DATING EPIPHONE GUITARS BY REFERENCE OF SERIAL NUMBERS Epiphone guitars come from different factories in different countries. For this reason, it is not so easy to know where each guitar comes from or when it is made. Epiphone stamps a serial number on each guitar, after decoding it can tell you where and when it was built. Where to find the serial number Locate the serial number on the back of the guitar head. With Semi-Hollow models on the label inside the top f-hole and with acoustic guitars on the label inside the sound hole. It consists of a number of figures, often also in advance of one or two letters.
If you want to know the production year of your Epiphone guitar, you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in explanation about the dating system below. Malenjkaya sborka xp.
Hello Valley Arts Enthusiast, I can shed some light on the very early Valley Arts Guitar serial numbers, I ordered mine in October of 1983 and received it in January of 1984. The serial number on my Valley Arts is VA 0107. Mike McGuire was the builder.
I'm trying to figure out ANYTHING about my guitar, other than the fact that its a samick, and electric. I've gone over every inch of it looking for a serial/part/model number and can't find a thing.
Mike sent me a picture of an early Valley Arts Guitar he was building for Steve Lukather right around the same time as mine was being built. The serial number on Steve’s guitar was VA 0102. As I was looking at the picture Steves guitar, and was comparing it to mine, I noticed a small detail which can help you in establishing the authenticity of the guitars that Mike built: 1. The serial number on the “back of the head stock” is engraved directly into the wood. No plates or stickers. Just carved directly into the wood. Test bileti po sanminimum dlya prodavcov en.
It is carved as follows: VA 0107 No hyphens 2. The serial number as engraved on the “metal plate” where the neck attaches to the body is simply #0107. The metal plate excludes the letters “VA.” The # sign then the number- #0107. This information should clear up any questions about the Valley Arts serial numbers and establish the dates of some of the early guitars. I don’t have any information on the guitars that might exist below VA 0102.
Other characteristics of Mike’s guitars that may help establish authenticity are as follows: The guitar itself is one piece quilted maple, not laminated, just one solid piece of quilted maple. The neck is made of a single piece of birds eye maple. The fretboard is ebony. The fret wire is Dunlop 6100 Jumbo Wire, which was what Mike recommended at the time. Electronic set ups were another unique characteristic of of Mikes guitars. Prior to the period of Mikes use of EMG pickups, he pioneered some wiring setups and pickup combinations (Mostly Seymour Duncans) from which he derived some of his classic sounds from that time period. These included Larry Carltons hit Sleepwalk, and many other of the famous Southern California Jazz/Rock sounds of the late 70’s to the mid 80’s.