
Dean has already had a busy 2021, announcing a new Dime Razorback Rust reissue as well as a more affordable Kerry King Signature V.
But ditching the spiky electric guitars for a hot minute, the company has unveiled another Strat-style model to its range, the Exile Select Floyd Fluence Black Satin.
In terms of construction, the guitar boasts an alder body, three-piece maple slim-D neck, 25.5" scale length and a 24-fret, 16"-radius ebony fingerboard with small, offset dot inlays. It also features a high-access heel joint for uninhibited playing in the upper registers.
Generating its tones are a pair of Fishman Fluence Modern Black humbuckers, controlled via singular volume and tone knobs and a three-way blade selector switch. Push-pull functionality is featured on the tone knob for a greater array of tones.
Other features include a Floyd Rose 1000 bridge and R3 locking nut, black Mini Grover 18:1 tuners, Dome black control knobs, a dual-action truss rod and a chrome foil logo on the headstock.
The Exile Select Floyd Fluence Black Satin is available now for $999. For more information, head over to Dean Guitars.
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Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.
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