These guitars have no serial numbers and can be identified by the shape of the tooling holes in the bottom of the pickup cavities. and this was said by a few owners of both guitars. The Dean Soltero is an all mahogany, flamed maple top, rosewood fretboard, single cut gu. not that the solteros are bad, but the hardtails have better QC and feel more sturdier. Steve Gerlach of Fat Tone Guitars demos the Dean Soltero SL guitar. apparently the difference between them is noticeably significant in terms of built quality. the hardtails they were, or maybe still are made in the U.S. SEEKING Band to Join, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor. Some Dean guitars were originally made in Japan’s preeminent Fujigen guitar factory, such as the Dean Soltero. the US solteros are made by the dean HQ in florida.

Dean soltero guitar identification