Dean vmnt (USA or korean) serial

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Hi. I recently snagged a dean korina vmnt guitar on a popular guitar website. I called and they promised me it was usa built even though the back was not stamped “usa”. They said the serial begins with wk.


I either won the lotto or wasted a lot of time. From the info i just provided, can anyone confirm the likelyhood of this being a usa dean?

Supposed to be delivered relatively soon. The guy on the phone was very confident it was made in the usa

 

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Re: Dean vmnt (USA or korean) serial

Lol. The guy was very clear he didn’t see USA stamped... wondering if i actually had to ask him if it said “korea.”

Looks unlikely to be usa. Annoying, because i took the time to ask

 

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Just got back off the phone with the same guy. Conclusion is that it’s korean. He told me it was cut off but i highly doubt it... refund on the way!

 

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Gotta love it:

“Does it have made in the usa stamped on it?” “Uh, no it doesn’t but i’m sure it was made in the usa”

Called back:
“Are you SURE it doesn’t say Korea?”

“Oh, uh uh uh”

 

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Re: Dean vmnt (USA or korean) serial

USA VMNT's have stamped serial numbers and begin with the year as in YY XXXX as an example.