fretboard Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Hi, Wonder if you can help with this. I have a 1996, 57 LP Custom Re-issue Black Beauty. I bought this brand new. I've just noticed a 2006 made one for sale, with what seems to be exactly the same serial number 7 6084. Mine has a gap between the 7 and the 6084, and so does the one for sale! How can this be possible? Here's the link to the one for sale now http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-1957-Les-Paul-Custom-Black-Beauty-RI-Custom-Shop_W0QQitemZ370005334000QQihZ024QQcategoryZ47072QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem Hope you can help please. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Admin Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 that's just the way our serialization system works on Historic guitars: the first digit is the year being reproduced, the 2nd digit is the year of production, which does unfortunately allow for duplicate numbers in years with similar last digits (1996/2006, 1997/2007, etc etc). Gibson has a long history of serial number duplication (as well as missing/skipped serial numbers), so there is precedent for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretboard Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Ok, thats' fine. Many thanks for your help and quick reply! Really appreciated. Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.