Help identify this Dean guitar!

IMMusicRulz · Oct 2, 2021

My sister's friend got an orange Dean guitar recently and I wanted help identifying it.

Like when was it manufactured, what is the serial #, etc.?

If anyone has info please let me know. Dean makes some great guitars. The Kansas members played them, and I think John Entwistle of the Who did too.

Here is the picture:

Thanks

Lonn · Oct 2, 2021

Korean (probably) Dean Z. The serial number won't tell when it was made. Very well made guitars.

stratocarlster · Oct 2, 2021

@sam_in_cali

3bolt79 · Oct 3, 2021

That sure looks sweet. HNGD!….to whomever has it!

Jason D · Oct 3, 2021

Nice! I WANT it!

Chuck8436 · Oct 3, 2021

It's a dean z, but those inlays looks suspicious. Look like inlay stickers to me

Wound_Up · Oct 14, 2021

Nice!

Yoeu Chern makes guitars for Dean. So does World Sound Music. Both of which make fantastic guitars.

Depending on who made it and when, you might be able to tell when it was made. For example, if it was made by World Sound Music, like their current Vendetta XM Tremolo series, the year it was made may be in the serial, which would be in the format WSMxxxxxx.xxxx, where the first 2 digits after the WSM are the year of manufacturing.

For example, the guitar pictured below was built in 2020 but that's all I can tell from this serial #. Guitars built in 2014 would say WSM14xxxx.xxxx or WSM16xxxx.xxxx would be 2016.

Thats assuming they made it. If they didn't, then none of this applies, obviously.

Wound_Up · Oct 14, 2021

Chuck8436 said:
It's a dean z, but those inlays looks suspicious. Look like inlay stickers to me

Those pics are too blurry to make a determination about the inlays.

Chuck8436 · Oct 14, 2021

Wound_Up said:
Those pics are too blurry to make a determination about the inlays.

I can't say for sure, but they do look fishy. The 12th fret in particular. The size just looks off. But it would be obvious in person. If OP's sister's friend likes it, that's all that matters. It's still pretty

Wound_Up · Oct 14, 2021

Chuck8436 said:
I can't say for sure, but they do look fishy. The 12th fret in particular. The size just looks off. But it would be obvious in person. If OP's sister's friend likes it, that's all that matters. It's still pretty

Looks like "artifacting" from movement while the pic was taken with a digital camera. Either way, it appears to be a nice guitar.

And all its doing is fanning my GAS, now lol. I want a new guitar! Lol. Monoprice just needs to get some in stock and I'll probably be ordering one. I may wait til Christmas, which is another 2 months away. It'll cost me $100 less out of my pocket if I wait til Christmas.

Chuck8436 · Oct 14, 2021

Wound_Up said:
Looks like "artifacting" from movement while the pic was taken with a digital camera. Either way, it appears to be a nice guitar.

And all its doing is fanning my GAS, now lol. I want a new guitar! Lol. Monoprice just needs to get some in stock and I'll probably be ordering one. I may wait til Christmas, which is another 2 months away. It'll cost me $100 less out of my pocket if I wait til Christmas.

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You're probably right. And I've got a pretty bad case of GAS too. For several guitars! I was window shopping the other day and all it did was put ideas in my head. Lol. Sometimes I think I'd be better off without the internet. I'd have more money in my pocket for sure. That's a nice guitar too. I saw something similar that I wanted, I think it was a Mitchell

Chuck8436 · Oct 14, 2021

Wound_Up said:
Looks like "artifacting" from movement while the pic was taken with a digital camera. Either way, it appears to be a nice guitar.

And all its doing is fanning my GAS, now lol. I want a new guitar! Lol. Monoprice just needs to get some in stock and I'll probably be ordering one. I may wait til Christmas, which is another 2 months away. It'll cost me $100 less out of my pocket if I wait til Christmas.

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That one on the top right. But then I saw that one on the top left on sale just now, and my GAS is getting aggravated! Lol. I don't need either of those guitars. It just feels like Christmas morning getting a new guitar. Notice I have a few tabs open there. Ha

Wound_Up · Oct 14, 2021

Chuck8436 said:
You're probably right. And I've got a pretty bad case of GAS too. For several guitars! I was window shopping the other day and all it did was put ideas in my head. Lol. Sometimes I think I'd be better off without the internet. I'd have more money in my pocket for sure. That's a nice guitar too. I saw something similar that I wanted, I think it was a Mitchell

Its different enough from my gold top from the same company that I can rationalize buying it lol. Mine came with a flat/matte back & neck, and it's quite red where this is looks more brown and is obviously glossy like you find on actual Les Pauls.

Been looking for a nice Epiphone but I'm relegated to the used market on those and I'm worried about getting a dud so I'm pretty certain I'll end up buying this one brand new with a warranty. Considering how phenomenal my gold top is, I expect these to be just as great. I can't wait!

Chuck8436 · Oct 14, 2021

Wound_Up said:
Its different enough from my gold top from the same company that I can rationalize buying it lol. Mine came with a flat/matte back & neck, and it's quite red where this is looks more brown and is obviously glossy like you find on actual Les Pauls.

Been looking for a nice Epiphone but I'm relegated to the used market on those and I'm worried about getting a dud so I'm pretty certain I'll end up buying this one brand new with a warranty. Considering how phenomenal my gold top is, I expect these to be just as great. I can't wait!

I'll be living vicariously through you when you post that ngd thread!

Wound_Up · Oct 14, 2021

Chuck8436 said:
That one on the top right. But then I saw that one on the top left on sale just now, and my GAS is getting aggravated! Lol. I don't need either of those guitars. It just feels like Christmas morning getting a new guitar. Notice I have a few tabs open there. Ha
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Ahhhh. I was considering Mitchells before I bought the Indio gold top from Monoprice. When it came down to it, Indio offered the best guitar at the best price on paper so I went with them. And I'm soooo glad I did. I absolutely love my 66 DLX Plus Goldtop from Indio. It's easily worth the $499 retail price.

Chuck8436 · Oct 14, 2021

Wound_Up said:
Ahhhh. I was considering Mitchells before I bought the Indio gold top from Monoprice. When it came down to it, Indio offered the best guitar at the best price on paper so I went with them. And I'm soooo glad I did. I absolutely love my 66 DLX Plus Goldtop from Indio.

I'm going to look those up

Wound_Up · Oct 14, 2021

Chuck8436 said:
I'm going to look those up

They discontinued this one with a black burst on a quilted maple top right around the time I found them in 2020. Man, I was disappointed. It looks amazing! And the horn on the cutaway is more rounded like on a Les Paul.

They also had another burst similar to the first one I posted but it was more of a red burst, but it was discontinued also.

After they were discontinued, every so often, I'd come across a website selling the quilted top guitar but I already had my gold top so I passed on it every time.

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=610420

Edit: here's the previous flame top they had that was discontinued, that I mentioned above. I like the newer one better than this one, with bright red burst. They've also changed the knob placement on that newest guitar I posted a few posts up. It's closer to actual LP placement, now.

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=610421