Blade Deluxe DD-1

Korean manufacturing
22 frets
Mahogany set neck
Mahogany body
2 humbuckers Levinson
1 volume, 1 tone, 1 3-position selector
with flat end neck radius (12 ")
small body guitar very fine and very good sustain and very light
TOB 16 Wraparound fixed bridge (s ropes "wrap around the bridge)
beautiful finishes COLOR 2 Tone sunburst which gives it a vintage

UTILIZATION

The neck is very thin and I like it with my pudgy little fingers. Very easy to make despite crossed above my level of ultra beginner (10 months of guitar).
Access to acute easier than sitting upright for 90 cm small guitar.
It's a guitar very well balanced and very enjoyable to play.
The tuners are accurate and the strings take good agreement.
The settings are basic and provide a fine adjustment knobs.

SOUNDS

The pickups are well balanced home. I play blues and hard rock, this guitar was born for it!
I play on a tube amp Bugera V5 and send it p ***** serious!
She easily crunch the shovel and the only criticism I can make it is that you can not micro splitter to switch to single coil ...

OVERALL OPINION

Before this guitar, I tried a Fender: bof and too expensive to just buy a name and a G & L S500: good, but I prefer the ergonomics of the Blade. A Cort KX101: nice guitar but I do not like vibrato ...
In fact, I cracked when I saw her small, lightweight, super easy to handle, finishes on top, bottom set of strings (1.6 12th fret low E, 1.2mm high E).
The only downside is the easel that does not resolve individual strings (I'll change it for a Gotoh, but still wraparound individually controlled).
Comes with case, tuning keys, the control board and mini doc to change the lock code from the case.
Good to Reunion, we pay more because of the dock dues and additional charges for customs clearance, because Switzerland is not part of the EC, but despite this, the mag when I bought it not me fragmented and not for this price, I never ben n "Will have had a guitar of this quality. Thank Blade.