Dick Seacup Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I know the first character of the serial denotes the year of manufacture, but I recall reading somewhere that the remaining digits are the date of manufacture. Unfortunately, I can't recall exactly how the five digits were decoded for the manufacture. Were the next three the number of the day in the year followed by the build order on that day? Or was it the number of days left in the year followed by the build order? Something completely different? Jay? Wingnut? Bueller? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersteel Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I've never heard anything about the number itself; I've always just gone by the letter. It makes me wonder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golferwave Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 My understanding is that the letter is the year, the next three digits are the day of manufacture with January 1st being 365 and counting down to 1 for December 31st, and the last two digits are the number of the guitar produced that day. So if you had a serial number of R 36104 it would denote that your guitar was the fourth one produced on January 5th, 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersteel Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Hmmm...I would think 365 would be December 31st, and not January 1st. Maybe I need to think outside the box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Seacup Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 Think of it as "days remaining in the year"+1. I thought that was what I had read elsewhere, but couldn't remember exactly, and now I can't even find where I stumbled across that. If I'm calculating properly, then the H137 (L23806) was the sixth guitar built on 7 MAY 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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