
#G&l guitar serial number lookup serial number
The latest serial number system used by Epiphone has not yet been completely deciphered.

YY = double digit year of manufacture (2010-Current)Įxample: F21234 = Fuji-gen Japan / 2002 / unit 1234Įxample: T101234 = Terada Japan / 2010 / unit 1234į-Serial Numbers on Les Paul Standard '59/'60 Models and Tribute/Plus Models Y = single digit year of manufacture (2 = 2002, 3 = 2003, etc.)
#G&l guitar serial number lookup code
M = letter code to corresponding month (A=January, B=February, etc.)Įxample: R01B0123 = Peerless Korea / 2001 / February / unit 0123. The ranking number may consist of any number of digits. A single digit month of manufacture may occur for some 1997 and earlier models. Note: There may be no factory designator for some 1993 and earlier models. Pre-1994 productions also frequently omit the factory letter codes and appeared as all digits, e.g. Note: Models from 2008 and onwards omit the factory ID letter prefix. Here the serial is decoded as:īelow appear some of the serial schemes that an Epiphone serial can use. An example given was the serial US12040364 (don't let the "US" make you think it's a USA model). Though I can't verify the accuracy, it was posted in the Dean online forums that imports after 2008 follow a pattern with the initial letter or letters identifying the factory, such that: US = Un Sung Korea, Y = Yoojin China, E = World Korea.The following two digits indicate year, then two-digit month, then production number. If you see a seven digit serial number on the back of a Dean guitar, you can be sure that it was produced in United States.ĭean's more affordable line made outside the US may require looking at features and hardware and some knowledge of the line. First two numbers in the sequence are the last two digits of the production year.

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