
From 2009 on, the small oval metal plate with serial number was also mounted on the back of the headstock of these instruments. Similarly, serial number 09050112 indicates the 112th guitar made during May 2009.
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On the solidbody instruments until 2002 the serial numbers are printed in black, and then until 2009 in gold letters on the back of the headstock. For example, serial number 07100091 indicates a guitar built in 2007 (07), in October of that year (10), and that it was the 91st guitar made that month (0091). The instruments with the "intermediate serial numbers" with letters and numbers (2005 to 2008/09) already have a small metal plate with the serial number on the back of the head stock before 2009.

Serial numbersfrom 70 and 80s era Epiphone guitars made in Japan are not supported. Vintage numbers from 1932 to 1970 are supported. Its rectangular label was placed through the routing of the bridge pickup on the bottom of the bass. The Epiphone serial number decoder currently supports 12 serial number formatsfrom 25 factories. What year was my Taylor made To help answer that question, Taylor Guitars has published a serial number guide that helps to date their guitars all the way back to the mid-70s. As of 2009, only the manufacture date and the name of the guitar builder are on this label, while the serial number is now engraved on a small, oval, nickel plate that sits on the back of the headstock.īy the way, most Duesenberg Violin basses also have a label inside the body, although it doesn't have an F-hole at all. Starting in the 1960s, select models had labels which were visible through the soundhole or f-holes. Most paper labels are from the distributor like B&J which had their own serial and model number labels.

Until 2009, all instruments with an F-hole have a label inside the body with the serial number. Harmony guitars typically dont have any paper labels glued inside them from the factory.
