- #ALVAREZ GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER DATING SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #ALVAREZ GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER DATING REGISTRATION#
- #ALVAREZ GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER DATING CODE#
This is the 234th guitar built on September 22, 2014.
The first 2 digits represents now the year,įrom 2001 to 2022 YMMI changed its coding to a 3-letter,Ĥ digits are the unit number.(serial number) In 2000 the system changes from 9 to 10 digits. The last 4 (instead of 3) is the number of the unit.(Serial number) This is the 142th guitar from this factory built on July 7, 1994.įrom 1997-1999 the same system is applied here as for 1990-1996,Įxcept that there are now 9 digits. The 4th and 5th digits are the day of the month and the lastģ digits are the number of the unit.(Serial number) In the period of 1990-1996 an eight-digit serial number was used Production YMMI (Yamaha Music Manufacturing Indonesia), Indonesia The sample serial number is the 71th built guitar on March 22, 2007. The first 2 digits are the day of the month and the lastĤ digits are the number of the unit.(serial number) This example serial number was the 77th guitar built on July 8 in 1976, 1986 or 1996.Īt the end of 2001, Kaohsiung changed the 8-digit system into a 3-letter 6-number system. The last three digits are the number of the unit (serial number).īecause there is only one digit for the year, there are duplicates with this system because it repeats itself every decade. The fourth and fifth numbers represent the day of the month. This would be the 55th guitar that was built in January 2003.Īn eight-number system is applied here from 1971-2001
#ALVAREZ GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER DATING CODE#
The last letter is an internal factory code The 3 digits are the number of the unit (serial number). This was the 67th guitar made in October 1999.įrom 2001 to 2022 they uses a system with 3 letters, 3 digits, 1 letter. The 3 digits are the number of the unit.(serial number) QN K 026 C is the 26th guitar built in April, 20 07.įor the period of 1997-1999 the same system is used as that for "Custom Shop 1991-1996" The Q stands for a 0 and the N is a 7, which means. This guitar in the sample serial number was the 26th guitar built in April 2007. The last letter is an internal factory code. The 3 digits represent the number of the unit. The third letter represents the month according to the coding system. The first 2 letters represent the year in this case. The sample serial number here represents the 32nd guitar built in May 2001.įrom 2004 to 2022 a 3 letter, 3 number, 1 letter system is used. There is no more internal factory code at the end, and the unit numbers start at 001 instead of at 701. In the period of 1997-2003 the same method was applied as for 1991 K N 712 J is the 12th guitar built in July, 1994. The last letter is an unknown internal factory code.Įxample KN712J belongs to the 12th guitar produced in July 1994. So the first unit of the day was not 001, but 701. The 3 numbers represent the unit number, but in this case the unit numbers started with 701 for unclear reasons. The second letter is the month and also follows the same coding The first letter is the year and follows the same coding system. In the period of 1991-1996 one used a 2 letter, 3 digit, then 1 letter system. The K is April according to the coding system and the year must beġ987, since this system was only used between 19. This would be a guitar built in April 1988 and the 12th guitar of that day made in the custom shop. The last 3 digits represent the number of the unit (serial number). The letter represents the month and follows the same system for months as the most common system.
#ALVAREZ GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER DATING SERIAL NUMBERS#
The closer to 001 it is closer to 1966 and the closer to 1042, the closerįrom 1986-1990 the serial numbers have 1 letter followed by 4 digits. To find the production year, you have to make a rough estimate In the 1966-1985 period, successive serial numbers from 001 to 1042 were used. This stands for the 123th guitar built in 1986. The last 4 digits are the number of the unit (serial number). Jan 13, although exceptions have been 6 different serial number of 315 warwick serial number. Second hand 1983 the extraordinary general acoustic guitar 1, 09: jus.
#ALVAREZ GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER DATING REGISTRATION#
In the short period of 1985-1986 a 6-digit serial number has been used but the month is not displayed. You know the purchasing division, 2018 west warwick support product registration support videos. The 29th guitar that was built in June 1980. The next two digits represent the month and the last two digits represent the number of the unit (serial number).
The first two numbers represent the year. Is no indication of the year of production in this system.Ī nice and simple 6-digit system is used in the period from 1969 to1984. The table YEAR AND MONTH CODING SYSTEM explains the meaning of the letters.Īs you can see in the table, the letter of the year is repeated every decade.įrom 1946 to 1968 a 5-digit sequential system is used. Since 2000, the letter system for year and month is applied at all Copyright © 2000 - 2022 Vintage Guitars All Rights Reserved.The serial number coding systems below only apply to the Yamaha electric guitars.