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A lot óf listings, expensive onés at that, purposeIy leave out thé date of manufacturé, seemingly hoping théy will pass óff as originals.
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It's like somebody is lying and I don't know who?ĭigital Pianos - Electronic Pianos - Synths &a. The first number following the prefix is the year. I'm a bit worried about particularly about the comment of Getting it tuned by the dealer. Note 2: Guitars with no serial number were produced at many different times. He said he's not a player but actually got some nice music with a very controlled touch.
He says after having piano for 1 year he requested his free tuning but dealer says it was too soon? He said he picked the Piano as a showpiece but later said picked it based on it's sound. I'm a bit worried about inconsistent stories by the seller. I'm talking to my tuner tomorrow to get his opinion on this Piano. More a skill thing though maybe the action needed some work) No That was a good thing but in a way it felt like they were getting away from me. It sounded not bad as far as I could tell. It has never been tuned in this fellows home. The hammers didn't look grooved or worn so it hasn't got too much play time as far as I can tell. Similarly, “JT12030040” would indicate a non-regular-production instrument built in March 2012 at the Terada factory in Japan, and that it was the 40 th among the special-run instruments made that year.Hi and thanks once again for the help. If you want to know the production year of your Samick guitar, you can decipher it with the serial number decoder. Of those last four sequential-order digits, 0001 through 0100 designate prototype and one-off models, sample instruments and other special instruments 0101 through 9999 designate all regular production models.įor example then, a modern Gretsch serial number such as “JT07115922” would indicate that the instrument was built in Japan (J) at the Terada factory (T) that it was built in 2007 (07) in November (11) and that it was the 5,922 nd production-model instrument made that year. The serial number is stamped or as a sticker on the back of the headstock, the neck plate or on (semi) acoustic guitars on the bottom inside the body. Custom Shop), “CY” (China, Yako facility), “JD” (Japan, Dyna Gakki facility), “JF” (Japan, Fuji-Gen Gakki facility), “KP” (Korea, Peerless facility) and “KS” (Korea, Samick/SPG facility).Īfter the two-letter prefix, two digits designate the year of manufacture the next two designate the month of manufacture, and the remaining four digits designate the instrument’s sequential number among all models built that year. “JT” is most common among the several two-letter country/factory prefixes, signifying Japan (J) and its Terada (T) factory.
Gretsch serial numbers typically appear on the back of the headstock and begin with a two-letter prefix code indicating the country of origin and specific manufacturing facility, followed by numbers indicating year and month of manufacture and sequential order of manufacture. We’ll cover those older serial numbering systems in another installment.Īs for the present, the modern system is quite simple. Various other serial numbering systems existed before then that stretch far back into Gretsch history-all the way back to the very earliest Gretsch guitars of the 1930s. This allows you to accurately date a modern Gretsch guitar by its serial number.īy modern, by the way, we mean since 2003, which is when Gretsch serial numbering took its current form. The serial number on your modern Gretsch guitar or bass contains specific information about where and when it was made. Even if this headstock didn’t say “Made in Japan,” the “J” that begins the serial number indicates that it was.