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I was trying to wait to post this because I have something else coming, but UPS damaged it in shipping, but since the forum got a weird reset, I fuck it lol.

I got this Dean Vengeance. It is pretty badass, once I got it set up and pulled the Fishmans out. Replaced them with a Duncan Omega/Alpha set that I already had.

My other guitar player bought the matching explorer, and it is equally as badass as the V.

These guitars have really surprised me. They have a similar neck to LTDs, but the V sits and moves like a Jackson King V. I always found the King V body a little bit small for me, so this bumps up that size, but keeps the same feel. The KV was always a guitar that felt maneuverable and sat exactly where I wanted it for live playing, and this matches that. So they took a lot of what I love about ESP and Jackson and merged those features together. Only 2 things I would change...1. the stock pics had the finish looking a lot more see through black vs the more natural color you see in these pics. I would prefer it to be more black, obviously lolol. 2. Reverse headstock.

Anyway...highly recommend! I also ordered the matte black one. It came in on Monday and one of the wing tips was completely fucked, so I exchanged it yesterday, but now I have to wait again.

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I don't think I mentioned all this stuff too much, either, but I've been swapping amps around again. I really missed the EVH after hearing some clips, so I ditched all the Synergy crap and grabbed a 100S again. Then I got a good deal on a 50 watt off Reverb, but it was damaged in shipping, too. Fucking hell lol. Reverb gave me a $426 refund, so the amp ended up costing just under $375 shipped. Worked great, but some cracked knobs which I am replacing, and bent transformer tabs. The headshell seems off, too. Like the front plate, you really have to work to get it off, and when I move the amp around, I can hear the wood creaking lol. I also got this KSR 212 for xmas. Has a Mesa V30 and a Redback in it. And the Suhr Reactive Load. Since the Mesa is now gone, I wanted to keep the DI/load functionality, though I do have a Driftwood reactive load coming tomorrow, so we will see which one I keep.

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EDIT: Update! So the black one came in. UPS fucked it up, so I had to take it back to GC and swap it for another one. Which meant another week of shipping time. Came in all good, though!

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I like 5150s. The rest of you bullshit amps can get fucked.

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Busy times! Those guitars look sweet. Nice to get the first one out of the way for the new board. haha
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Damn! That thing looks awesome! I’ve been loving my LTD KH-602 so I know what you mean about the necks. Just a great playing guitar. So if the Dean neck feels like that, then that’s awesome. Looks like they kept the Mustaine/KV1 control layout too. I really dig these.
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Love this finish \m/

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I've always had good luck with Deans, pretty much every one I played was good or great. I love the finish on this one, especially the binding. Looks killer!!!


Glad to see you back to EVH. :lol: I am going to buy another 50w soon. For the price, tone and features, it makes no sense NOT to have one.

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I really dig the overall look on both guitars. By the way, what happened with the Mark VII? You seemed to be really jiving with that amp.

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I do love the mark series. And the VII is probably the best of that. But I have my complaints about it. I wish they used the JP platform. 2 EQs and shred mode. And I wish they took away these stupid modes and just made it clean, 2c, and iv for the 3 channels. The amp has a million sounds and I use 2. So the simplicity of the 5150 stuff works better for me in that regard. But I also just love the 5150 sound more than anything else.
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those look awesome

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ninjaraf wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:18 pm I do love the mark series. And the VII is probably the best of that. But I have my complaints about it. I wish they used the JP platform. 2 EQs and shred mode. And I wish they took away these stupid modes and just made it clean, 2c, and iv for the 3 channels. The amp has a million sounds and I use 2. So the simplicity of the 5150 stuff works better for me in that regard. But I also just love the 5150 sound more than anything else.
100% of all of this. The doubling up of modes that don't need doubling up was a dumb move imo. I don't need 2 awesome modes on one channel only so I have to pick one or other other while each channel has Fat Clean and Crunch or wtever :broken:

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