Dean Guitar Serial Number Decoder
Dating Korean Made Fender & Squier Instruments from Fender.com. Although Fender began producing Fender and Squier instruments in Korea in 1988, its digital records only go back to mid-1993, with little if any information available on serial numbering from 1988 through 1992. The ML series of guitar has been in nearly constant production since 1977. Some are made in the USA, and others were made for Dean overseas. As kcbuck indicated, 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.
Anastasios Stathopoulos born in 1863, was a Greek luthier who started a mandolin and violin company in 1873 in Pellana, Greece. In 1903 he emigrated with his wife to New York. As luthier he started a year later a company that mainly produced mandolins. The company ran well, and therefore he took the Italian professional Henry cappielo employed. After the death of Anastasios in 1915, his son Epaminondas (Epi) take control over the company. Under his management the company grows to one of the biggest of its kind. A few years later, Epaminondas opens a factory where mainly banjos were made. In 1924 he registered the brand name Epiphone, a combination of his own name (Epi) with the Greek word for sound (phone). Shortly thereafter, Epi buys the banjo company Favoran and introduces the banjo Epiphone Recording line. Because of their quality and elegant design, it will be a great success. Due to the success of the banjo Recording line, a Recording line for guitars was also established in 1928 and a full line of f-hole archtop guitars was introduced in 1931. There are 12 models, including the top models: Broadway, Triumph and DeLuxe. Epiphone has been competing with Gibson for some time and with the introduction of the Epiphone Emperor in 1935, dealt a serious blow. Epiphone introduced the Electar series in 1937, an electric guitar with an adjustable pickup. Epaminondas dies in 1943 and the business is continued by his two sons Orpheus (Orphie) and Frixo. The cooperation between the two brothers is going badly and the company is going through hard times in the post-war years. By the mid-1950s, Epiphone is still making very few instruments. | In 1957, Epiphone is sold to CMI, Gibson's parent company, for $20,000.00. A full line of newly designed acoustic and electric guitars is launched in 1958. In 1960, Epiphone's production moved to the Gibson plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. At the beginning of 1970 the production under license from Gibson moved from the USA to Japan. From 1983 there is also produced in Korea and then in 1995 also in Indonesia. In 2004, Gibson opened a factory in Qingdao, China for the production of Epiphone guitars. Although the vast production of Epiphone guitars takes place in these countries, some more exclusive models are still being made in the USA. Epaminondas Stathopoulos |
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Industry | Musical instruments |
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Founded | 1977; 43 years ago |
Headquarters | Tampa, Florida, United States |
Area served | Global |
Evan Rubinson (President & CEO) | |
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Owner | Armadillo Enterprises, Inc. |
Number of employees | 100 |
Website | deanguitars.com |
Dean Guitars, commonly referred to simply as Dean, is an American importer and maker of stringed instruments and musical products with its headquarters in Tampa, Florida.
Korean Dean Guitars Serial Numbers 890284 Putting all of the information together, an example of a Epiphone serial number could be F0508384. Breaking it down, this serial number would mean the guitar was made in FujiGen, Japan in August of 2005, and it was the 384th guitar made in that model. By Guest, 2 years ago on Electric Guitar Values I have a Korean made Dean Evo, serial number E04880. It's a heavy guitar (mahogany?), has a set neck, Grover tuners and split coil humbuckers. The top is a beautiful flame red.
Its products include solid-body electric guitars, bass guitars, and acoustic guitars. The company also distributes resonators, basses, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, amplifiers, guitar cases, accessories, and custom guitar pickups.
