Ray_C Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Good morning everyone, I have had my Gibson SG Jr since I was about 12 years old (47 years) and I am trying to verify the actual year that it was made. The serial number is 510021 which could be either 1965 or 1968. Cannot seem to find one online with the full pick guard mine has. Appreciate any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzing Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 At gibsons site (and others) you can find all that info through your number. Its not that hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellen Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Hey man, cool guitar . I might be wrong but i think they came with that big pickguard in 1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_C Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 At gibsons site (and others) you can find all that info through your number. Its not that hard. Thanks. I did research the Gibson site. The serial number range was used in 65 & 68. Could not find any with full pick guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellen Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Thanks. I did research the Gibson site. The serial number range was used in 65 & 68. Could not find any with full pick guard. Yes, search ebay and you see the full face shows up from '67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark2 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Ray, you might find this post interesting: http://forum.gibson....wing-pickguard/ It mentions that you might be able to determine a 68 from a 65 by the pot numbers and the type of knobs. Post #12 says that "Amp" style knobs (also known as "witch hats") weren't introduced until 1966. I don't know if that's true or not. However, this site mentions that Gibson switched to "witch hats" on the ES-335 at the end of 1966: http://030be21.netso...and-witch-hats/ Let us know what you learn about your SG Jr. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rutherford Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 The bat-wing was post 66, so I'd plump for 1968. I'm not keen on the SG Junior of this period, the lone P90 on the bat-wing pickguard looks kinda lonely without it's neck pal. I prefer the earlier Junior with the single Dog-Ear P90 and the curvy pickguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_C Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 The thing that makes this hard to nail down is the serial number range was used in 1965 and 1968. I also know that I had this guitar and started taking lessons when I was 12 which was in 1966. The response that makes the most sense so far is that they may have started using the full pick guard towards the end of '65. I checked the pot number: 137574 Results of my search on that number: This potentiometer was made by CTS Corporation (Chicago Telephone Supply) in the 74th week of 1945 or 1955 This means that (given this is an original part) this is the earliest possible date your guitar (speaker) was made Thanks for your response. Ray The bat-wing was post 66, so I'd plump for 1968. I'm not keen on the SG Junior of this period, the lone P90 on the bat-wing pickguard looks kinda lonely without it's neck pal. I prefer the earlier Junior with the single Dog-Ear P90 and the curvy pickguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I checked the pot number: 137574 Somethings not right with that pot code. Double check the number on your pots, they are generally 7-digits. The format is as follows: 137YYWW 137 = CTS YY = last two digits of the year WW = week of that year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 It can't be a 68 if you had it in 66. If you got it new in 66, it's probably a 65 or 66. I just bought a new SG in December and it was made in 2011. The point is that you would not get a 68 in 66. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibSinCity Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 http://www.everythingsg.com/index.php/junior.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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