Dean Cadi Select Electric Guitar, Classic Black

So this is one of the original body styles from the 80's that Rick Ocasek from the Cars played as well as many others. I wasn't a big fan of the lespaul/explorer shape combination at first , but it grew on me. I also have many black guitars, so I didn't want to get yet another black guitar. I kept looking for a copy of a Cadillac Dean with a color combination I would love and this turns out to be it. Although it is not USA made it has the features of a USA made Dean, one feature that it doesn't have is the Bone nut, but is easy to replace and I feel worth the time. The craftsmanship on this guitar is impeccable, the attention to detail magnificent, I even think they did some fret work which is borderline probable for a guitar of this price, any lower price and you don't usually get the labor included to do good fret work. I lowered my action just slightly and have zero string buzz. The maple top figure is close to the best I've seen , and without opening it up to look into the control cavity, I can only imagine its at least a 1/4" thick as they have the forearm relief cut and I don't think its bent laminate. When I add copper foil tape to the control cavity I will investigate. It comes with Seymore Duncan pickups, my favorite brand, and a really nice hard tail bridge and stop piece combo. The "V" headstock is big bold and beautiful and the tuners are Grovers. The knobs look like a higher end quality as the USA made and the Back of the neck has a smooth satin finish. The Binding is multi ply and very well done. I plugged it in , tuned it up and played it and it balanced very nicely on my leg, I think due to the large headstock and machine heads. The Pickups sound great, and everything checks out as it should. Again, the only thing I think I would alter on this guitar is adding copper foil in the control cavity and a bone nut, shy of that, this guitar to me meets the high standards of any USA made Dean out there, the real difference being a slightly longer scale length than that of the USA made models, For the price, your just not going to find a better guitar in my opinion. And BTW, I now love the body shape.