dean acoustic guitar serial number lookup

These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. I traded in a 2003 Epiphone Dot and $50 for the Swede and couldn't be happier.īy the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price). There is also a missing part or two.the string holder cover that I see on most photos of old Swedes is not there and the pu and tone selector switches are missing the plastic caps The orignial owner replaced the hagstrom bridge pu with a Dimarzio (have no idea what model) but it sounds very sweet. And how can you resist that cool Hagstom headstock and those awesome tuning keys. But because the neck just plays so nice and the beast (its heavy) sounded so great, I didn't care what it looked like. The guitar definitely has its fair share of dings and scratches and finish issues. The shop I bought it at said there was only one previous owner. I've emailed some folks over in Sweden who seem to know much about Hagstrom so hopefully they'll get back to me. How, where? I've found some websites (most already listed in earlier postings in this thread) but it's hard to figure out where to go. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'have to look this up'.

So you're saying this could possibly be from '73.

Dean acoustic guitar serial number lookup