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JPage schrieb:Das könnte in der Tat was zu sagen haben. Ich hab mir gestern mal SELEs Epiphone FAQ durchgelesen. Es gibt Epiphones aus den USA, die haben ne Seriennummer ohne Buchstaben davor, aber dann müsste an deiner Les Paul irgendwo 'Made in USA' dranstehen... Es sei denn, das hat der Vorbesitzer frecherweise abgemacht, um uns arme Forenmitglieder zu ärgern
Some top of the line Epiphones were produced in the U.S. at either Gibson's Nashville or Montana facilities in the 1990s. These instruments are the only ones that correspond to the standard post-1977 Gibson serialization. Like Gibson numbers, there are 8 digits in the complete number, and follows the code of YDDDYNNN. The YY (first and fifth) indicate the year built. DDD indicates the day of the year (so DDD can't be above 365), and the NNN indicates the instrument's production ranking for that day (NNN = 021 = 21st guitar built). The Nashville facility begins each day at number 501, and the Montana workshop begins at number 101. However, in 1994, the Nashville-produced Epiphones were configured as
YYNNNNNN: YY = 94 (the year) and NNNNNN is the ranking for the entire year.
http://www.gibson.com/Files/downloads/bluebook/EPIPHONESERIALNUMBERS.pdf
Ein paar weitere Infos aus dem Epiphone History Buch (S. 144)
Japanese Made, 1970 - 83:
Numbers are unreliable during this period. Instruments can be roughly dated by their appearance in catalogs.
Korea-made, 1984-85
The following series appear on guitars in 1984 and 85. They may also appear on guitars from other years.
Number Year
K84000 1984
K85000 1985
0800000 1985
0810000 1985
0910000 1985
1000 1985
4000000 1985
4100000 1985
5060000 1985
5080000 1985
5090000 1985
5100000 1985
American-made, 1990s
[...] The numbers will consist of eight digits.[...] Rest (nur im anderen Wortlaut) siehe Zitat oben.
Korea-made, 1993 onward.
The numbers following the initial letter denotes the year of manufacture.
Die Seriennummern von 1930 bis 1969 spare ich mir mal.