Customer Reviews

Dean Performer Mini Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Cutaway Guitar with Tuner Preamp

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I've owned this guitar for a couple of years now and am quite happy with it.

The sound is on the treble side, it lacks bass when played unamplified. when you hook it to an amp you can of course change that with the equalizer. I have found that bronze strings also add some depth that it is missing with the stock strings. The finish is thick and shiny, I didn't find any flaws with the instrument. It was setup well out of the box with no fret buzz and a nice low action. The tuners are the best I have ever used, they move very smoothly and do not slip.

I did a lot of research before buying this instrument, it was very well reviewed. Prior to owning this I owned a low end Fender acoustic, and a low end Martin. This instrument fell between those two instruments in quality. The Fender had horrible action and fret buzz, the Martin had no problems, but I didn't like it for some reason I have yet to figure out... If you want to spend more money an Epiphone Masterbilt is a great step up.

I've owned over 40 guitars in my rather long life, everything from a cheap Stella to a Gibson Les Paul. This Dean Performer is simply amazing. The quality build and resonate sound, both acoustically and electric, surprised me. Given its smallish stature I was completely astonished at its depth. That's not to say it's as bass oriented as a jumbo, but if you're looking for a guitar that can hold its own and isn't so big that you disappear when playing it, this is the one.

I did a lot of research prior to this purchase and found many good suggestions, this guitar being one of them. I tried the Ovation GC among many others. The Ovation is no doubt a very nice guitar but all the ones I tried had fairly high action compared to the Dean and, to my ear anyway, lacked the warm depth that this guitar exhibits. Plugged in, you can achieve very deep tones or medium highs all easily available with the EQ. The tuner is spot on and makes tuning so easy and fun I find myself playing with it more often than necessary. If you're looking for a smaller guitar with great sound and quality build, This mini-jumbo design has both outer and inner beauty at a very affordable price. Very impressive indeed!