For example, the serial number 90237XXX corresponds to a production date of 1/23/97. These Heritage guitars have a serial number that begins with. The first number of the sequence indicates the decade of production, followed by the three digit day of the year, and finally the year. Follow the guide below to ascertain your guitars year of manufacture. Not sure what the other numbers represent. The 1st and 2nd indicate the year of manufacture for the 6 digit serial numbers which weve been using since 2000.' So, your guitar would have been made in 2000. I tried it a couple of times and came out with annual figures in the 140,000 to 150,000 range. Starting in 1977, Gibson adopted the current date-based serial system which codes for the year and day of production. The 1st digit indicates the year of manufacture for the 4 & 5 digit serial numbers, these were used from 1989-1999. One thing about the old (formally new)* system being sequential, if you bought a few Gibsons in the same year, or saw the dates on inspection cards somewhere, you could get rough estimates of production numbers for all Gibsons with this system (i.e not Custom shop). As the serial numbers were sequential in the new (now old) system, you can tell your SG was built very early in the year, before they changed to the old (now new) system. It features a 20 fret fingerboard with pointed end and narrow block. When I bought my 2014 SG there was no info about the new (now old) system out there, so I was really puzzled - the number showed it was made on the 400th day of 2014 - not only did that not exist, it had also been built by mid April! The number is 140046667. Shipped in 1936, L-5 serial number 93206 is one of 152 Advanced L-5s shipped in 1936. For guitars made prior to 1977 use the extended search function. KickstartMyHeart wrote: The Pacer Classics and the rest of the low level models come from Indonesia, some other models like the new 84s and the Satchel or Vintage labeled models come from Korea. Im not sure on the age, the serial number is SI 120713949. To reveal an accurate date of the serial numbers below, add your details to our Guild Decoder. ![]() Your SG has the new (now old) system YYxxxxxxx, whereas they're now using the old (now new) system YDDDYBPPP. 81232560 The Gibson Serial Number Decoder currently supports 6 formats from 4 Factories. Serial Numbers From 1956 to 1965 production was continued from Hoboken, New Jersey. The numbers appear as the 5th and sixth digits in the serial number. No, they just changed the system they use.
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