WORKING CONDITION: Excellent. This Baby ML absolutely slays! Great neck with super low action and no fret buzz. The bridge and tuners are completely stable, and the DiMarzio Zebra sounds great from clean to over-the-top Gainiac-mode tones. This 6lb featherweight is THE ONE! 

PHYSICAL CONDITION: Very Good. There are some small chips in the finish throughout the guitar (see photos), but the finish is largely intact, and the poly red is popping. The hardware is all in fantastic condition with only some beginnings of oxidation on the one side of the bridge, and the low-profile frets are ready for many more years of battle.  

INVENTORY #59516

BRAND: Dean USA

MODEL: Baby ML

FUNCTION: Electric Guitar

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:  This listing is for a 1982 Dean USA Baby ML Red Rocker Hardtail Electric Guitar w/ Case.

The 1982 Dean USA Baby ML is a highly collectible, vintage electric guitar prized for packing the radical styling of the full-sized ML into a compact, downsized body while retaining a full 24.75-inch Gibson-style scale length. Famously associated with Sammy Hagar ("The Red Rocker"), who brought early prominence to the vibrant red variants of Dean's signature angular designs, these early-1980s instruments were built at Dean's historic Chicago factory right before domestic production originally wound down in 1986.

SPECS:

• Serial # 8203858
• Weight: 6.0 lbs
  
• Body Shape: 3/4-sized angular ML profile (merging Explorer-style top horns with a Flying V-style bottom tail)
• Body Material: Poplar
• Finish: Pearlescent Red polyurethane lacquer
• Neck Joint: Traditional set-neck construction (unlike later 2000s imports, which switched to bolt-on)
• Neck Material: Poplar
• Scale Length: Full 24.75 inches (24-3/4")
• Fingerboard Material: Unbound Rosewood
• Fret Count: 22 medium-jumbo frets 
• Inlays: Mother-of-pearl dots
  
• Headstock: Body-matching angular V-shape with a screened Dean logo
• Bridge Pickup: High-output exposed DiMarzio Zebra humbucker
  
• Controls: Master Volume knob, Master Tone knob, and a 3-way toggle pickup selector
• Bridge: Non-tremolo, adjustable wrap-over combination hardtail bridge/tailpiece with Brass saddles
• Tuning Machines: 3-per-side enclosed chrome tuners (stamped Schaller "Made in W. Germany")
• Hardware Finish: Chrome

ACCESSORIES INCLUDED: This item comes as seen in photos and includes its original hardshell case

UNPACKAGED WEIGHT: 17 lbs.

UNPACKAGED DIMENSIONS: 43" x 5" x 17"