Next 2 digits are the year made followed by the month and then build (I am almost absolutely sure they did not use )ġst digit is the year made followed by the month and then buildĪfter that the years are designated with two digits. Serial numbers starting with 7 refers to 1997, 8 refers to 1998, 9 refers to 1999 and 2 refers to 2000. That is what makes me believe yours is a transitional model and hence the different name on the sticker on the back of the headstock.Įlliot 'Dean' Rubinson (Armadillo Enterprises) bought Dean from Tropical Music in 1997. Notice that the pattern on mine and on the catalog pages is horizontal and yours is angled downward like the brochure. The pattern is the same as yours, but the headstock doesn't have the filled in area between the 'prongs' and the fretboard is different in that it has dots and no 'D' Clef insignia. Now look below at this brochure for 1999 at the bottom right of the page. Notice the catalog pages above show the flame maple pattern as horizontal where yours is angled down toward the outer edge of the bass. I have a 1999 new product brochure that shows sort of your bass with the angled flame pattern (but the controls are different) I think this name change is a transition to the Edge series that later were moved to Korea Click to expand.I meant to say that this is really nice too
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