My first Cardinal CS-350 has the serial 2010237 which indicates both by With this single-digit method as the single digit year indicator will re-cycleĪfter a decade! Attention must be paid to when the particular model wasĪvailable and apply that to the first digit of the serial, excluding the Rare occasion the first two) indicated the year. II, Vantage, Westbury, most Westones, Japanese Washburns, some Electras, Letter if it is present).This new serialization covered Aria, Aria Pro I have seen both 6 and 7 digit serial numbers (excluding the Letter inidicated is yet a mystery and one can only guess without concreteĮvidence. Guitars produced had serials preceeded by a letter, but as to what the Indicating the year and possibly production sequence. More strat like singles = early to mid 1970s.īy Matsumoku (beginning sometime late 1976 or early 1977) bore serial numbers Sized single and dual coil pickups = early 1970s, normal humbuckers and Single coil trapezoid face = mid to late 1960s, P-90 When dating these guitars only ballpark ranges is possible. On these guitars were arbitrary numbers and did not indicate date of manufacture. The guitar's production year and rank in production sequence. After Arai joinedįorces with Matsumoku, the serial numbers began to have some bearing on Unfortunately the number was arbitraryĪnd had little to do with when the guitar was produced. Guitars often had serial numbers usually on the neck plate (I imagine soĭealers could track warranty, etc.). Lyle, Conrad, Maxi-Tone, Japanese Epiphone, Univox, and the other pre-1976 Such as the Aria Diamonds (not to be confused with the Aria Pro II Diamonds), Numbers for these guitars is not a perfect science, but in nearly all casesĪfter Matsumoku's involvement they can be trusted to indicate what year

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