TAK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hello everybody, I have a J-160E, When I purchased it in 1983, the Guitar store (Knute Koupee) had its date listed as a 1964 model . The number on the back of the head stock is 369563. It is a Heritage Cherry Burst with all the original parts, Kluson Deluxe tuners, P90 pick up, Vol & Tone pots and sprauge .022uf cap, ceramic bridge & rosewood saddle, Trapezoid inlays, etc.. I had to remove the pick up and controls because it wasn't working through my amp and had found that one of the coil wires was barely attached. I re-soldered the wire ( I am an electronic tech and took it to work to do the solder work) it now works better than before. What I also found was when checking out a P90 schematic there were two versions of wiring, a 50's version and a modern version. My guitars wiring is definitely a 50's wiring and explained to me why when adjusting the tone knob the Vol would change. My bigger question now becomes is this truly a 1964 or is an older guitar? I have had little luck with finding out the year based on the serial number 369563. I am hoping this forum will help me find out the exact year the guitar was made. Thank you all in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Your serial number makes it a 1966. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodc1954 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Trying to date my Gibson 160e. serial number 091934. anybody have a clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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