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The Dime-O-Flame ML Electric Guitar is a set-neck guitar with a Floyd Rose tremolo, plus Dimebucker and DiMarzio pickups. With a mahogany body and neck with a rosewood fingerboard, this guitar features the Dimebag traction knobs.

Dean Dime-O-Flame ML Electric Guitar Features…

Dime-O-Flame Finish

Floyd Rose Licensed Tremolo

Dimebucker Treble Pickup

Dean Series II Classic “V” headstock

Set Neck Construction

Mahogany Body and Neck

Rosewood Fingerboard

Dimebag Traction Knobs

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Getcha' Pull!

I remember the first time I ever played this guitar. It was in a music store in New Jersey that opened up. I got done playing the Dean from Hell and I saw this one. I took it back to the amp I was using. I was staring at it for more than 5 minutes. Then I played a Dimebag tribute of Walk and Mouth For War. The Floyd Rose totally rocks, the graphics, sizzlin', the pickups, overall, a guitar worthy of the Cowboy From Hell. I think when my band hits a recrod deal, I'll get an endorsement from Dean. Getcha' Pull!

Axle from Pt. Charlotte, FL (Mar 15, 2008)

I run this through a Randall Warhead 2×12 combo, the dimebucker is a very hot pick up, has great chunk and pinch harmonic just jump from this thing. The neck pick up is a stock Dean pick up and i was very suprised and how well it sounds, it has a nice full creamy sound.

as i am sure you know if you are reading this, it is mahogany body with set mahogany neck, floyd rose trem, dimebucker in the bridge.

I had to work with the action a little to get it as low as i like, but not a big deal. One thing i was not happy with at all was that the floyd trem had the screw in arm, not the one with the collar, was the first thing i changed out on it. As far as the finish goes, it is beautiful and the fret markers being abalone was a nice touch.

i have had contact with dean via email with a few concerns on this and a couple of other deans i have, they are GREAT to email you right back and the guy really went out of his way to make me happy

jim (04/08/2007)

An omen is a sign, and Schecter was right in naming this guitar the Omen. With its sleek carved top basswood body, 24-fret bolt-on Maple neck with a Rosewood fretboard, and two Diamond humbuckers, it’s sure to be a signal that great sound quality and beautiful design go hand-in-hand.

Schecter Omen 6 6-String Electric Guitar Features…

Construction: Bolt-on

Body: Basswood

Neck: Maple

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale: 25-1/2″

Inlays: Dot

Hardware: Chrome

Bridge: Tune-o-matic

Tuners: Chrome

Frets: 24 Jumbo

Electronics: Diamond

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This guitar was something of a 'must have' for me…Mere days before I purchased it used off of Ebay, I had dreamt up exactly the perfect axe I would want in my mind right down to finish, pickup config, size, frets setup, headstock, look, etc.. and low and behold the very next day I found it on the February cover of Home Recording magazine! I found one on Ebay and bought it (something I rarely do, buying a guitar sight unseen)…anyway…I had previously owned an Ibanez S-520, also with a Walnut finish and an amazing sounding and playing guitar. I only sold it because the body size was just to small and dinky for a big guy like me. Anyway, on with the review….

Buying this guitar site unseen, I figured there would be a few squabbles I have over some things and there are, but let me also say, this is a very good guitar considering the price and not just for beginners. I've been playing on and off for 24 years and notice thruout the reviews this guitar seems to find favor with a lot of beginners which is good, but it also appears to be a very capable recording or gigging guitar too. I could not however, warm up to liking the sound of the bridge pickup in particular. There is a distinct lack of high end and conversely an extra amount of bass that doesn't quite cut it for me…I can see this being a good thing if you use a lot of distortion , for a heavier sound , and I think that's probably what Schecter was aiming this guitar towards ie – hard rockers/metalheads. I dig playing that style too, but also a whole lot of other styles and that lack of treble response tends kill the sparkle or brilliance when your trying to dial up a clean or semi clean tone. The net effect with the stock pickups is sorta like having a guitar with the tone pot set to 50%…sorta muffled sounding. It does sound ok with distortion layed on it, but even mediocre pickups sound good with gobs of gain, imo. Of course, you can compensate maybe with the amp/preamp, but a change of pickups will be necessary for me…I've already tried a DiMarzio PAF pro I had lying around in it, and it is indeed 'treblier' than the stock pickup albeit with weaker sounding mids, so more pickup experimenting is gonna be necessary for me. The cheaper price for me also meant I can tweak this guitar to my hearts content and not feel I'm altering a high dollar instrument, very cool. I've already disconnected the tone knob just to get the most direct tone possible straight from the pickup to the volume pot to the output jack , and plan on experimenting with a 1 meg volume pot and also replacing the tone pot with a a push/pull pot and using it to split the coils for single coil tones.

