Kul2enai Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi everyone, I'm very new with Gibson, I just bought a Gibson LP Studio 2016 T Alpine Gold. I have concern about the serial number back of the head stock. It's "16xx4x023" and i've no idea what this serial number mean? I've also put this serial number on this website quote : http://www.guitardaterproject.org/gibson.aspx and it return nothing. Then I want to know what this serial number tell me about? ***Solved If someone pass here, here is a answer from Gibson about serial number since 2014 Quote "The serial numbers for most 2014-current Gibson USA models are different than the previous serial number schemes. The first 2 digits(14, 15, and 16) indicate the model year with the rest showing the ranking number of the guitar over the entire year’s production." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 . Welcome. The eight digit serial number formula from the mid 70s that everyone knows is - YDDDYRRR - where YY is the two digit year, DDD is the day of the year and RRR is the production rank. Gibson USA (Nashville plant guitars, where your guitar was made) went to 9 digit serials in July 2005 to accommodate their increased production. The sixth number is now a batch number- the batch number starts at 0 at the beginning of the day, and when 699 is reached, the batch number changes to 1 and the rank count starts over, allowing the batching to rank/count over 1000 guitars per day. The first 5 numbers and the last 3 numbers still represent the the same info. The only difference is the addition of the batch indicator "B" - YDDDYBRRR If you read it correctly, your number starts with 16, with 600 where you would expect the day of the year (max is 365/6), possibly a new scheme has been used for 2016. For example: 2014 was the 125th anniversary year for Gibson and they changed the serial format to 14RRRRRRR where 14 is the year and RRRRRRR gives the production rank. (For unknown reasons, some 2014 guitars use the more standard serial formulas.) So possibly your serial is using the format 16RRRRRRR, although I've haven't heard of this change. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kul2enai Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 edited** got it, Thank you very much BigKahune. Hope someone that buy the 2016 model have the same serial number format of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 . Your new LP - is that Alpine White with gold hardware? Congrats and enjoy. B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kul2enai Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 yes, thank you. The epic beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 yes, thank you.The epic beautiful!! A timeless, enduring classic, enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kul2enai Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 A timeless, enduring classic, enjoy! Thank you. Gibson answer me by e-mail. My serial number match with my model. And tell me about the detail of Gibson's serial number since 2014. Quote "The serial numbers for most 2014-current Gibson USA models are different than the previous serial number schemes. The first 2 digits(14, 15, and 16) indicate the model year with the rest showing the ranking number of the guitar over the entire year’s production." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Well I guess the date cannot be determined by the serial any more. Just the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 "The serial numbers for most 2014-current Gibson USA models are different than the previous serial number schemes. The first 2 digits(14, 15, and 16) indicate the model year with the rest showing the ranking number of the guitar over the entire year’s production." Thanks for checking on that and providing us an update. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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