Dean MDX X Quilt Maple Electric Guitar Transparent Blue Burst

I played this guitar the one day at a guitar center just because how often do you see a Dean, not often. I wanted to see how it was. I didn't expect anything special but right away I thought it had a very clear even tone. I thought maybe it was the amp doing that so I played about 5 other guitars with the same amp settings to see it that was it, nope. I didn't plan on buying a guitar so left the store. After randomly stopping by the guitar center 4 more times over the time span of about 2 months and playing that guitar each time I became more obsessed with it. Again playing other guitars in the store to compare it to. I play metal, death metal, and black metal. I like strats with humbuckers, Jackson, Ibanez, any strat shaped guitar that can do metal tones. I was surprised how clear this Dean was, a tune o matic bridge tends to make a guitar sound warmer in my experience. This guitar sounded more punchy, bright, and clear compared to every guitar I tried next to it. Besides the tone it's one of the easiest if not easiest playing guitar I've ever put my hands on. Finally I bought it few days ago. Taking it home all I did was lower the action ever so slightly and I've been playing it hours everyday since. Just hitting open chords is so satisfying, it's like the volume of each string in the chord rings out evenly. The guitar feels "alive" I don't know if it's just this particular Dean being like this or if all the other MDX X quilt top of this same model are like this too. The guitar has a mahogany body and rosewood fretboard but it sounds more like an alder body with a ebony fretboard. Maybe it's the binding and maple top adding to the brightness. Normally on a guitar I'll change the pickups but this guitar absolutely does not need different pickups. On a fender strat I have be careful to not hit the volume and turn it down while I'm playing. The volume knob on the Dean is in the perfect location. It's out of the way yet in a good location for volume swells. I hope Dean keeps this model around a good long time. Besides it playing and sounding amazing I do like blue guitars with a quilt maple top. I bought the guitar based on tone and playability alone but the appearance is a bonus. The headstock shape, Dean logo, and black hardware are all very cool!

plays great looks even better !!!