I just brought home my new Schecter Damien 6. Granted I'm a newbie but it was a pretty big step up from my Dean Vendetta XMT. Don't get me wrong the Dean did what it was supposed to do and that was provide me an economical way to see if I liked playing guitar.

The Schecter is really nice. It's solid, satin black, EMG pickups, thin neck and some cool pearl bat inlays on the fret board. I have it matched up with a Peavey Vyper amp and I'm satisfied!