The company was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1976 by Dean Zelinsky, but came to prominence under Elliott Rubinson in 1997 after his company, Armadillo Enterprises, purchased the Dean trade name.[1]
Dean Guitar Serial Lookup
History[edit]
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Dean Guitars started in 1976 and made instruments used by bands such as Heart, Kansas, The Cars, Molly Hatchet, Triumph and ZZ Top.[2]
With the advent of the Superstrat and grunge music, Dean Zelinsky sold the business to Oscar Medeiros of Tropical Music, who gained ownership of the brand from 1986, and until 1995 focused on selling to Latin bands overseas. The company had all but disappeared from the American market at that point.[3][1]
Armadillo Enterprises, under the leadership of Elliott Rubinson, then purchased the Dean trade name in 1997. Rubinson, a musician who toured as a bass player for the Michael Schenker Group, Uli Jon Roth and Michael Angelo Batio[4] expanded Dean's products to include acoustic, electric and bass guitars; mandolins, banjos and ukuleles with prices from less than $99 to more than $13,000.[4] Rubinson had previously built Thoroughbred Music,[5] a music retail store, music supply, and music clinic. Rubinson sold Thoroughbred to Sam Ash Music in 1999 so he could focus on Dean.[6][7]
After getting a number of endorser-user guitarists (including Dimebag Darrell, Michael Angelo Batio, Michael Schenker, Leslie West, Dave Mustaine, Michael Amott, and Jacky Vincent),[8] Dean Guitars' popularity increased. Under Armadillo Enterprises the company outgrew its Clearwater site and moved to a larger building that includes a custom guitar shop.[1][9] Today the company also assembles guitar pickups[10] and guitar parts.
In December 2016, Elliott Rubinson's son, Evan Rubinson, assumed the position of President and CEO at Armadillo Enterprises (which includes Dean Guitars, Luna Guitars, and ddrum).[3]
In February 2017, Elliott 'Dean' Rubinson died from cancer.[11] Richard Ash, CEO of Sam Ash Music Stores, said, 'Elliott was a true genius. He would have been successful in any business but he went with his passion for music and built his business around it... He was truly one of my heroes. RIP Elliott Rubinson.'[12]
Instruments[edit]
Dean has the line of electric guitars that includes the ML, V, Z, Cadillac, Splittail, Soltero, EVO, Icon, Custom Zone, Vendetta and Deceiver models.
Dean also has many signature electric guitar models. The company offers a number of Dimebag Darrell models.
The company has also worked closely with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth on a line of guitars. These cost from around $300 for imports to over $6000 for USA-built instruments. The Dean USA Dave Mustaine Signature VMNT Holy Grail [13] electric guitar, a more recent incarnation of the V introduced in 2016, is an example of the brand.
Dean also makes signature models for Bret Michaels, Michael Schenker, Leslie West, Michael Angelo Batio, Michael Amott, Rusty Cooley, and other artists.[4]
The company's bass guitar models include the ML, V, Z, Cadillac, Edge, Metal Man / Demonator, Hillsboro, Entwistle, EVO, Razorback, and Custom Zone. Dean also imports and markets other string instruments such as resonator guitars, mandolins and banjos.
In 2017, Dean unveiled several new musical instruments[14] to commemorate the company's 40th anniversary.
In 2018, the company formed a partnership between Dean USA Custom Shop and Angel's Envy Bourbon[15] to produce the Dean Envy Series guitars made from whiskey cask barrels.
Affiliated companies[edit]
Armadillo Enterprises, the parent company of Dean Guitars, also owns Luna Guitars and ddrum.
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References[edit]
- ^ abc'Business: Dean gets new digs, designs'. 2005-02-27. Archived from the original on 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2017-02-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^'A Brief History of Dean Guitars'. www.streetdirectory.com. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ ab'Episode 42: Elliott Rubinson, CEO of Dean Guitars, ddrum, and Luna Guitars breaks down the music biz like few can'. www.musicbizcast.com. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^ abc'Dean Guitars CEO Elliott Dean Rubinson Talks Gigging with Uli Jon Roth, Balancing Life As a Musician'. Guitar World. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^'Security Check Required'. www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^'www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/1999/04/12/daily3.html'. www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^'Elliott Rubinson'. NAMM.org. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^Jim Aardema (2013-04-08), Branding and Marketing Planning - Dean Guitars, Luna Guitars, Ddrum Drums, retrieved 2017-03-03
- ^DeanGuitarsVideos (2016-09-28), Dean Guitars USA Shop, retrieved 2017-02-09
- ^DeanGuitarsVideos (2009-04-29), Dean USA DMT Pickups, Live at NAMM'09, retrieved 2017-02-09
- ^'Elliott Rubinson: The Man Who Made it Happen - All That Shreds!'. All That Shreds!. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^'Sam Ash Music Stores on Twitter'. Twitter. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^Dean USA Dave Mustaine Signature VMNT Holy Grail
- ^new musical instruments
- ^https://www.deanguitars.com/evan-rubinson-vision-for-the-future
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dean Guitars. |
- Elliott Rubinson Interview NAMM Oral History Program (2010)