Dating usa epiphone guitar serial numbers

Sized single and dual coil pickups = early 1970s, normal humbuckers and Single coil trapezoid face = mid to late 1960s, P-90 When dating these guitars only ballpark ranges is possible. On these guitars were arbitrary numbers and did not indicate date of manufacture.

The guitar's production year and rank in production sequence. After Arai joinedįorces with Matsumoku, the serial numbers began to have some bearing on Unfortunately the number was arbitraryĪnd had little to do with when the guitar was produced. Guitars often had serial numbers usually on the neck plate (I imagine soĭealers could track warranty, etc.). Lyle, Conrad, Maxi-Tone, Japanese Epiphone, Univox, and the other pre-1976 Such as the Aria Diamonds (not to be confused with the Aria Pro II Diamonds), Numbers for these guitars is not a perfect science, but in nearly all casesĪfter Matsumoku's involvement they can be trusted to indicate what year