#JAPANESE MADE EPIPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#
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#JAPANESE MADE EPIPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#

When Epiphone launched the Electar line in 1935, they also began using a new system for serial numbers on their electric instruments.

Letters preceding model number: E=electric archtop, A=acoustic archtop, FT=flattop, SB=solidbody, EB=electric bass or banjo, EC=classical, EM=mandolin, BV=bass violin Does it have some significance?) - Made in Japan Model numbers date from Epiphone's ownership by Conn in 1953 until Gibson moved Epiphone production to Japan in 1970. Model # FT-160 - Serial # 1262289 - Texan - 12 (I'm curious about this. Label is rectangular, paper in soundhole, brown on tan. Just yesterday purchased an Epiphone 12-string, and am trying to date it as close as possible. I was told tha is not enough numbers for the Japanese made guitars

#JAPANESE MADE EPIPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#

There is a paper lable on the metal plate where the neck bolts on to the body that reads Epiphone Serial number 239456, Made in Japan. Michael Comment left 16th September 2013 17:05:20 i saw an epiphone E452t sorrento serial number 323831 from epiphone kalamazoo michigan the date and information is on a sticker on the inside of the f hole I have what I believe to be an early 70's Epiphone in the style of a 335. Y = Year of manufacture MM = Month of manufacture PPP = Production number The serial number letters used by the Terada and Fuji-Gen guitar factories are: J = Terada T = Terada, F = Fuji-Gen No Letter = Fuji-Ge It is made it Japan and has a serial #1226098 and was trying to figure out how old it might be. There are 4 distinct 'eras' of Epiphone: A) House of Stathopoulo (1873 - 1957) B) Gibson Kalamazoo (1957 - 1970) C) Japanese (1970 - 1983) D) Korean (1983 - Present) The original Epiphone factory was in New York, when the company was owned and operated by the Stathopoulo family Epiphone Japan Serial Numbers 1998-Current The Yamano Gakki Epiphone Japan serial numbers from 1998 onwards are in a YMMPPP format.

Blue label 1970-1975 The first blue labels that were used were leftover labels from the Kalamazoo factoryД¦-digit serial number Body: Mahogany body Neck: Set Mahogany neck Rosewood fingerboard with an epsilon E inlay at the 12th fret open-book headstock with crown inlay 2-screw truss rod cover with Gibson inscription Made in Japan printed on back of headstock 24.75 scale 1.68 nut width Electronics: Alnico Classic humbucker Epiphone Serial Numbers Made In Japan Charlie, if this has been posted before please delete it or move it. The acoustic guitars from Epiphone, which were manufactured by Matsumoku in Japan from 1970 to 1987, are not reliable serial numbering system, but can be approximately dated by color and inscription from the Epiphone label.Serial numbersfrom 70' and 80's era Epiphone guitars made in Japan are not supported Vintage numbers from 1932 to 1970 are supported. The Epiphone serial number decoder currently supports 12 serial number formatsfrom 25 factories. Model Codes (C) 1 = NVJ 2 = EMPEROR 3 = RIVIERA 4 = SHERATON 5 = CASINO 6 = Limited Edition 7 = EB.

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Y = Year of manufacture C = Model code PPP = Production number. They were made by Terada and usually have an Orange Epiphone label.

For Yamano Gakki Epiphone Japan semi acoustic models from 1987 to approximately 1997, the serial numbers are in a YCPPP format.

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