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Washburn (Back to top of page)Washburn has used many serial number formats over the years, ranging from 4-12 characters long. And a graphic illustration that gives a serial number production timeline: http://www.headless-europe.eu/Files/Steinberger_serial_poster.pdf. Im Monica and I am an avid lover of guitars and everything in-between. Copyright © 2020 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes. After the year prefix, these models use a code of "EB", indicating Electric Bass.
For example, 4C7768 = 400 Series Combo from 1957. Copyright © 2020 The Guitar Dater Project | All rights reserved. )Year / Last Serial Number1898 83481899 87161900 91281901 93101902 95281903 98101904 99881905 101201906 103291907 107271908 108831909 110181910 112031911 114131912 115651913 118211914 120471915 122091916 123901917 129881918 134501919 145121920 158481921 167581922 178391923 198911924 220081925 241161926 286891927 344351928 375681929 408431930 453171931 495891932 525901933 550841934 586791935 619471936 651761937 688651938 718661939 740611940 767341941 800131942 831071943 867241944 901491945 936231946 981581947 1034681948 1082691949 1129611950 1179611951 1227991952 1284361953 1345011954 1413451955 1473281956 1532251957 1590611958 1655761959 1710471960 1756891961 1812971962 1873841963 1933271964 1996261965 2070301966 2172151967 2300951968 2419251969 2560031970 2716331971 2942701972 3133021973 3338731974 3533871975 3718281976 3888001977 3996251978 4078001979 4199001980 4303001981 4364741982 4396271983 4461011984 4533001985 4605751986 4681751987 4762161988 4839521989 4932791990 5033091991 5124871992 5226551993 5352231994 5516961995 5704341996 5929301997 6247991998 6687961999 7240772000 7805002001 8456442002 9167592003 9787062004 10425582005 11158622006 11977992007 12680912008 13370422009 14067152010 14734612011 15557672012 16567422013 17555362014 18573992015 19721292016 2076795Notes: Solidbody electrics like the E18 model from the '70s do not conform to the above. This new function will try to match the serial number against older formats, details required for an exact match are listed in yellow. Reverend is the brand made famous by owner Joe Naylor. So the serial number "02112777" would indicate a guitar produced the 2nd day of November in 1982 OR 1992 and was the 777th guitar off the production line.
C701212 would be 1987. Re-issues after that time will be different and we've seen no info on their serials. The Epiphone serial number decoder currently supports 12 serial number formats from 25 factories. After all, discerning the history of your instrument will never become an easy feat. Look through the sound hole toward the head of the guitar.
Not date coded. Serial may appear on back of headstock or neck plate, and from what I've seen if it starts "MCXX," the first two digits indicate last two of year. The only complication occurs with years that have the same final digit.
Here H=January alphabetically to Z=December.Now before you say, that's not too bad. BUT not all Korean models say this. ----------------------------------Above are really only some vague signposts to begin to help you with a Yamaha serial. Epiphone (Ver.
instead simple serial code patterns that are available on this site and in the wider guitar community are used. If you need to go further and more exactly pinpoint the year, go to the following page on the Guild website and scroll through the pages of data: http://guildguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/history_of_your_guild.pdf.The easy way to narrow down the period your Guild acoustic was produced is by the label, which is located inside the soundhole and should have both the model and serial number. The first digit indicates the last digit of the year it was built, with the final numbers indicating sequentially the order of production. Also appears on jackplate.