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@Olie - look a couple comments up^, JT posted. B) .

The Big Hurt -

Very nice find. Congrats. B) .

I have a 2008 Robot. It has a similar problem. I manually tuned it to standard tuning and then saved that as an alt tuning. Still working great and just a coupla battery replacements. .

Comparing it with my J200 STD, I agree with Joe. Chibson. .

Pretty serious. Glad you bounced back and are playing again. 😎 .

My condolences to you Tom. You two sure accomplished great things together - may you find comfort and peace in those. .

For Martin, I’d pick my Sitka/Rosewood D-45. That pick makes me forsake my Adi/Rosewood AJ and choose my Sitka/Maple J-200 for a Gibson. .

I’ve had a coupla “loud” Gibsons over the years. I used to think my J200 was a boomer. Then in 2013 I snag a Red Spruce AJ - with all the Limited Editions, adi hype Gibson’s ad boys could muster. Turned out to be true for my specimen. Powerful in volume, and the tone from the adi/rosewood box is really something. .

Engraved or embossed/pressed into the surface. I’ve haven’t seen a Gibson logo applied like that before. .

You don’t need to snail mail. Just keep the receipt. Or - Use the WEBSITE. https://www.gibson.com/Support/Warranty-Registration .

Very nice. Liking the grain beauty of the top sans pick guard. Congrats. B) .

+1 .

Sorry to see this Doug. In my area, in the 60s/70s/80s the live music scene was huge. Just about every bar in the area had live music, as well as many of the restaurants with liquor licenses. Then ASCAP and BMI cracked down and by the end of the 90s the licensing and fees costs shrunk the live music scene and now it’s barely here. They were also enforcing fees at businesses playing recorded music. I was wondering when all the internet play was going to fall under tighter scrutiny/enforcement. Fair use is often overlooked in some of the recent Internet cases I’ve seen. Most folks don’t argue their case, they acquiesce and take down the challenged material. Hoping it goes better for you. .

Welp, the work paid off. Sounds great sure and begorrah. I’m looking forward to the completed mix. B) .

The guy needs an attitude adjustment. fleaBay report filed. I hope they bounce the jerk. .

. I’ve got an AJ with an adi top - love that tone wood combo. The AJ is my favorite slope. Congrats and enjoy. . B) .

. The J-15 has been a popular get here - great guitar, great price. As it's been mentioned, both the J-15 and the J-29 are made the same way in the same factory by the same people. The build quality should be very similar - from the few examples I've seen that seems to be the case. But, the J-15 makes some compromises to hit that $1500 price point, particularly using all North American woods - walnut back, walnut sides, maple neck, walnut fingerboard and walnut bridge. The J-29 uses imported woods - rosewood back, rosewood sides, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard and rosewood bridge. Apparently this makes the MAP price difference of $750. I not sure the saw method has anything to do with the price. It comes down to whether you like the sound and feel (fingerboard) of walnut. .

More likely Gibson has changed the serial formula without telling anyone or posting it on their website - they've pulled this stunt in the recent past. There was the Centennial Year change in 1994 when all serials started with 94. Then the Gibson USA (Nashville) change to 9 digit serials in 2005. And finally in 2014 Gibson USA (Nashville) changed to YYRRRRRRR which no longer encodes the manufacture date (just the year and production rank). All of those changes caused a coupla months of speculation on the forums as Gibson never announced the changes or posted them on their website in a timely manner. Good find on YouTube. BTW, it's a great guitar. You might try emailing your question to service@gibson.com which should get to the facility in the States - you might get a better answer - as Gibson most definitely has records of these shipments. If you find out how these serials are coded, please post back with the info. .

. That serial number doesn't follow the formula posted on the Gibson website. No matter, those listings are rarely complete or updated. It is a bit weird that Gibson doesn't have a record of that serial. AFAIK that serial is correct for a Historic 1959 ES-345 TD. Here's a coupla similar Historic 345 TDs with similar serials - . A06473 . A06554 .

Another zombie resurrection. You're saying this serial is new - but that's not likely since the serial is from 1999. To verify the year of manufacture, neck type and finish, contact Gibson at service@gibson.com and provide them with the serial number and a good photo or two of the guitar (2mb limit). .

Necro answer - The Guitar Dater is merely a decoder that works by using known serial number formats and decoding them for you. It's frequently not up to date on serial changes. It's also not based on any manufacturers shipping records so it can't tell you if the serial is re-used, fake or what the details are of any particular guitar. Contact Gibson at service@gibson.com and provide them with the serial number and a good photo or two of the guitar (2mb limit). .

. Yes. But, Memphis is still using the standard serial formula - YDDDYRRR where RRR is the production rank and the range of the number indicates where the guitar was made. Currently I think (not positive on this) both Memphis and Bozeman use 8 digit serials - Bozeman are ranked from 001-299 and Memphis guitars were ranked from 300-999. If true, 735 would indicate the 435th guitar from Memphis that day. Since 1989, acoustic guitars built at Bozeman are ranked from 001-299. During 1989 and the following years that Nashville and Bozeman used the same serial formula, Nashville guitars were ranked from 300-999. In 2000 the Memphis plant opened and shared the rank range 300-999 with Nashville. In July 2005 Nashville went to 9 digit serials, but Memphis and Bozeman kept the same arrangement with the 8 digit serials. Some Memphis regular production models started using the ME serial system in late 2012 - ME YRRRRR. Prior to 1984, the numbers 001-499 show Kalamazoo production, 500-999 show Nashville production. Ranking numbers 500-999 continued to indicate Nashville production through 1989. .

. Actually, over the years the 'faint serial impression' has been discussed here a few times. It's possibly due to a shallow impression and then sanding a bit too much. You should be fine with serial on the label. .

. Ah yes. And that's a standard serial. It gets curiouser and curiouser. Is it possible that the serial stamp is very shallow and can only been seen with the right light/angle? .