

At the beginning of each day, the sixth digit is reset to 0.

Bozeman instruments began using 001-299 designations and, in 1990, Nashville instruments began using 300-999 designations. So double check the serial numbers on those 1970s L-5s, Super 400s, and Super 5 BJBs! The other shapes Flying V, T-Bird, Explorer, etc.

Certain guitar models built in the late 1970s can be used to demonstrate the old-style, six-digit serial numbers. NOTES: When the Nashville Gibson plant was opened in 1974, it was decided that the bulk of the production of products would be run in the South the Kalamazoo plant would produce the higher end fancier models in the North. In 1970, the words MADE IN USA were impressed into the back of instrument headstocks though a few instruments from the 1950s also had this.

All numbers were impressed into the wood and a six-digit number was assigned, though no particular order was given and some instruments had a letter prefix. From 1970 to 1975 the method of serializing instruments at Gibson became even more random. There are several instances where batches of numbers are switched in order and duplicated, not just once, but up to four times, and seem to be randomly assigned throughout the decade. It consisted of numbers that were impressed into the wood. In 1961, Gibson started a new serial number system. A difference of only one year - sometimes even several months - can mean a four-figure difference in value. The orange labels inside hollow bodied instruments was discontinued in 1970 and were replaced by white and orange rectangle labels on the acoustics, and small black, purple and white rectangle labels were placed on electric models. In these cases, to figure out which is the exact year for a guitar, see the for more details. Right: Orange label as used from January 1955 to 1964. All second instruments are usually worth less than the same guitar that is not a second given condition as the same. Even then, there may be four other guitars-of all different models-with the same number sequence. There should be a space after the 1st digit with the 4 and 5 digit serial numbers, and no space with the 6 digit numbers. ※ Download: ?dl&keyword=gibson+guitar+serial+number+search&source=
