Dean's EVO XM is a perfect blend of vintage design. It has a lightweight basswood body in a mahogany stain for a "high-end" look. Basswood is commonly used for solid body electric guitars because of its strong and durable character, desirable tonal characteristics, and how well it takes paint finishes.
The EVO also features a neck joined at the body with Dean's exclusive angular neck joint, which was specially designed to attain the optimum in playability and ultimate. The maple neck features an ultra-playable 24-fret rosewood fingerboard, with classic pearl dot inlays. The EVO XM uses bolt-on construction, an affordable alternative to set-neck or thru-body designs. With this designs if you do have any neck trouble down the line, you can easily replace it. Dean's EVO XM is ideal for the beginner guitarist who wants an attractive dean electric guitar model as their first guitar.