Gibson Custom Lookup Serial Numbers Used

Example: 7 5123 is the 123rd 1957 reissue model produced in 2005. 1961-1969 Firebird, Les Paul, and SG reissues (since 1997): YYRRRM Y is the production year RRR(R) indicates the guitars place in production for that year.

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Gibson Custom Lookup Serial Numbers Used

Please note that most of this information relates to serial numbers used from 1975 to present.

The serial number will be an 8 digit number impressed into the back of the headstock with MADE IN USA below.

The pattern is as follows: YDDDYRRR YY is the production year DDD is the day of the year RRR is the factory rankingplant designation number.

Prior to 1984 when the Kalamazoo, MI factory was closed, the numbers 001-499 indicated Kalamazoo production.

Ranking numbers 500-999 continued to indicate Nashville production through 1989.

Since 1989, all Gibson acoustics are built in Bozeman, MT and all Gibson electrics are built in Nashville or Memphis.

Ranking numbers for Bozeman start each day at 001 and the electrics may start as low as the 300s.

Examples: 70108276 means the instrument was produced on Jan.

Kalamazoo and was the 276th instrument stamped that day.

Oct. 3, 1985, in Nashville and was the 1st instrument stamped that day.

NOTE - Gibson USA goes to a 9 digit serial number in early July 2005.

The first 5 numbers remain the same, the last 3 numbers will remain the same.

There are always exceptions to these rules, the two listed below are worth noting: Les Paul Classic 1989-2014: This model features an ink stamped serial number with no MADE IN USA (just as we used on the original 1952-1960 Les Pauls).

Most will be 5 to 6 digits in length, but the earliest examples feature 4 digit serial numbers.

There should be a space after the 1st digit with the 4 and 5 digit serial numbers, and no space with the 6 digit numbers.

The 1st digit indicates the year of manufacture for the 4 5 digit serial numbers, these were used from 1989-1999.

The 1st and 2nd indicate the year of manufacture for the 6 digit serial numbers which weve been using since 2000.

Examples - 9 xxx 1989 (4 digit number beginning with 9 used only in 1989) 0 xxxx 1990 9 xxxx 1999 00xxxx 2000 05xxxx 2005 Note For Les Paul Classics made in 2007 and later, MADE IN USA was added to the back of the headstock.

Gibson USA 2014 to present These serial numbers cannot be dated to a specific day of the year.

The new model year typically launches in the fall as the current model year winds down.

It is not uncommon for a new model year model to be produced during the previous model year (example a 2015 model may have been built in late 2014).

The pattern is as follows: YYRRRRRRR YY is the model year RRRRRRR is the number in product for the model year (starts at 0000001).

NOTE: This number includes all models for a particular reissue year - so, for example, a 1958 Reissue serial number may include 58 Reissue LP Standard and 58 Explorer production.

Firebird, Les Paul, and SG reissues (since 1997): YYRRRM Y is the production year RRR(R) indicates the guitars place in production for that year.

Gibson Custom Serial Number Lookup