\n \n Do Dean guitar serial numbers tell you what year it is from?
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?
\n \»Dean guitars made in the USA follow a serial number pattern consisting of a 7 digit number with the first 2 numbers being the year of manufacture, followed by instrument production numbers. The serial number is found on the back of the headstock. Imported Dean guitars do not have year coded serial numbers and have to be dated by configuration and design.\»
import (Korean, Japanese or Chinese) guitar that was built before 07 -08, your serial number will mean essentially nothing. If it’s after that you should be able to decode it pretty easily.
US — Un Sung Korea
Y — Yoojin China
E — World Korea
next 2 digits are the year made followed by the month and then build
so mine for example
US — Un Sung Korea
12 — 2012
04- April
0364 guitar built that month.
\n \n\n \n Infidels, pagans and traitors
Allah damns you for your blasphemy
Your Satanic Verses
Have earned you a death sentence
I am sworn to kill all
Who may disagree
No fucking surrender, Can’t lose, WOOOOOOOAH! \n \n
Yup! she’s still young.
\n \n\n \n Infidels, pagans and traitors
Allah damns you for your blasphemy
Your Satanic Verses
Have earned you a death sentence
I am sworn to kill all
Who may disagree
No fucking surrender, Can’t lose, WOOOOOOOAH! \n \n \n
import (Korean, Japanese or Chinese) guitar that was built before 07 -08, your serial number will mean essentially nothing. If it’s after that you should be able to decode it pretty easily.
US — Un Sung Korea
Y — Yoojin China
E — World Korea
next 2 digits are the year made followed by the month and then build
so mine for example
US — Un Sung Korea
12 — 2012
04- April
0364 guitar built that month.
No problem man I do what I can.
\n \n\n \n Infidels, pagans and traitors
Allah damns you for your blasphemy
Your Satanic Verses
Have earned you a death sentence
I am sworn to kill all
Who may disagree
No fucking surrender, Can’t lose, WOOOOOOOAH! \n \n \n
\»Dean guitars made in the USA follow a serial number pattern consisting of a 7 digit number with the first 2 numbers being the year of manufacture, followed by instrument production numbers. The serial number is found on the back of the headstock. Imported Dean guitars do not have year coded serial numbers and have to be dated by configuration and design.\»
Old topic, I know , but this needs clarification for those looking for serial number information. His post refers to VINTAGE Dean guitars when they were DBZ. Imports of that era where made by ESP Japan. If you have a vintage Dean I suggest heading over to the Dean Forum and post it in the correct location and the Vintage Guru’s there can darn near nail your serial number.
If you have a DIME series guitar by Dean Guitars, you can read my old post a few above this one. I have new information about the DIME series in my Blog on this site. Just click my name that will take you to my profile and read my blog section. I’ve only spec’d out the Razorback V series, but the serial decoding information should still apply. If you need more information , shoot me a PM I have the catalogs from 2004 — 2015.
Note** the 2004 catalog for Dean Guitars does not show any DIME series guitars, however, the USA Razorback V’s were DIME’s Designs and advertised for 9-4-2004.
Shortly after these guitars launched Dime was murdered. I have not found a 2005 catalog. I do not see DIME guitars until the 2006 Catalog. from 2006 forward I can date your instrument and give you specs. Hope this helps. \\m/
\n \n\n \n Infidels, pagans and traitors
Allah damns you for your blasphemy
Your Satanic Verses
Have earned you a death sentence
I am sworn to kill all
Who may disagree
No fucking surrender, Can’t lose, WOOOOOOOAH! \n \n
Источник
Серийный номер гитар dean
| Manufacturers sometimes want to change their serial number format, especially in Asian countries to which many Western companies have outsourced their production. The decoders are updated when the format of a new serial number format from a recognized manufacturer is known. |
Fake or real
If a serial number is not in the lists or is not recognized in the serial number decoder, it does not mean that the guitar is a fake.
Conversely, it is of course no guarantee whether the guitar is authentic, as a serial number is easy to copy.
Example of a Gibson serial number:
A real serial number is stamped dark on the back of the
headstock. A fake serial number is usually in white.
