Tommy Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Hi, I want to figure out the meaning of the serialnumber from my gibson sg special...i found that on the gibson homepage: "In 1977, Gibson introduced the serialization method that we primarily use to this day at Gibson USA, Gibson Acoustic, and the Gibson Custom facility in Memphis, TN. The serial number will be an 8 digit number impressed into the back of the headstock with "MADE IN USA" below. The pattern is as follows: YDDDYRRR YY is the production year DDD is the day of the year RRR is the factory ranking/plant designation number. Prior to 1984 when the Kalamazoo, MI factory was closed, the numbers 001-499 indicated Kalamazoo production. Ranking numbers 500-999 continued to indicate Nashville production through 1989. NOTE - Gibson USA goes to a 9 digit serial number in early July 2005.. The sixth number is now a batch number- batch 0 starts at the beginning of the day, and once we stamp 699, the batch number will change to 1. The first 5 numbers remain the same, the last 3 numbers will remain the same. The only difference is the addition of this batch indicator." My Number is 035190463 I think this means the guitar is produced on the 351th day of the yoear 09 at the beginning of the day (because of the batch number). But the description says, that 463 means, that it is produced in kalamazoo, but i thought the only gibson factory is in nashville? Does anyone knows the solution? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Your guitar was made at the Nashville Plant, TN, USA December 17th, 2009 Production Number: 163 http://www.guitardaterproject.org/gibson.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Thank You, thats a really good link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyb Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Yeah, this is too cool! Found out this about my new SG Standard: Guitar Info Your guitar was made at the Nashville Plant, TN, USA April 8th, 2010 Production Number: 220 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevoT Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 mine was on the 18th of december! it's like they're almost brothers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgdman Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Your guitar was made at the Kalamazoo Plant, USA approximately in: 1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Your guitar was made at theKalamazoo Plant' date=' USA approximately in: 1964 [/quote'] I'm pretty sure that this is way off... This is what I found on my SG Special; Serial Number:001880596 Your guitar was made at the Nashville Plant, TN, USA January 18th, 2008 Production Number: 296 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Your guitar was stolen June 10th 2010 while you were on the Gibson Forum Wasting time instead of playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgdman Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 I'm pretty sure that this is way off...:) This is what I found on my SG Special; Serial Number:001880596 Your guitar was made at the Nashville Plant' date=' TN, USA January 18th, 2008 Production Number: 296 [/quote'] Oh really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibSinCity Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Oh really? That looks like an SG Jr. Tommy's original post was about an SG Special. If the picture in his avatar is the guitar he's talikng about, you can see the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Oh really? We seem to have a misunderstanding here. I thought you were talking about the original poster's SG Special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgdman Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 If he wasn't referring to my post when he said it was way off, I am not sure why he quoted me then. No issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG Rally Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Hello everyone, I am trying to figure out the date for my friends Les Paul. The serial number is P1533521. I am stumped. The guitar looks like a high end studio and has a dark green sparkle finish. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Edited December 11, 2019 by SG Rally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Are you sure it starts with P? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorZ Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hi! I’ve got Gibson ES-335 serial: 90595313 Can’t figure it out which factory manufactured it. Could you help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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