Late in 1987 the serial numbers were stamped into the wood rather than printed. Shame we didn’t have this system back in 1935 eh Custom & Special Reissue Serial Codes The following codes relate to a range of Gibson SG, Firebird, and Les Paul custom or reissue guitars. Enter the Fenders serial number and select if your guitar was made in USA, Japan, Mexico, Korea, Indonesia or China. These include the top of the neck plate, somewhere on the headstock, on the bridge plate or the back of the neck near the body. These numbers were printed using ink or paint (black on most but yellow on black and dark coloured instruments).īy 1980 most guitars made were numbered using this later system but some custom instruments (notably Standards and Eight-string basses) were numbered using the older four digit numbering system, a very few were still numbered using this system up until 1985 (e.g Standard #0722 was completed in May 1984) in total about 750 instruments were numbered using these four digit numbers. The first two digits are the year, and the next 7 digits are the serial number. There are a number of possible locations for the serial number on a Fender guitar. From the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s Greco models have mostly used 2 serial number formats for non Acoustic models. Greco Gibson replicas started using serial numbers around 1975 and pre 1975 models had a Greco logo that looked like 'Gneco'. Similarly # 8 21416 was made in 1988 and was the 21416th guitar to be numbered. Greco guitars have been made by Matsumoku, Fuji-Gen Gakki, Dyna Gakki and others as well. Date a Gibson guitar by serial number From 1977 to 2013 Gibson have used an eight or nine digit serial number on all of their guitars that can be easily decoded to show the exact day that the guitar was manufactured along with the location of the Gibson factory. The Sunbursts were numbered using a different system : the first digit represents the year of production and the following four (or later five digit number. So for example guitar #8 0196 was made in 1978 and was the 196th guitar to be numbered using this system. In 1974 Hamer used a four digit number stamped into the wood starting with guitar 0000 and until the launch of the Sunburst this system was used on all guitars. This page can only process a few specific serial number. The Sunbursts were numbered using a different system : the first digit represents the year of production and the following four (or later five digit number) is the total number of guitars made by Hamer and numbered using this system. Unknown Serial Number doesnt mean your product isnt authentic.
In 1974 Hamer used a four digit number stamped into the wood starting with guitar #0000 and until the launch of the Sunburst this system was used on all guitars.