The Dean family today consists of over 100 people: guitar luthiers and techs, distribution and sales staff, customer service providers, office admins, tech and marketing personnel, almost all of which are practicing musicians, artists, and artisans. Various Dean guitar models The company was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1976 by but came to prominence under Elliott Rubinson in 1997 when his company purchased the trade name. The company also makes and/or distributes a full range of products to include guitars, guitar cases, accessories and custom guitar. It is known for its solid-body electric guitars, bass guitars, and acoustic guitars such as the, the, the, but more recently the, Dean Stealth, Dean Icon, Dean Zero, and Dean Mako Acoustic Guitar. Vendetta 3.Number of employees 100 Website Dean Guitars, commonly referred to simply as Dean, is an American manufacturer of stringed instruments and musical products. There were some bolt on USA and Czech models. They did start putting a year # somewhere in them, but they are imports and the year really doesn't matter for their worth. The Korean and Chinese guitar serials for the most part don't give a year or any other indication. There are Czech Republic guitars that will have Hand Crafted in the Czech Republic on the back of the headstock with a serial # (nothing to denote year.) In the late 90's (1996 I believe) the serial #'s for the USA models were stamped on the fret board after the last fret. Try making a post on the Dean board - lots of knowledgeable folks.įor the most part - the USA models will have 'Made in the USA' with YY - SERIAL on the back of the headstock. Im looking, but Im not finding anything there either.

Please enter the full serial number, with dashes. The serial number represents the date and time your guitar was built, in a specific format. All of our guitars have a serial number on the back of the headstock (or the neck plate on older guitars). For the most part - the USA models will have 'Made in the USA' with YY - SERIAL on the back of the headstock. Try making a post on the Dean board - lots of knowledgeable folks. B12345) The only exception to this would be some of the 'E' series neckplates did have one letter followed by five letters (e.g.

If the serial number of your Kramer starts with the following serial numbers, it is NOT a USA Made or 'American' series Kramer: 1) Two letters followed by a serial number (e.g.

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