Guest David Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Hello Gibson I got an old SG. The seriel is 39091. Can you help me fint out the year it was 'born'? and I think it is a SG special - Could this be true. Had it for about 20 years. Hope you can help :-) David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Hi and welcome. An SG's serial number should be at least six digits long. Could you please check your serial number and the number in your post? Photographs are essential to enable us to tell you what you have. A number on its own is not enough. Here's how; http://forum.gibson....to-post-photos/ Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Hi there Thx for the response. But couldn't get photobucket to Work. I'll hope dropbox is ok and will do the same fore you. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qkllzwebfzorjdo/AADSOkMcoZzJX2vnIkIZIL0Ka?dl=0 Greatings David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Hi David. Definitely looks like an early SG Special but the serial has me stumped for the time being. I can get to my ref. books in the morning but AFAIK all Gibson electrics after late 1960 (which, as you will know, was when the Les Paul range became the SG) the serial numbers were all 6-digit. The lack of a 'Les Paul' name plate at the body/neck/p'g area suggests post-'60 so I don't know quite what to make of it so far... I'll try to have a better idea in the morning! Philip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR56 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Your serial number dates to 1961. 5-digit numbers were used up through 1964. More info on Gibson serial numbers is available here: http://www.guitarhq.com/gibson.html#serial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pippy Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Your serial number dates to 1961. 5-digit numbers were used up through 1964. Thanks, Jim, for bringing up that site. My (to be fair, very old) reference books had no such info listed. Just to make things simple; Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hi again Thx for the help. So its a SG special from 61'? Its not quite a mint edition i know. But it sounds amaising.And very nice to play on. I think i gave 1300 dollar then. What do you think it could bring to day? Thx again David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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