Chris, I appreciate it. I had actually seen this site and after two readings, I cannot make heads or tails from it. Confusing and seems to talk about the numbers in a way that makes no sense. Serial numbers are all over the place. I know the info must be in there. I was just hoping to find a member who has looked up so many they know right where to go and how to interpret. This sentence is an example from a site. Now how would you apply this to my Johnny Smith 71038107? :
"82765501 means the instrument was produced on Oct. 3, 1985, in Nashville and was the 1st instrument stamped that day.