Can anyone identify this Dean Guitar

kieranmccartney

Hi.
i bought this guitar in 1997. Dean said it is one of theirs but also said they have no records before 1998 when the company changed hands.
https://ibb.co/ckGtQss
Thanks.
Kieran.

fretmeister

Going to need better photos. Out of the case. Full body, front and back, serial numbers, close ups on the bridge etc etc. 

Maynehead

It's a Dean DS-90, might be Korean.

kieranmccartney

It does have that on a label on the back. Is there anywhere I could get a spec? 

Maynehead

kieranmccartney said:

It does have that on a label on the back. 

http://footlights.click/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/picard-forehead-smack.jpg

kieranmccartney

In my defence it appears as a ID code and when I told Dean about they still
dodnt know! 

Funkfingers

kieranmccartney said:

Is there anywhere I could get a spec? 

Google is your friend ... when it is not robbing you on the sly.

A quick trawl of Google images reveals that sunburst versions of the six screw fulcrum vibrato model use the opaque black portion of the 'burst finish to mask the forearm contour. Chances are that the same is true of the gut contour on the rear of the body. This strongly suggests that the body is plywood. (A look inside any of the major body cavities should confirm this. The laminate layers will be detectable.) Examples with the Floyd Rose licensed double locking vibrato appear to be made from solid wood.

The necks on all variants look like maple with a scarfed on headstock and a rosewood fingerboard. The nut in the photograph of your guitar looks like plastic rather than bone or a synthetic material.

Maynehead

Actually this one with a transparent finish looks like solid wood to me.

https://www.guitarmaniacs.de/html/users/maggy/maggy-gitarre-dean4.shtml

It’s very rare for guitars from the Korean factories to be made from plywood, they are usually decent quality. I saw google links suggesting it is Korean made.