Dean Serial Number Lookup

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. Cool technology to make finding and buying parts a breeze, including Serial Number Lookup, PartSPIN® and Smart Manuals, found on partstown.com and our industry-leading mobile app; An exceptional customer experience from the team you know and trust with every email, live chat, text and phone call, provided by a friendly and knowledgeable team. All of our guitars have a serial number on the back of the headstock (or the neck plate on older guitars). The serial number represents the date and time your guitar was built, in a specific format. Please enter the full serial number, with dashes.

Dean Guitar Serial Number Lookup

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• I have a guy wanting to trade me a Dean for one of my Jacksons. Problem is, he says it is a Dean Vendetta 3.0, and the only guitar I can find that looks like the one he has, is a cheap Dean Vendetta XM.
  He has provided the serial number but I cant find anywhere I can look up the serial number to find out any info on it.
  Anybody know a place to look these things up?
• Check out the forums here: http://www.deanguitars.com/home.php

• Check out the forums here: http://www.deanguitars.com/home.php

  
  Preciate that.
  Im looking, but Im not finding anything there either. :arg:

• Preciate that. Im looking, but Im not finding anything there either. :arg:

  
  try making a post on the Dean board - lots of knowledgeable folks.
  For the most part - the USA models will have 'Made in the USA' with YY - SERIAL on the back of the headstock. 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.
  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.)
  The Korean and Chinese guitar serials for the most part don't give a year or any other indication. They did start putting a year # somewhere in them, but they are imports and the year really doesn't matter for their worth.
  There were some bolt on USA and Czech models. Not many.
  EDIT -
  Vendetta 3.0 information (serial # will not be different between import models)
  * Neck Through Construction
  * Solid Mahogany Body
  * Maple Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard
  * Dual Humbuckers
  * Tune-O-Matic Bridge
  * String-Throught Body Design
  * Classic Dean V Ferrule Pattern
  * 24 frets
  * 25.5 Scale
  * Black Hardware
  * Pearl Evil Eye Inlay
• Thanks for the help guys!
  I seen where my membership/log in was just approved on the Dean boards so I will be posting something there in a few minutes.
  Im starting to think this is going to be all for naught though. I think I pissed the guy off when I told him I thought his guitar looked a hell of a lot like the Dean Vendetta XM model.
  He exploded right away with, 'Well, if it is indeed the XM, what do I have to add to make this an even trade?'
  I answered, 'A real guitar man! Im sorry but I just DO NOT like basswood guitars. If it is not the Vendetta 3.0, Im not interested.'
  Havent heard from him since...
• I am a 4.0 owner
  the 3.0 has the neck through and the solid color.
  The 4.0 had the quilt and maple cap.

Dean Guitars Serial Number Lookup

(.Search by Description, Color, Artist, Body Shape, etc.) Support. About Us; Warranty Registration; Charitable Donations. Per the Blue Book of Electric Guitars, Dean's serial numbers are straight forward with the first two digits equaling the year of manufacture and the remaining numbers equaling the instrument number. So it appears you have a 1951 Dean or an import model?