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1、SERIALIZATION755 SERIALIZATION ADAMAS For Adamas serialization, please see the Ovation serialization. AMERICAN ARCHTOP According to luthier Dale Unger, the digits after the dash in the serial number are the year the guitar was completed. ALVAREZ YAIRI Alvarez Yairi guitars can be dated by the number

2、 stamped onto the back of the heel. The number is based on the Emperor of Japan at the time the guitar was built. The first two numbers represent the number of years the Emperor of Japan has been in term. The next two num bers indicate the number of the month. The following chart shows what number i

3、ndicates what year. NUMBER YEAR 45 1970 46 1971 47 1972 48 1973 49 1974 50 1975 51 1976 52 1977 53 1978 54 1979 55 1980 56 1981 57 1982 58 1983 59 1984 60 1985 61 1986 62 1987 63 1988 1 1989 2 1990 3 1991 4 1992 5 1993 6 1994 7 1995 8 1996 9 1997 10 1998 11 1999 12 2000 Alvarez Yairi stopped using t

4、he emperor code in 2000 (2000 was the last year with #12). New serialization is a two-digit number code that matches the year. 01=2001, 02=2002, etc. NUMBER YEAR 01 2001 02 2002 03 2003 04 2004 05 2005 06 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2009 ARIA/ARIA PRO II Aria started using serial numbers in the mid-1970

5、s, and models before this have no serial number. Several different schemes have been used for serializa tion. Guitars built between 1979 and 1987 may use either one of these for mats: YNNNNN or YYNNNNNN. The first one or two digits indicate the year. A 79XXXXX would be a 1979 and a 2XXXXXX would be

6、a 1982. Some models built in Korea may use a year and week code for the first four digits. Serial numbers after 1987 are unknown at this point. Keep in mind that several variations have been used and anything is quite possible. Source: Michael Wright, Aria BENEDETTO To date, Robert Benedetto has com

7、pleted over 750 musical instru ments. 466 are archtop guitars, with the remainder being compro mised of 51 violins, five violas, one classical guitar, two mandolins, eleven semi-hollow electrics, 209 electric solidbody electric guitars and basses, and one cello. The eleven semi- hollow electrics inc

8、lude six unique, carved top, semi-hollow electrics made between 1982 and 1986. The other five include three prototypes for, and two finished examples of, his new “benny” semi-hollow electric line introduced in 1998. The 209 electric solid bodies include 157 electric guitars and 52 electric basses. B

9、enedetto began making them in 1986 with John Bus- carino. He stopped making them in the Spring of 1987. The eleven semi-hollow electrics and the one classical guitar are included in the archtop guitar serial numbering system. The two mandolins have no serial numbers. The violins, violas, and cello h

10、ave their own serial number system (starting with #101) as do the electric solid body gui tars and basses (starting with #1001). Serial Numbers: All Benedetto archtop guitars (except his first two) are numbered in one series, and electric solidbodies and basses each have their own sep arate series,

11、as do the violins, violas and cello. Archtop guitars have a four- or five- digit serial number with configuration #(#)YY. Two (or three) digits #(#) indicate ranking, beginning with #1 in 1968. The last two digits (YY) indicate the year. Example: 43599 was made in 1999 and is the 435th archtop made

12、since 1968. Note: year listed on the right indicates date shipped, not made: NUMBER YEAR 0168 (#1)* 1968 0270 (#2)* 1970 0372 1972 0473 1973 0575-0676 1976 0777-1177 1977 1277-2778 1978 2879-4279 1979 4380-5580 1980 5681-7381 1981 7482-9582 1982 9682-10983 1983 11084-11984 1984 12085-12885 1985 1298

13、6-13586 1986 13686-13987-A 1987 RadioFans.CN 收音机爱 好者资料库 SERIALIZATION, cont.756 NUMBER YEAR 14087-16488 1988 16588-19189 1989 19289-22490-A 1990 22591-25091 1991 25192-28092 1992 28193-30293 1993 30393-32994 1994 33095-36595 1995 36696-39496 1996 39597-40697 1997 40798-4349 1998 43599-45199 1999 452

14、00-46200 2000 46301-46601 2001 Note: Benedetto models made at the Guild Custom Shop in Nashville had a separate serial number system beginning with the letter N. *Actual number in log: Benedetto did not adopt his current serial number system until his third guitar, serial #0372. Seven guitar serial

15、numbers are follwed by the letter “A”. Example: archtop guitar #23891 and #23891-A are two separate instruments even though both are numbered the “238th.” From Robert Benedettos Archtop Guitar Serial Number Log book. Further information and a full serial number list can be found in Robert Benedettos

