Gibson Lap Steel Guitar Serial Numbers

Gibson Lap Steel Guitar Serial Numbers Identification
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The Gibson Serial Number Decoder currently supports 6 formats from 4 Factories. For guitars made prior to 1977 use the extended search function. This new function will try to match the serial number against older formats, details required for an exact match are listed in yellow.

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Gibson introduced a new pattern when they began producing solid body guitars. An ink stamp on the back of the headstock which included either 5 or 6 digits. The first digit is the year and the other numbers are production numbers. This system is fairly reliable for guitars made from 1953 to 1961. Example: 3 0602 = 1953 Note. Dec 11, 2017 - Explore Mickoz's board 'Gibson Lap Steel Guitars' on Pinterest. See more ideas about lap steel guitar, lap steel, steel guitar.

Gibson Serial Numbers

some data are taken from the 11th Edition of 'Blue Book of Electric Guitars', By Zachary R. Fjestad

When Gibson start the production of solidbody guitars in 1952, a new serial number system was developed.

5 or 6 DIGITS number ink stamped on the headstock back:
Y NNN(N)
Y= last digit of the year (2=1952, 3=1953, 4=1954, 5=1955, 6=1956, 7=1957, 8=1958, 9=1959, 0=1960)
NNN(N)= production numbers in a consecutive order

4 2205 = 1954

0 9865 = 1960

NOTES: not used on the earliest instruments produced (those done in 1952), a few of these instruments have three digits stamped on the headstock top.

In 1961, Gibson started a new serial number system. It consisted of numbers that were impressed into the wood. This is generally considered to be the most confusing out of all Gibson’s serial number systems used. There are several instances where batches of numbers are switched in order and duplicated, not just once, but up to four times, and seem to be randomly assigned throughout the decade.

Note: If 'MADE IN USA' is stamped in the back of the headstock near the serial number, the guitar is not from the 1960s, but the 1970s.

100-42440 ---> 1961

42441-61180 ---> 1962

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61450-64222 ---> 1963

64240-71040 ---> 1964

71041-96600 ---> 1962, 1963, 1964

96601-99999 ---> 1963

000001-099999 ---> 1967

100000-106099 ---> 1963, 1967

106100-108999 ---> 1963

109000-109999 ---> 1963, 1967

110000-111549 ---> 1963

111550-115799 ---> 1963, 1967

115800-118299 ---> 1963

118300-120999 ---> 1963, 1967

121000-139999 ---> 1963

140000-140100 ---> 1963, 1967

140101-144304 ---> 1963

144305-144380 ---> 1963, 1964

144381-149864 ---> 1963

149865-149891 ---> 1964

149892-152989 ---> 1963

152990-174222 ---> 1964

174223-176643 ---> 1964, 1965

176644-250335 ---> 1964

250336-305983 ---> 1965

306000-310999 ---> 1965, 1967

311000-320149 ---> 1965

320150-320699 ---> 1967

320700-329179 ---> 1965

329180-330199 ---> 1965, 1967

330200-332240 ---> 1965, 1967, 1968

332241-348092 ---> 1965

348093-349100 ---> 1966

349121-368638 ---> 1965

368640-369890 ---> 1966

370000-370999 ---> 1967

380000-385309 ---> 1966

390000-390998 ---> 1967

400001-406666 ---> 1966

406667-409670 ---> 1966, 1967, 1968

409671-410900 ---> 1966

410901-419999 ---> No Entries

420000-429193 ---> 1966

500000-500999 ---> 1965, 1966,1968, 1969

501009-501600 ---> 1965

501601-501702 ---> 1968

501703-502706 ---> 1965, 1968

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503010-503109 ---> 1968

503405-520955 ---> 1965, 1968

520956-530056 ---> 1968

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530061-530850 ---> 1966, 1968, 1969

