![]() ![]() I tried it a couple of times and came out with annual figures in the 140,000 to 150,000 range. One thing about the old (formally new)* system being sequential, if you bought a few Gibsons in the same year, or saw the dates on inspection cards somewhere, you could get rough estimates of production numbers for all Gibsons with this system (i.e not Custom shop). As the serial numbers were sequential in the new (now old) system, you can tell your SG was built very early in the year, before they changed to the old (now new) system. When I bought my 2014 SG there was no info about the new (now old) system out there, so I was really puzzled - the number showed it was made on the 400th day of 2014 - not only did that not exist, it had also been built by mid April! The number is 140046667. ![]() NOTE - Gibson USA goes to a 9 digit serial number in early July 2005. 3, 1985, in Nashville and was the 1st instrument stamped that day. 82765501 means the instrument was produced on Oct. 10, 1978, in Kalamazoo and was the 276th instrument stamped that day. Your SG has the new (now old) system YYxxxxxxx, whereas they're now using the old (now new) system YDDDYBPPP. Examples: 70108276 means the instrument was produced on Jan. No, they just changed the system they use. ![]()
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