Jbpunjabi Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hello Everyone, My father left me with ES-175. I have spent almost last two hours trying to figure out the manf. year, but now I am really confused..:) Here are the details ES-175 Orange Label inside the guitar which says model number Serial num : 37041 Made in Kalamazo... Please help..:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hello Everyone, My father left me with ES-175. I have spent almost last two hours trying to figure out the manf. year, but now I am really confused..:) Here are the details ES-175 Orange Label inside the guitar which says model number Serial num : 37041 Made in Kalamazo... Please help..:) According to the Guitar dater (which isnt always right).. Your guitar was made at the Kalamazoo Plant, USA approximately in: 1917 http://www.guitardaterproject.org/gibson.aspx Or you can email Gibson customer service with the serial number and pics of it and they will confirm. Hope that helps :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 According to the Guitar dater (which isnt always right).. Your guitar was made at the Kalamazoo Plant, USA approximately in: 1917 http://www.guitardaterproject.org/gibson.aspx "Guitar Dater" strikes again! Why would you even post that info, you had to know it was completely ridiculous....., didn't you? That serial number comes up from 1961. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Good site for comprehensive info: http://home.provide.net/~cfh/gibson.html#serial Can't be a 1917. The electric guitar wasn't even invented yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleinman Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Good site for comprehensive info: http://home.provide.net/~cfh/gibson.html#serial Can't be a 1917. The electric guitar wasn't even invented yet. OK guys...let's go back to the future then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbpunjabi Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Yeah..thats where i was confused..because guitar dater tells me its 1917 and electric guitars were not even invented at that time..i think its 1960. I have a old photo from 1970's with that guitar...( and my dad was born after 1917..:)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbpunjabi Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 "Guitar Dater" strikes again! Why would you even post that info, you had to know it was completely ridiculous....., didn't you? That serial number comes up from 1961. I think you are right..but this is what bothering me..I went to home.provide.net website and read all about the gibson serial numbers and here is what i found 1. Orange oval label with number preceded by an "A": Jan 1955 to 1961. The first orange label number, A20001, was used on a F-5 mandolin 01/13/55. The last orange label "A" number was A36147, used 2/21/61. Note the "-" after the "A" was dropped for the orange labels. 2. Orange oval label with number matching number on back of headstock (number range 100 to 999999): 1961 to 1969. " Now I do have orange label which satisfy the first condition. But my serial number doesn't start with "A". In second case I have orange label with serial number not starting with "A" but i dont have any matching number on back of headstock. Do you know of any other website where I can find more info about it? what are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I think you are right..but this is what bothering me..I went to home.provide.net website and read all about the gibson serial numbers and here is what i found 1. Orange oval label with number preceded by an "A": Jan 1955 to 1961. The first orange label number, A20001, was used on a F-5 mandolin 01/13/55. The last orange label "A" number was A36147, used 2/21/61. Note the "-" after the "A" was dropped for the orange labels. 2. Orange oval label with number matching number on back of headstock (number range 100 to 999999): 1961 to 1969. " Now I do have orange label which satisfy the first condition. But my serial number doesn't start with "A". In second case I have orange label with serial number not starting with "A" but i dont have any matching number on back of headstock. Do you know of any other website where I can find more info about it? what are your thoughts? The best way is to email Gibson customer services... they are usually pretty good and you should get an answer in a few days.. Send them the serial and some pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbpunjabi Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 The best way is to email Gibson customer services... they are usually pretty good and you should get an answer in a few days.. Send them the serial and some pictures May be I should do that....:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR56 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I think you are right..but this is what bothering me..I went to home.provide.net website and read all about the gibson serial numbers... Here is the part of the provide.net webpage you should have looked at: Gibson Serial Numbers, Feb 1961 to 1970. All models, stamped in back top of peghead. No "MADE IN USA" stamp below serial number! Note many serial numbers are duplicated from 1963-1969. In these cases, to figure out which is the exact year for a guitar, see the General Specs section for more details. ALSO note: It is easy to confuse 5 digit and 6 digit serial numbers from this era, and hence get the wrong year for a guitar. That is, 55555 is not the same number as 555555 (but when reading the number off the back of a Gibson peghead, these two numbers do look very similar!) Range Year ----- ---- 0100 to 42440 1961 42441 to 61180 1962 61450 to 64222 1963 64240 to 71040 1964 71041 to 96600 1962, a few from 1963/1964 96601 to 99999 1963 etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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