The neck on this guitar is BEEFY and WIDE. Perfect. Just the right combo for me. Ibanez neck by comparison are as wide but much thinner. Good for playing some certain licks, more difficult for others. The action is too high as it came , and I'm still battling with the bridge and truss rod to find just the right combo of wide bendability without fretting out and lowest possible action.

Basswood is not especially a high quality wood (it's used a lot for cheap furniture) although it certainly beats ply. It doesn't exactly exude a 'quality', solid feel like holding a mahogany LP or alder body strat. Plus it's much softer and more suseptable to dings. On the plus side, it is lightweight and fairly resonant. I'm not a huge fan of jumbo frets, that will take some getting used too, but these seem adequate. Good for bends, but the added size makes 4 or 5 fret stretches down by the nut a bit tougher than ,say, a thin fret wire strat or something. The extra wide fretboard is a PLEASURE for fingerpicking things though! The neck pickup seems to also suffer from the slightly muffled highs that the bridge suffers from which is a really bad thing being that the neck position is bassy and less trebly to begin with. Hopefully, a coil split switch and pickup swap for both pickups will add a bit more useable tona

Korean made, 24 fret bolt-on maple neck w/ rosewood fretboard, Basswood body, H/H pickup config, slightly carved strat style body…looks to be made up of two pieces, Gibson style tune-O-Matic bridge (with a noticeably smaller sized bridge saddle piece), Walnut finish, Grover tuners (!), jumbo frets, gig bag. Had nearly all the features I wanted.

The finish on mine is poor. There are actual drip marks on the finish at the bottom point of the slightly carved horns! Amazing. The walnut color is cool overall though, especially where the grain shows thru. It is possible to see the two , seperate pieces of wood that were put together for the body, but it's no biggie as the finish color tends to make it unnoticeable without close inspection. The neck joint is especially tight and well assembled. The hardware is exceptionally good for a guitar this price. Grover tuners are excellent and the pickup selector is VERY solid. Thumbs up. The frets were in good shape, no rough spots and the neck had a small amount of relief. The solder job inside the control cavity was rather poor. At first I thought it may have been tweaked, but it was an easy fix to clean things up a bit. I liked the idea that Schecter sets up their guitars in the USA, as a sticker on the control cavity cover pointed out. One thing I noticed immediately with this guitar is the extra weight the headstock has. Maybe due to the Grovers but I like it. Seems to add some added stability for playing licks that slide up and down the neck. I really dig the look of the headstock as well. I've noticed Schecter has changed the look of Omen 6 guitars from the one I have…seems they've contoured the body a bit and done away with the tailpiece , going straight to the body, and using black hardware and also changing the writing on the headstock. Personally, I like mine MUCH better although the new ones seem to have a more contoured look to the body.

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Anonymous (02/08/2004)

"Pretty sweet deal"

Very easy to use. im young and ive only been playing about 2 years but when i first got i could get the sounds that i wanted.

Sounds great for metal and hard rock, clean could use some work.

had it for a year and had no problems

Submitted: 4/2/2007

An omen is a sign, and Schecter was right in naming this guitar the Omen. With its sleek carved top basswood body, 24-fret bolt-on Maple neck with a Rosewood fretboard, and two Diamond humbuckers, it’s sure to be a signal that great sound quality and beautiful design go hand-in-hand.

