08 at 00:44
Value For Money : Excellent
(Originally written by bassiste1984/translated from Audiofanzine FR)

Made in Korea.
24 frets, 2 humbuckers (EMG-H4A on the bridge and EMG-H4 on the neck).
Floyd Rose tremolo.
Volume and tone controls plus 3-way toggle switch.
Fast and comfortable neck-through body.
I give it an 8 because of the passive EMG pickups...

UTILIZATION

Pleasant neck-through body.
Easy access to upper frets.
Well-shaped, ergonomic and light guitar. Well-balanced.
Typical metal tone, accurate and tight distortion sound. Poor clean sound.
I give it a 9 because of the clean sound.

SOUNDS

I play mainly heavy metal and this guitar was crafted for this purpose. And it looks awesome.
I play with a Randall RH 100 G2 head and an ENGL 2x12" speaker cabinet. The sound is very accurate.
Versatile guitar for rock and metal. Rather heavy sound.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been playing this guitar for a couple of few weeks. I bought it in the USA, on Ebay.
I love the neck, the pickups (although they are passive) and the heavy and accurate sound (it was a nice surprise).
Excellent value for money for a guitar with this quality.
I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again.

EDIT 11/4/08:
I upgraded to an EMG 81 / 85 kit. Watch out for the power! This guitar always surprises me.
With a bit more experience now I can only confirm that this guitar rocks!