16、 book, Making an Archtop Guitar (Center - stream Publishing/Hal Leonard, 1994). BREEDLOVE Breedlove Custom Shop serial numbers can be found on the guitars label inside the guitar (look through the soundhole). Serial numbers on the Atlas series do not follow this system. Through 1999, a five digit se

17、rialization system was used where the first two digits indicate the last two numbers of the year, and the following three digits are sequential numbering. Example: Serial number 96-040 was the 40th guitar built in 1996. In 1999, Breedlove switched to a completely sequential numbering serialization s

18、ystem. The system started at 2000, and remember that the serial number is assigned at the begin- ning of construction and not the end. NUMBER YEAR 2000-2630 1999 2631-3217 2000 3218-4070 2001 4071-5160 2002 5161-6444 2003 6445-7499 2004 7500-8490 2005 8491-9736 2006 9737- 2007 BUSCARINO Luthier John

19、 Buscarino had the priviledge of apprenticing with not one but two Master Builders, Augustino LoPrinzi and Robert Bene detto. Buscarino formed his first company, Nova U.S.A. in 1981; he changed the company to Buscarino Guitars in 1990. The last two digits of the Buscarino serial number are the year

20、the gui tar was completed. CARVIN Originally founded by Lowell C. Kiesel as the pickup-building L. C. Kiesel Company, Carvin has expanded through the years into a full line mail order company that offers guitars, basses, amplifiers, P.A. gear, and replacement parts. The company initially offered kit

21、-built guitars, and, by 1964, completed models. The 2,000 to 4,000 instruments built between 1964 and 1970 did not have serial numbers. The first serial number issued in 1970 was num ber 5000, and numbers since then have been sequential. Serial num bers up until the late 1990s were stamped on the ja

22、ckplate. On models with rounded edges and no jackplates, the serial number was stamped into the end of the fingerboard unless it was maple. In that case, the number may be stamped inside the control cavity cover plate. Carvins serialization is sequential, but there appears to be no logical order in

23、the way they are assigned. A TL60 built in 2002 has a serial number of 63663 while a Bolt built in 2000 has a serial number of 82398, and an LB70 bass built in 1998 has a serial number of 63094. The following chart of serial numbers contains several overlaps in num bers. The numbers recorded represe

24、nt the lowest and highest numbers found for each year. More possibilities exist. Carvin suggests dating your guitar by certain features rather than the serial number. Refer to the Carvin Museum website for more information: www.carvinmu . NUMBER YEAR 1970-1979 5000-10019 1980-1983 10768-15919 1984-1

25、987 13666-25332 1988-1990 22731-25683 1991-1994 25359-42547 1995-1999 45879-81427 2000-PRESENT 56162- Source: Carvin Museum. CHRIS LARKIN CUSTOM GUITARS Since 1982, a simple six-digit system has been used. The first two dig its indicate the year, the next two the month, and the final two the sequenc

26、e in that month. For example, 970103 was the third instru ment in January 1997. Before 1982, the numbers are a bit chaotic! Chris Larkin has full documentation for almost every instrument that he has ever built, so he can supply a history from the serial number in most cases. COLLINGS Collings guita

27、r serial numbers are expressed as the date, which is writ ten on the label on the inside of the guitar. However, here is a more expanded view on Collings serialization: Flattop Serialization 1975-1987: Guitars do not posses a serial number. Most are marked with a handwritten date on the underside of

28、 the top. Some guitars from 1987 may have a serial number. 1988 to date: Guitars began a consecutive numbering series that began with number 175. The serial number is stamped on the neck block. Archtop Serialization Before 1991: Archtops before 1991 had their own separate serializa tion. 1991 to dat

29、e: Archtops are now numbered with a two part serial num ber. The first number indicates the archtop as part of the general com pany serialization; and the second number indicates the ranking in the archtop series list. (Serialization information courtesy Collings Guitars, Inc.) DANGELICO Master Luth

30、ier John DAngelico (1905-1964) opened his own shop at age 27, and every guitar was hand built - many to the specifications or nuances of the customer commissioning the instrument. In the course of his brief lifetime, he created 1,164 numbered guitars, as well as unnumbered mandolins, novelty instrum

31、ents, and the necks for the plywood semi- hollowbody electrics. The objective of this list is to help identify the production of numbered guitars. RadioFans.CN 收音机爱 好者资料库 SERIALIZATION, cont.757 DAngelico kept a pair of ledger books and some loose sheets of paper as a log of the guitars created, mod

32、els, date of completion (or possibly the date of shipment), the person or business to whom the guitar was sold, and the date. The following list is a rough approximation of the ledgers and records. First Loose Sheets NUMBER YEAR 1002-1073 1932-1934 Ledger Book One 1169-1456 1936-1939 1457-1831 1940-

