cs 4 digit serial number

[framed59]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to ID LP Florentine with a 4 digit serial number CS9639.After much tinternet searching to no avail.Please help before Ihand over the cash.

[JO'C]

I had a Custom Shop custom order LP from 2000 that had a 4 digit S/N:

 

 

Not sure if the one you are looking at is legit but if it is it's a 1999. If you have a pic of the front and rear of the headstock, email to Gibson customer service and they should be able to verify.

[Dave F]

CS = custom shop

96 = 1996

39 = sequence of production

[Dave F]

CS = custom shop

96 = 1996

39 = sequence of production

Or could be 1999 sequence number 639

[BigKahune]

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I thought it went something like this, but JO'C's post puts it into question -

1990s - CS YRRR where Y is the last digit of the year - "9" in the case of 1999, and RRR is the production rank.

2000s - CS YRRRR where Y is the last digit of the year - "9" in the case of 2009, and RRRR is the production rank.

2010s - CS YXRRRR where Y is the last digit of the year - "6" in the case of 2016. X determines place of manufacture - 0=Nashville, 5=Memphis. And RRRR is the production rank.

 

It would be nice if Gibson would make this clear on their Serials website. Can anybody set straight the years these changes took place?

 

 

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[JO'C]

My other Custom Shop guitars follow those rules except for my 1997 LP Elegant which has no CS but starts with a 7 then a space then 4 digits.

[BigKahune]

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AFAIK the "CS" serials are for Custom Shop regular production guitars. Gibson Custom uses M YRRR or MYRRR where M is the model, Y is the year and RRR is the production rank. There's other variations of this like YYRRRM and even some old 8 digit serials.

 

 

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