{"product_id":"dean-vco-nt-v-coustic-flying-v-electro-acoustic-guitar","title":"Valkyrie! - Dean VCO-NT V-Coustic - Natural - Circa 2006","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThere are several perfectly sensible ways to design an acoustic guitar.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDean ignored all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eValkyrie is a Dean V-Coustic, a wonderfully unconventional acoustic-electric Flying V introduced during the mid-2000s and long since discontinued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than simply taking a conventional acoustic and sharpening the edges, Dean designed the V-Coustic as a thin-bodied stage instrument intended to bridge the gap between acoustic and electric guitars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is unmistakably Dean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA huge V-shaped body is paired with the company’s equally enormous split headstock, gold hardware, multi-ply binding, a triangular T-Wing soundhole and enough winged logos to suggest Valkyrie may actually believe she can fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath the drama is a surprisingly traditional selection of acoustic tonewoods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Natural-finished top is select spruce, while the back and sides are mahogany. A mahogany neck is paired with a rosewood fingerboard and 20 frets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thin body and fast neck give the V-Coustic a significantly more electric-like playing experience than a conventional full-depth acoustic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor stage use, Dean equipped the guitar with an onboard Buffer preamp and 3-band EQ, allowing the amplified sound to be adjusted directly from the instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eValkyrie has been thoroughly restored and prepared at The Stray Chord. Her frets have been levelled, crowned and polished, the rosewood fingerboard cleaned and conditioned, the electronics inspected and tested and a complete professional setup carried out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDean VCO-NT V-Coustic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural gloss finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCirca 2006\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscontinued model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThin-body Flying V acoustic design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelect spruce top\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMahogany back and sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMahogany neck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosewood fingerboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 frets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDean T-Wing soundhole\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMulti-ply binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosewood bridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGold sealed tuners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDean Buffer preamp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3-band EQ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrets levelled, crowned and polished\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully serviced and professionally set up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe V-Coustic was never intended to disappear anonymously into a rack of dreadnoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is strange, theatrical, impractical in several extremely entertaining ways and considerably rarer today than when Dean originally produced it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn other words, it is exactly the sort of thing we like finding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt really is an acoustic Flying V.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Stray Chord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58536680259848,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1059\/2829\/4664\/files\/image0_83a703a1-204a-4000-bed9-fcff4175fcfe.jpg?v=1787675498","url":"https:\/\/thestraychord.com\/products\/dean-vco-nt-v-coustic-flying-v-electro-acoustic-guitar","provider":"The Stray Chord","version":"1.0","type":"link"}