Brands such as Gibson, Fender, PRS or other renowned brands also issue a certificate of authenticity, but this can also be used for fraud.
An authorized dealer will certainly not sell you a fake, but if you want to buy a guitar privately or via the internet, be careful.
What you should pay attention to is first of all the price.
Authentic guitars and vintage versions keep their value or increase in price.
This of course depends on the condition of the guitar.
What you should also pay attention to is the appearance of the guitar.
Headstock
Note the shape of the headstock, the font used, and the position where the serial number is affixed. You can compare this with original images of the model.
Fret inlays
The manufacturers have advanced equipment to accurately place the inlays between the frets. On a fake you often see a deviation with respect to the original model.
There are more external features that you should pay attention to, such as the logo and printed or stamped serial number, but that differs per brand.
With acoustic guitars, the most common trick is that forgers use cheap plywood instead of solid wood.
To do this, look at the inner edge of the sound hole to see if the wood grain also continues.
If you are in any doubt about the guitar’s authenticity, please first contact the manufacturer’s service department and provide the features (or a photo) that you are unsure about.
The manufacturer will certainly respond to this because they want to combat counterfeits and will take action against them.
MIRC USED guitars
It is often said that guitars where have «USED» printed on them and got a gold-colored sticker are fake.
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Серийный номер гитар dean
DATING ESP GUITARS BY REFERENCE OF SERIAL NUMBERS
The serial numbers of ESP guitars were not or hardly administered in the early days of production. Serial numbers from before 2000 are therefore unreliable for an exact date.
Where to find the serial number
The serial number is stamped on the back of the headstock, punched on the neck plate or on (semi) acoustic guitars on the bottom inside the body.
If you want to know the production year of your ESP guitar,you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in explanation about the dating system below.
ESP history in short
| The founder of the ESP company is Hisatake Shibuya. He was born in 1937 in Sado on the island of the same name in Japan. After graduating from Doshina University in 1961, he joined the guitar manufacturer Kawai. After 4 years he joined Yamaha and later the guitar manufacturer Fernandes. During this period he gained a lot of experience and started his own company in Tokyo in 1975. The company where he employed 3 employees consisted of a shop and a workshop for repairs and making parts The sale of the own-built guitars turned out to be a great success and the demand for them grew quickly. A few years later, the production facilities were therefore moved to larger premises just outside Tokyo. In 1981 ESP established itself in the USA with an office in New York and in 1983 in Germany for distribution in Europe. ESP already had several hundred employees, but that number grew after In 1985 George Lynch of the heavy metal band Dokken discovered during In 1990, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett visited the ESP Custom Shop with the idea of building a model based on the mysterious Ouija board game. ESP gained fame by making guitars for trash metal guitarists including To keep costs down, the LTD series were now also made in Korea (later However, despite the now increased prices, ESP resumed the export of |  Hisatake Shibuya George Lynch with ESP kamikaze Kirk Hammett with ESP Ouija The popularity and demand for ESP guitars continues to expand, ESP is constantly innovating both electric and acoustic models. |
| The dating of guitars built in the eighties and nineties is often unreliable. Its administration was done carelessly. Some guitars from that period have no serial number at all. Also with the neck plate serial numbers do not always give the For guitars without a serial number on the headstock or neck The eight-digit coding system from before 2000 looks like this: DDMMYNNN After 2000 a serial number system was used which is a lot simpler. From 2016 another system was introduced. | Kirk Hammett Signature (K-) serial numbers The first Kirk Hammett Signature guitars appeared as Custom Shop models back in 1993. Kirk Hammett’s signature is on the front of the headstock and the serial number on the back of the headstock. These serial numbers start with K- followed by 4 or 5 digits. Until the official introduction in 1995 the guitars had a 4 digit number, then a 5 digit number was introduced.
Kirk Hammett Signature (K- serial number) ASIA The guitars built in Korea, India, Indonesia, China and Vietnam use different serial number systems. Productie locations 2 letters + 7 digits. IS and IR = Indonesia. 2 letters + 8 digits. 2 letters + 9 digits. IS = Indonesia. Factory World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon, Korea Источник |
