Epi Les Paul - no clue the year or model, etc...

[smcalvin]

Hello,

 

I've got a solid Epi Les Paul electric with SN: 9111318 on a sticker on the back of the headstock.

 

http://www.guitardaterproject.org reports:

 

Your guitar was made in Korea

November c.1999

Production Number: 1318

 

I know this isn't true - I bought the guitar in the late 70's or early 80's.

 

I looked at http://www.themusiczoo.com/blog/2011/gibson-and-epiphone-guitars-serial-number-guide/

and according to that, none of these had 7 digit serials.

 

I can't find anything that references Epis with 7 digit serial numbers so I haven't a clue what it is that I

have. It plays extremely well and holds tune for very long periods of time. I suspect it was one of the

models made in Japan that have very little, if any, information on them.

 

Can someone tell me where to go (be gentle... ;-) ) to find out what the devil I really have, when it was

made, where, etc?

[smcalvin]

Guitardater is wrong - like so many times.........

 

 

 

Tere have NO Epi LesPauls been made in the 70s and the beginning 80s

Epi started LP production in the late 80s (88-89)

the LP shaped numbered models started around 86

 

 

Your guitar was made Nov 89 at the Korean Samick factory

 

the smaller 'open book' type headstock was only made at that time

 

the serial# reads like

 

9=Year = 89

11=Month = Nov

1318= batch/production#

 

Ok, I'll take your word on it. I'm probably having a flashback or something ;-)

 

So it's just a standard model then I "assume".

 

Thanks...

[smcalvin]

Yes, Standard

 

read more here...

 

http://www.epiphone.com/History.aspx

 

Thank you so much - I was not getting anywhere finding anything out about it until now. GREATLY appreciated.

[smcalvin]

Get even more information about epiphone here

 

http://epiphonewiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

Thanks again - more reading to do later when there's zero on the boob-tube. ;)

 

I'd been to the wiki before but hadn't a clue what model it was. Now that I know it's an '89

Standard I can poke around a bit more. I must have missed the site that documented the 7

digit SN's but will probably find it easily now armed with your information.