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Dean Vendetta 4F vs Schecter Blackjack C-1 FR
Ryan Sequeira
(7529)
Equipment Forum
9/12/2009 12:04:40 PM · 31 Views
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Pretty much these are my options for my next guitar.
What I'm looking for is this:
carved top super strat
mahogany body
maple neck (set or neck through)
passive pickups
floyd rose
knobs that are out of the way slightly and not in a position where i'll keep bumping them with my pinky.
and the final very important part: not a super thin toothpick neck. I'd like a thin C shape ideally, not chunky like a Gibson, and a little thinner than a vintage Fender neck, but not so thin that it's gonna break in my hands like an Ibanez.
Dean Vendetta 4F:
It's a new model from Dean, fairly easy to get, and runs about $700
Schecter Blackjack C-1 FR:
I only want to get the 2008 model which had two knobs. the 2009s have three knobs, strat style, and the volume is up really close to the bridge pickup...I HATE THAT!!
Basically, it all comes down to the neck shape, and just my luck, these seem to be models that the dean/schecter dealers here never seem to carry. Has anyone here played these? can you tell me what they feel like?
thanks!
-Ryan
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Re: Dean Vendetta 4F vs Schecter Blackjack C-1 FR
9/15/2009 9:31:21 PM
Ryan Sequeira
(7529) wrote:
nobody's ever played either of these?
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Re: Dean Vendetta 4F vs Schecter Blackjack C-1 FR
9/15/2009 10:27:27 PM
Chris Pinto
(22326) wrote:
Yo Ryan! What's happ'nin!
Well, a little while back, I played a bunch of the Schecter models (C-1) or something like that. Was a damn nice guitar for the money! I was quite impressed with the nice build quality, fairly easy to play, good action, nice overall finish, set-neck (which is awesome!), Grover tuners...really nice binding! Overall, I was very pleased with it.
My buddy carries them in his music store.
Never played the newer Dean models....
Both are similar, but, I like the headstock on the Schecter a little better. But, that doesn't really matter. hehe
PS: I remember when Schecter's were made by hand, right here in the USA. My friend has a couple of them, still in the original cases they came in, and he NEVER plays them! LOL
They are gorgeous!
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Re: Dean Vendetta 4F vs Schecter Blackjack C-1 FR
10/8/2009 7:13:10 PM
Ryan Sequeira
(7529) wrote:
Well, I finally got a chance to play a similar
Dean, basically the Vendetta minus the Floyd. I
also played a couple of the newer schecter C-1s to
get a feel for the neck.
Must say I found the schecter necks a bit chunky
and the frets too big. The Dean neck was
beautiful though, just the right thickness, and
smaller frets.
Definitely gonna get that Dean when I have the
moolah! :D
Think I might replace the stock pups with a
Seymour Duncan Full Shred Trembucker and something
else in the neck for a shimmering almost single
coil tone...not sure what pickup would do that
though.
-Ryan |
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