VALMET565 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Hello to everyone! I am new member in Gibson brand forum. I have a Black beauty Gibson Les Paul Custom with painted 740765 serial number. Neck is without volute but it has pancake body. Guitar is incredible easy to play and sounds killer in every amp setting, clean or high gain. It seems to play itself... Any idea what is the production year? Thank you for any support! Matti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) If you think the guitar was made before '77, most of the dating sites won't bring up a match, due to before that year there is no info on the net. You will find Gibson likes to mess with their serial number system and have 75 different variations on how they do it and its always changing. Edited October 18, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Sarge is right serial number schemes were all over the place up until about 30 or so years back. you'd have to start pulling pickups out I think to see date stamps, or email Gibson Customer Service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) Here is a question, does Gibson have any way of knowing if they ever used the same SN twice? Here is the thing Martin did it right. Consecutive number never run out, so that was a good move. Gibson at times had 3 different plants operating, now two, so consecutive I guess would not work. Edited October 18, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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