Need help to read the serial number

[rex3live]

I just gotta used Gibson Studio and looks cool and just wondering how to read the serial number. I went to to the site where the serial number and stuff but i cant understand the whole thing. just like this on the site

 

Examples: 70108276 means the instrument was produced on Jan. 10, 1978, in Kalamazoo and was the 276th instrument stamped that day.

 

Where in the hell he get that month of Jan and the date and the year? thanks

 

I just dont get it.

here is my serail number

90685428

[Tim Plains]

http://guitardaterproject.org/gibson.aspx

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Support/SerialNumberSearch/

 

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.

Prior to 1984 when the Kalamazoo, MI factory was closed, the numbers 001-499 indicated Kalamazoo production. Ranking numbers 500-999 continued to indicate Nashville production through 1989.

 

70108276

The 10th day of the year...Jan. 10.

[zachd33]

I noticed my gibson lp serial number has 9-digits where as the ones you listed have 8. Any clue??

[Tim Plains]

If you looked at the link...

 

NOTE - Gibson USA goes to a 9 digit serial number in early July 2005..

The sixth number is now a batch number- batch 0 starts at the beginning of the day, and once we stamp 699, the batch number will change to 1. The first 5 numbers remain the same, the last 3 numbers will remain the same. The only difference is the addition of this batch indicator.

[zachd33]

Nevermind, I figured it out with the site u listed. Thanx.

[rex3live]

Thanks a lot.