toled Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 hey i've got an epi les paul model but i've got some trouble to understand its serial number S921378 i can't really find the year etc... could you give a hand please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickblues1 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Check that number again it does not come up on.. http://www.guitardaterproject.org/ It maybe a 92 made LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 hey i've got an epi les paul model but i've got some trouble to understand its serial number S921378i can't really find the year etc... could you give a hand please? You seem to be missing a digit. S means it was made by Samick (Korea). The 9 indicates it was made in 1999. Now the next 2 digits should be the month (01 - 12). 21 doesn't make sense, it should be either S9021378 or S9121378 indicating February or December. The last 4 digits indicate that it was the 1,378th guitar made that month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toled Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 sorry iv'e missed a number the real SN is S9213678 i bought the LP in 1996 second hand. that's why that serial seems a bit strange to me? any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 sorry iv'e missed a number the real SN is S9213678 i bought the LP in 1996 second hand. that's why that serial seems a bit strange to me? any idea? Nope, S92 could be Samick 1992, but you would still need the next 2 digits to be 01 - 12 to indicate the month. S is Samick, if you got it in 1996 then '92 makes sense (even though I thought the current system began in 1993). Early '90s Samick is my best guess. One question, is it engraved or on a sticker??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toled Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 it's engraved actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 it's engraved actually S is Samick, they didn't start those engraved serial #s with the letter until 1992 / 1993 when Epiphone expanded to several different Korean manufacturers. It was a way of determining which factory made the guitar. So it has to be made between 1992 & 1996 by Samick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toled Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 thanx very much for those informations Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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