Johnbgood Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Hi I have a question that maybe someone here can answer. I have an L00, that the serial number lookup says it was made in 2020 in Nashville, Tenn. The label is light colored and says made in Montana. Most of the labels I see are orange. I'm thinking it was made in the Custom shop in Nashville and not actually made in Montana. Any thoughts? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Bozeman for all flattop acoustics and a L7. if the Label says Bozeman its Bozeman built Nashville electrics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) Acoustics were only built in Nashville from 1985 into 1987 although I believe some were being assembled at the Flatiron plant after that with parts built in Nashville for a short time. Edited December 26, 2022 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 My 2003 sticker is orange. My 2017 sticker is white. For some reason I'm now reminded of Three Dog Night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 What in the serial number leads you to think it was made in Nashville? The Made In USA electrics use a different system than the acoustics. Here's a sample of the acoustic serial number format. Nothing denotes where it was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbgood Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Wow. Am I confused. The look up decoder I used now says "guitar was made18 September 2020 in Kalamazoo" That makes sense now. Thanks for the quick and accurate responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Johnbgood said: The look up decoder I used now says "guitar was made18 September 2020 in Kalamazoo" Sometimes the online decoders are just wrong. Gibson stopped making guitars in Kalamazoo in early 1984. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Dave F said: What in the serial number leads you to think it was made in Nashville? The Made In USA electrics use a different system than the acoustics. Here's a sample of the acoustic serial number format. Nothing denotes where it was made. I thought that since 2014 the first two numbers are the year instead of the first and fifth number? Gibson USA 2014 to present – These serial numbers cannot be dated to a specific day of the year. The new model year typically launches in the fall as the current model year winds down. It is not uncommon for a new model year model to be produced during the previous model year (example – a 2015 model may have been built in late 2014). The pattern is as follows:YYRRRRRRR YY is the model year RRRRRRR is the number in product for the model year (starts at 0000001) Edited December 26, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 It seems to me that the white labels denote standard/modern iterations of models, whereas the orange labels are used for historic/reissue guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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