Author Topic: Dean Cadillac/Hardtail/Vendetta/anything else?! (Read 18079 times)

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #60 on:** January 19, 2007, 07:51:38 PM »

Yeah which one is the chinese one? I see there are 3 new non usa razorback v's, i'm guessing that standard is korean but what about the two tone and other one?

BloodMountain · « **Reply #61 on:** January 19, 2007, 09:04:44 PM »

dude, i have no idea.

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #62 on:** January 19, 2007, 09:13:20 PM »

I think the two tone and the 255 or 225 whatever it's called are chinese because they have proper seymours and proper emgs in them.

Sifu Ben · « **Reply #63 on:** January 20, 2007, 05:45:36 PM »

The two-tone, 255 and standard are all made in China. As for their quality? They're set neck mahogany guitars with branded pickups and the Dean V neck profile. In the last 3 reviews I found for Chinese built Deans, Guitarist gave the Razorback 4 out of 5 for build quality and playability, and 4.5 out of 5 for sound. Total Guitar gave the Razorback and the Dime-o-Flame ML their 5 star best buy awards, so I'd imagine they hold their own with Japanese Ibanez (the last Prestige review I found in TG was 4 stars).
China is rapidly dominating the world in all areas of manufacturing, as they have massive capacity, so they can turn out high quality items at very low cost. Ibanez even makes their Steve Vai signature acoustics in China :o

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #64 on:** January 20, 2007, 08:09:52 PM »

You can't go by Total Guitar's standards, they are like the beginners magazine and will choose looks over playability any day, i can't see a chinese Dean beating a prestige ibanez, especially with those wizard necks!

Sifu Ben · « **Reply #65 on:** January 20, 2007, 08:20:43 PM »

That is because you are yet young, Padawan, and easily distracted by giving things impressive names