Gage Gibson Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I have a flame top tobacco burst 2010 SG it has Gibson on the truss rod cover and the serial# is101071859. Can anyone help I was told it's a standard supreme or deluxe cause of flame top. Thank You... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Sometimes guys just change truss Rod covers… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt4356 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 It sounds like a g400 deluxe, I'm not sure they were made in 2010 though. The serial number doesn't quite add up for 2010 either, after 08 the format would be YYMMFF..... with the middle numbers indicating factory. A g400 from 2010 would also most likely have a 15 factory code for Qingdao. If stock, the Gibson trc could also point to an earlier year too. How long have you had it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Serial number: 101071859 Production year: October 2010 (serial: 71859) Made by Samick, Korea  Flametop G400 Deluxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt4356 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 hours ago, mihcmac said: Serial number: 101071859 Production year: October 2010 (serial: 71859) Made by Samick, Korea  Flametop G400 Deluxe  This was not made by Samick Korea in 2010. AFAIK they stopped producing for epiphone in about 2002, the Samick company do still produce for them in Indonesia though I believe. This serial number also doesn't fit a standard 2010 format. This is why serial number de coders do not work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Matt4356 said: This was not made by Samick Korea in 2010. AFAIK they stopped producing for epiphone in about 2002 Samick's entire Korean production shut down in 2003. They are only in Indonesia now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Matt4356 said:  This was not made by Samick Korea in 2010. AFAIK they stopped producing for epiphone in about 2002, the Samick company do still produce for them in Indonesia though I believe. This serial number also doesn't fit a standard 2010 format. This is why serial number de coders do not work. The Guitar Insite data base reported that it was made in Korea by Samick in 2010. https://www.guitarinsite.nl/serienummers-epiphone_eng.php Edited February 7, 2022 by mihcmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesB3 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1990's Epiphones had "G I B S O N" on the truss rod covers (my '97 Special II does, as does my Kat from '00). It's probably an '01 (not a '10). I don't know when they switched to the epsilon "E" on the cover, but it was right around '01 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt4356 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 10 hours ago, mihcmac said: The Guitar Insite data base reported that it was made in Korea by Samick in 2010. https://www.guitarinsite.nl/serienummers-epiphone_eng.php That's why those sites are unreliable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt4356 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 15 hours ago, pohatu771 said: Samick's entire Korean production shut down in 2003. They are only in Indonesia now. Apart from me saying about 2002, the rest I said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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