Guitar dater project. Y 2230 21 v 4867 8 r 6785 15 code letter and year z 1952 y 1953 x 1954 w 1955 v 1956 u 1957 t 1958 s 1959 r 1960 q 1961 after 1961 the use of fons was discontinued at gibson. To date a prs guitar look at the one or two digit prefix which indicates the final one or two digits of the production year. This website possesses no registry database of guitars made by manufactures instead simple serial code patterns that are available on this site and in the wider guitar community are used in comination with historical data.
The guitar dater project aims to provide you with the information hidden in your guitars serial number in plain english. The first guitars made in korea are those with serial number. So 08 indicates 2008.
S e made in korea s samick e young chang e letter serial numbers were used on young changs fenix brand guitars. The first number following the prefix is the year. 09 is 2009 etc.
There are still some variances that gibson uses on some instruments produced today. The guitar data project cannot verify the authenticity of any guitar this site is simply meant as a tool to satisfy the curiosity of guitar enthusiasts. A 5 can indicate 1985 1995 or 2005.
This website possesses no registry database of guitars made by manufactures instead simple serial code patterns that are available on this site and in the wider guitar community are used in comination with historical data. The s and e serial number prefix korean squiers are from the late 1980searly 1990s. Thus 0 prefix can indicate 1990 or 2000.
Number would properly indicate the actual date of the guitar. The guitar data project cannot verify the authenticity of any guitar this site is simply meant as a tool to satisfy the curiosity of guitar enthusiasts. This website possesses no database of guitars made by manufactures instead simple serial code patterns that are available on this site and in the wider guitar community are used.
This data is then compiled and used to improve the guitar dating function of the site. The only complication occurs with years that have the same final digit.
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