Schecter Omen 6 6-String Electric Guitar Features…

Construction: Bolt-on

Body: Basswood

Neck: Maple

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale: 25-1/2″

Inlays: Dot

Hardware: Chrome

Bridge: Tune-o-matic

Tuners: Chrome

Frets: 24 Jumbo

Electronics: Diamond

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OK, this is a follow-up of a review I did back in '03. I, and some other people, have said that this is only a shread, or heavy metal distortion type of guitar. The pupss are very dark sounding and it works well for that. But, recently I have been using is for clean rythum type sounds for recording. I play it thru an old J-station on a setting that sounds very, very crisp and hi-endish on a strat. With a slight bit of chorus. For some reason I can't explain, s bit of magic takes place. I will be difficult to put the sound into words, but I'll give it a try. It seems I can't describe it. I tried several times, but erased um. You will have to try it yourself if you have a Jstation. It seems to have a tone that just fits into a mix perfect. full, but distinct, not muddy, So whenever I need a guitar sound to fill in somewhere I break our my 006 and let it flow. It's a beautiful thing……

We know what it is,by now.

perfect, easy to play and the 24 frets are great

charlie fye (07/04/2007)

I play rock through heavy metal and this guitar seems to just fit so well in to my genre. My rig is Schecter Omen6 -> Boss Metal zone -> Electro Harmonix Small Clone -> Dunlop 535q Wah -> Boss NS-1 Supressor-> Boss DD3 Delay -> Marshall amp

I bought mine in 2004 as a chirstmas gift and i had tried it out prior. The guitar had given me some good rock-ass tones as far as i was consired at the time. It is Korean made as the sticker says on the back of the headstock (which i removed). 24 frets, volume and 1 tone control for both pickups, and a 3 way selector. It's a dual humbucker pickup system and i was ok with it for awhile until my ears got more "in tune" and the lows were just kicking the crap out of the highs so i replaced them with a seymour duncan JB model in the bridge and a SH-1 in the neck and now it just shines. The bridge is a stop bar which is fine by me and the tuners are grovers so the strings pretty much never go out of tune

Everything was fine. Neck is fast…action was just right…nothing could have warranted a complaint

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Ryan (02/08/2006)

The Fender Jazzmaster was first introduced to the world in 1958 with its uniquely contoured body, incorporating a snappy 25.5-inch scale length with warm-sounding pickups. Original lead and rhythm circuit switching incorporates independent volume and tone controls, and the floating tremolo with tremolo lock adds to the distinctive look and sound of the Jazzmaster.

Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster Special Electric Guitar (with Gig Bag) Features…

Model Name: Classic Player Jazzmaster Special

Model Number: 014-1600-(Color#)

Series: Classic Player Series

Colors: (300) 3-Color Sunburst, (306) Black, (Polyester Finish)

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple, “C†Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)

Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5 in. Radius (241mm)

No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets

Pickups: 2 Special Design Hot Jazzmaster Single-Coil Pickups (Neck & Bridge)

Controls:

- “Lead†Circuit: Volume, Tone,

- “Rhythm†Circuit: Volume, Tone

Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:

- Position 1. Bridge Pickup

- Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups

- Position 3. Neck Pickup

(Lead Circuit)

2-Position Slide:

- Up: Lead Tone Circuit

- Down: Rhythm Tone Circuit

Bridge: Fender Adjusto-Matic Bridge with Vintage Style “Floating†Tremolo Tailpiece and Tremolo Lock Buttonn

Machine Heads: Fender/Ping Vintage Style Tuning Machines

Hardware: Chrome

Pickguard: 4-Ply Brown Shell

Scale Length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)

Width at Nut: 1.650 in. (41 mm)

Unique Features:

- New Pickups with Fatter Tone and More Output,

- Adjusto-Matic Bridge,

- Medium Jumbo Frets,

- New Neck Pocket Cut Provides Better Pitch,

- 9.5†Radius,

- Trem Plate Moved Closer to Bridge to Increase Break Angle and Sustain,

- Screw-In Tremolo Arm,

- White Plastic Knobs and Switches

Strings: Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel,

Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046), p/n 073-0250-006

Accessories Included: Deluxe Gig Bag

Case: Deluxe Gig Bag

Introduced: 6/2008

Notice: Product Prices, Features, Specifications and Availability Are Subject To Change Without Notice

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Better than my (expensive) Gibson SG

I sold my gibson SG '61 reissue to get this guitar and I do not regret it for a second! Any doubts I had about my decision were all gone as soon as I plugged this into my amp. I have never heard a more crisp tone!
<p>And I have yet to find any difference between this one and the reissue model. This is definitely a good deal.
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Justin from Long Island, NY (Jan 3, 2009)

Underrated

This guitar is way better than what others have stated. For one thing, it's not cheaply made: It's as solid as a Paul Reed Smith. It's also pretty heavy. The finish is gorgeous, as is the sound. The sound is just like any other Jazzmaster; don't believe snobs. Sure, it's been upgraded, but it can get more sounds now! I can make it sound like a Les Paul with P-90s, and many other guitars. And that's just the clean. Distorted, wow. I'm getting one of these for Christmas.