530851-530993 ---> 1968, 1969

530994-539999 ---> 1969

540000-540795 ---> 1966, 1969

540796-545009 ---> 1969

555000-556909 ---> 1966

558012-567400 ---> 1969

570087-570643 ---> 1966

570645-570755 ---> 1966, 1967

570857-570964 ---> 1966

580000-580080 ---> 1969

580086-580999 ---> 1966, 1967, 1969

600000-600998 ---> 1966, 1967, 1968 (LOW END)

600000-606090 ---> 1969 (HIGH END)

700000-700799 ---> 1966, 1967

750000-750999 ---> 1968, 1969

800000-800999 ---> 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969

801000-812838 ---> 1966, 1969

812900-819999 ---> 1969

820000-820087 ---> 1966, 1969

820088-823830 ---> 1966*

824000-824999 ---> 1969

828002-847488 ---> 1966, 1969

847499-858999 ---> 1966, 1969

859001-895038 ---> 1967

895039-896999 ---> 1968

897000-898999 ---> 1967, 1969

899000-899999 ---> 1968

900000-901999 ---> 1970

910000-999999 ---> 1968

From 1970 to 1975 the method of serializing instruments at Gibson became even more random. All numbers were impressed into the wood and a six-digit number was assigned, though no particular order was given and some instruments had a letter prefix. In 1970, the words MADE IN USA were impressed into the back of instrument headstocks (though a few instruments from the 1950s also had this).

000000S--->1973

200000S --->1973-1975

400000S --->1974-1975

600000S --->1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975

800000S --->1973, 1974, 1975

6 DIGITS + A --->1970

B + 6 DIGITS --->1974, 1975

D + 6 DIGITS --->1974, 1975

F + 6 DIGITS --->1974, 1975

NOTES: When the Nashville Gibson plant was opened in 1974, it was decided that the bulk of the production of products would be run in the South; 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 weren’t ready to change how they built guitars, then they may not have been 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 numbers. It is estimated that Gibson’s Kalamazoo plant continued to use the six-digit serial numbers through 1978 and 1979. So double check the serial numbers on those 1970s L-5s, Super 400s, and Super 5 BJBs!

YY= year (99=1975, 00=1976 and 06=1977)

NNNNNN= production number from 100000 to 200000 range.

MADE IN USA was also included on the transfer and some models had LIMITED EDITION also applied.

99XXXXXX 1975

06XXXXXX 1977

NOTES: A few bolt-on neck instruments had a date ink stamped on the heel area.

Between 1997 and late June or early July 2005, Gibson used the same serialization system on all standard-built guitars. This updated system utilizes an impressed, 8 digit numbering scheme that covers both serializing and dating functions.

YY = last two digits of the production year

PPP = plant designation and/or instrument rank:

001-499 --> Kalamazoo production from 1977 to 1984 when the factory closed.

500-999 --> Nashville production from 1977 to 1989.

All currently manufactured Gibsons (non-custom shop) are stamped with a hand arbor, and start at 300 or 500, and continue until production 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 acoustic 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 instruments began using 300-999 designations. It should also be noted that the Nashville plant has not reached the 900s since 1977, so these numbers have been

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 produced on Oct. 3, 1985, in Nashville and was the 1st instrument stamped that day.

03202652 means the instrument was produced on November 16, 2002 and was the 152nd instrument stamped that day (assuming they started at 500).

NOTES: The Custom/Historic/Art divisions do not use this system. Certain models in the Standard series also do not follow this, either.

YDDDYBPPP

B = batch number was implemeted to better keep track of production and allow for more than five hundred instruments to be produced in a day. At the beginning of each day, the sixth digit is reset to 0. Once the last three numbers reach
699, the batch number moves on to 1, and the last three digits are reset to 500.

028360612 stamped on the 283rd day (October 10th) in 2006 and was the 112th guitar stamped that day.

001071520 stamped on the 10th day (January 10th) of 2007 and was the 220th guitar stamped on that day (it was part of the second batch and the 20th guitar of the second batch - first batch was of 200 guitars).

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