Dean · Electric guitars

Dean Vendetta — trans red, heavy wear

Sold · $220Goodfound a home
Good — Works properly and shows honest wear from playing.
What isn't perfect: The finish is worn through to bare wood along every edge, across the back and the lower bout. This is well past cosmetic, whether it was earned or deliberate, and it is not coming back; Small chips where the finish has lifted at the body edges. All 3 below
Found a home — left up for the record.

Why we bought it

Somebody played the finish clean off this Vendetta, and it plays like they meant it. Light body, a fast flat neck, two hot humbuckers that both read strong on the meter, and it holds tune through a hard set. There is nothing precious left to protect here, which makes it the guitar you leave on the stand, throw in the back seat and never think twice about. It sounds bigger than it costs.

— signed off at the bench
7 photos of this exact unit, above
01Neck relief and action set, intonated at the 12th
02Frets cleaned and polished — no wear worth levelling
03Pickups and switch read on the meter, no dropouts in any position

Every piece gets this treatment before it goes up. If something needed work we couldn't do properly, we don't list it.

Bench notes

01Neck relief and action set, intonated at the 12th
02Frets cleaned and polished — no wear worth levelling
03Pickups and switch read on the meter, no dropouts in any position

Every piece gets this treatment before it goes up. If something needed work we couldn't do properly, we don't list it.

What isn't perfect

Used gear has a history. Here's everything we'd point out if you were standing at the counter with it.

The finish is worn through to bare wood along every edge, across the back and the lower bout. This is well past cosmetic, whether it was earned or deliberate, and it is not coming back
Small chips where the finish has lifted at the body edges
No case

Specifications

MakerDean
ModelVendetta
ConditionGood
PickupsHH
CaseNo case
SerialOn request
PickupsTwo humbuckers, both read on the meter
BridgeString-through hardtail
NeckBolt-on maple, dot inlays
FinishTrans red, worn to bare wood at the edges and back