Nickodemos Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Ive read the serial number thing, but I cant figure out what year my les paul is, I bought it from a pawn shop and I was told that it is a BLACK BEAUTY, but I dont think it is.. can anyone who understands the searial code please help? stamped into the back of the headstock is # 91660380 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwness Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 All you can tell from the serial # is the Year which in your case it is 1990 (the first and fifth#) the day it was made which are the second third and fourth #'s and the production # which is 380. You can't get model info from the Serial #. Call Gibson Customer Service and they should be able to help you out with a model for your guitar. Post a pic that would be helpful. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickodemos Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 From the Gibson homepage: The pattern is as follows: YDDDYRRR YY is the production year DDD is the day of the year RRR is the factory ranking/plant designation number. Unless you have a special guitar, where the pattern was different... but normally that pattern is quite easy to understand, isn`t it? I guess some pictures would help the other members to give you a hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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