33、1949 1832-1849 1950 Ledger Book Two 1850-2098 1950-1959 2099-2122 1960 2123 1961 Second Loose Sheets 2124-2164 Dates not recorded Again, it must be stressed that the above system is a guide only. In 1991, author Paul William Schmidt published a book entitled Acquired of the Angels: The Lives and Wor

34、ks of Master Guitar Makers John DAngelico and James L. DAquisto (The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; Metuchen, N.J. and #101 to #118, 1982 to 1988). In 1991, author Paul William Schmidt published a book entitled Acquired of the Angels: The Lives and Works of Master Guitar Makers John DAngelico and James L. D

35、Aquisto (The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; Metuchen, N.J. the Kalamazoo plant would produce the higher end (fancier) models in the North. Of course, many of the older guitar builders and craftsmen were still in Kalamazoo, and if they werent ready to change how they built guitars, then they may not have bee

36、n ready to change how they numbered them! Certain guitar models built in the late 1970s can be used to demonstrate the old-style, six-digit serial num bers. It is estimated that Gibsons Kalamazoo plant continued to use the six-digit serial numbers through 1978 and 1979. So double check the serial nu

37、mbers on those 1970s L-5s, Super 400s, and Super 5 BJBs! 1975-1977: During the period from 1975 to 1977, Gibson used a transfer that had eight-digit numbers. The first two indicate the year (99=1975, 00=1976 and 06=1977), and the following six digits are in the 100000 to 200000 range. MADE IN USA wa

38、s also included on the transfer and some models had LIMITED EDITION also applied. A few bolt-on neck instruments had a date ink stamped on the heel area. NUMBER YEAR 99XXXXXX 1975 00XXXXXX 1976 06XXXXXX 1977 1977-PRESENT: In 1977, Gibson first introduced the serialization method that is in practice

39、today. This updated system utilizes an impressed, eight-digit numbering scheme that covers both serializing and dating functions. The Custom/ Historic/Art divisions do not use this system. Certain models in the Standard series do not follow this, either. Please refer to the end of the section for ex

40、ceptions. The pattern is as follows: YDDDYPPP YY is the production year DDD is the day of the year PPP is the plant designation and/or instrument rank. In 1994, for Gibsons Centennial, they used a special serialization. Every serial number started with 94 followed by six digits, which were the produ

41、ction dates and number (YYNNNNNN). The three PPP numbers 001-499 indicate Kalamazoo production from 1977 to 1984. The Kalamazoo numbers were discontinued in 1984 when the factory closed. The three PPP numbers 500- 999 indi cate Nashville production from 1977 to 1989. All currently manufactured Gibso

42、ns (non-custom shop) are stamped with a hand arbor, and start at 300 or 500, and continue until produc tion is finished that day. This hand stamp used to be reset daily at #300 or #500 for all the LP style headstocks. The other shapes (Flying V, T-Bird, Explorer, etc.) were started at 700. When acou

43、stic production began at the plant in Bozeman, Montana (in 1989), the series numbers were reorganized. Bozeman instruments began using 001-299 designations and, in 1990, Nashville instru ments began using 300-999 designations. It should also be noted that the Nashville plant has not reached the 900s

44、 since 1977, so these numbers have been reserved for prototypes. In July 2005, Gibson added another number to their serialization system, but this only applies to electric models built in Nashville (they were building more guitars than they had numbers for in a day, so they had to add a batch number

45、, which becomes the sixth digit). This only applies to electrics and acoustics still use the old eight- digit serialization system! Examples: 70108276 means the instrument was produced on Jan. 10, 1978, in Kalamazoo and was the 276th instrument stamped that day. 82765501 means the instrument was pro

46、duced on Oct. 3, 1985, in Nashville and was the 1st instrument stamped that day. 03202652 means the instrument was produced in Bozeman on November 16, 2002 and was the 152nd instrument stamped that day (assuming they started at 500). There are a few exceptions to this system. Centennial Year/Models:

47、 1994 is the most notable exception, with the first two numbers representing the year, so all models start with 94 and are followed by six digits. The Centennial models produced for the 1994 model year have an inked-on serial number that is six digits long. The serial number appears as YYYYMM. The f

48、irst four represent the number produced. They all started on 1894, which represents instrument #1, and 1994 would be instrument #101. The last two digits indicate the month of the guitar released. A new model was released each month with a total of fourteen different models that includes two prototy

49、pes. The last two numbers will range from one to fourteen. SERIALIZATION, cont.763 Special Runs/Limited Editions: Certain special editions in the 1970s and 1980s may feature serial numbers with six digits in the configura tion of YY NNNN. The YY indicates the year and the NNNN is the instrument ranking. CUSTOM SHOP: Most custom shop models use the configuration of Y9NNN or Y9NNNN (if the production run is higher than 1000 units in a year). The Y indicates the last digit of the year the guitar was built. 9 is assigned to every custom shop guitar, and the last three or four digits are