1. Dean Acoustic Guitars History

Best Answer: there is not a specific website for Dean serial numbers. If it is an import (Korean, Japanese or Chinese) guitar that was built before 07 -08, your serial number will mean essentially nothing. Since that time, most of the overseas factories are using serial numbers that show the year of manufacture as. The serial number is stamped or punched on the back of the headstock or acoustic in the sound hole. The acoustic models are manufactured since late 1989 in Bozeman, Montana. If you want to know the production year of your Gibson guitar, you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in the tables below. Hi all I know Ibanez ones do, but how about with Deans? And if they do identify date of manufacture, how do you work it out form the number?

When you see it or hold it in your hands, you may know it's a Dean guitar. First created in 1977 by a 17-year-old guitarist, Luther Dean Zelinsky, Dean guitars are associated with the early days of heavy metal bands and the rock-and-roll life. Other guitar brands have tried to copy vintage Dean guitars, but they have not achieved the devoted fan following that vintage Dean instruments enjoy. The 'Vintage Dean Collection' includes guitars manufactured between 1977 and 1987.

Look for a distinctive serial number located on the back of the headstock. Dean guitars made in the United States have a seven-digit serial number. The first two numbers indicate the year the guitar was manufactured. The succeeding numbers are the Dean production numbers.

Dean Acoustic Guitars History

Look for the Vintage Dean's classic V-shaped neck that points up and out the top of the guitar. Examine the headstock and body. Dean's first models, made in 1977, had extremely pointed headstocks and bodies.

Check for special characteristics specific to the vintage models. Look for the Dean logo and autographs by Dean on the headstocks.