BucksStudent from Georgia (Nov 13, 2008)

The Epiphone Firebird studio was designed with an all-Mahogany body and neck along with a Rosewood fingerboard for massive sustain and rich tones. A set neck, stop bar tailpiece and AlNiCo Classic humbuckers round out this incredible guitar. All these great features in a timeless Firebird body.

Epiphone Firebird Studio Electric Guitar Features…

Pickups: AlNiCo Classic humbuckers

Hardware: Chrome

Scale: 24.75 in.

Nut Width: 1.68 in.

Neck: Set

Neck Material: Mahogany

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Inlay: Dot

Body Material: Mahogany

Tailpiece: Stopbar

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Guitar sounds pretty close to my 92 les paul standard.

Very quiet guitar, it's foil shielded from the factory.

I love the guitar

2006 Firebird Studio LE sunburst.

You do a search &amp; you'll find all this info/

Setup is up to you.

Pickups kick ass they say wax potted so I beleve them.

Finish is better than my L.P.

I'v only found 2 finish flaws were the buffer person got a little nuts.

Never tried.

mark (05/05/2006)

Amazing!

I got this guitar for my birthday because I have been using the same Fender Squier (which sux) for five years now. I got the worn cherry finish and when it arrived and i opened it, it was beatiful! Then I plugged it in to my Peavey amp and it's sound was outstanding. It sounds like a Gibson! The only drawback is that the body is really big but its a Firebird! What do you expect? Amazing! Especially for the price!

Epi Firebird 101 from Houston. TX (May 17, 2008)

An omen is a sign, and Schecter was right in naming this guitar the Omen. With its sleek carved top basswood body, 24-fret bolt-on Maple neck with a Rosewood fretboard, and two Diamond humbuckers, it’s sure to be a signal that great sound quality and beautiful design go hand-in-hand.

Schecter Omen 6 6-String Electric Guitar Features…

Construction: Bolt-on

Body: Basswood

Neck: Maple

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale: 25-1/2″

Inlays: Dot

Hardware: Chrome

Bridge: Tune-o-matic

Tuners: Chrome

Frets: 24 Jumbo

Electronics: Diamond

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Great for Queen, Rush, or Ted Nugent sound, Stones… really any rock or metal. Even does a good punk. I play more blues stuff, it's not perfect for that. Probably not great for sounding like Dire Straits or doing country. The one volume knob is well placed, the tone knob seems to have mild effect if any. Good sound, just little variety of sound.

Brand new Omen 6, the most affordable Schecter at $259. It's the basswood/walnut stained/2 generic humbucker/2 knob/stop tailpiece model described already. They're made in Korea and set up at Schecter USA. Nice to get the Grover tuners and graphite nut, it tunes easily without jumping and sticking like you'd expect on a guitar this cheap. The low-key walnut finish is kind of cool, so I think I'm going to sand and stain the headstock to match because the flat black and painted lettering looks cheap. Feels good hanging on the strap, balances well and falls into a good playing position. You can't go wrong with this guitar for the money. It does a Les Paul impression in sound and feels comfortable.

I immediately spent $30 to set it up with 9's, there was a guy on duty right there at Guitar Center. He said it needed very little adjustment in action or intonation, but that the frets were actually pretty rough. Now that I play it a week I do feel roughness on several frets. The store had another just like it and the frets were probably better on that one, I should have looked. You probably shouldn't spend for a fret job on a guitar that cost less than $300, so play more than one and look for this problem before you buy.

All the mechanical parts and action are great, it plays well.

I tried to find out some info from Schecter, and I both called and e-mailed and they ignored me cold. Very sad, but I guess if you want the guitar to be this affordable…

deve (04/10/2002)

The guitar sounds good. It has little/no noise when you are not playing. The humbuckers sound good, although their is little difference between the first and second setting. I love the third setting, it has a great tinny sound. It has just two knobs on it, so you are kinda limited from going to different tonal extremes without being a magician and changing the tone knob while playing. But I guess that is why it is their bottom of the line.

Korean made, 24 fret, Walnut satin, H/H, got it in Dec. of 2001

The action is great, good and low. I don't know a ton about all the details of the guitar, but I know it looks great, feels great and plays well.

Have not dealt with them.

Kirk (08/17/2002)