Проверить гитару taylor по серийному номеру

Проверить гитару taylor по серийному номеру

DATING TAYLOR GUITARS BY REFERENCE OF SERIAL NUMBERS

Taylor guitars have been produced since 1974 and have used three serial number systems over
the years.
The current dating method is one of the simplest to decipher the exact year of manufacture and provides additional information.

Where to find the serial number
You can find the serial numbers on the label in the sound hole of the guitar or on the inside of the neck block.

If you want to know the production year of your Taylor guitar,you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in explanation about the dating system below.

Taylor history in short

Halfway through 1977 a switch was made from a 5-digit to a 3-digit serial number.

4 digit serial number When the model 410 was introduced in 1991, it was given a unique serial number.
The serial number has a 4- plus four more digits. For example: 4-1133.
This system was only used for two years, 0001-1121 in 1991 and 1122-3152 in 1992.

9 digit serial number A nine-digit serial number was used from 1993 to the end of 1999. The production date and model were processed in this.
Example 96 05 22 4 34
The first two digits indicate the year. — 96 = 1996.
The third and fourth digits represent the month. — 05 = May.
The fifth and sixth digits are the day of the month. — 22 = 22th (May).
The seventh digit indicates the model. — 4 = Big Baby.
[0 = 300 or 400 Series, 1 = 500 through Presentation Series, 2 = 200 Series, 3 = Baby or Big Baby , 4 = Big Baby, 5 = T5, 7 = through 2002, 8 = 100 Series, and 9 = Solid Body Series.]
The last two digits indicate the sequential production number for that day. — 34 is the 34th guitar of 22 May 1996. 11-Digit Serial Numbers For a four-digit year designation, the 9-digit serial number was
replaced by an 11-digit from January 2000 to October 2009.
The coding is the same as with 9 digit serial numbers, only not the
first 2 digits but the first 4 digits do determine the year.
Example: 2008 06 05 8 12
The first four digits now indicate the year. — 2008 = 2008.
The fifth and sixth digits represent the month. — 06 = June.
The seventh and eighth digits are the day of the month. — 05 = de 5th (June).
The ninth digit indicates the model. — 8 = 100 Series.
[0 = 300 or 400 Series, 1 = 500 through Presentation Series, 2 = 200 Series, 3 = Baby or Big Baby , 4 = Big Baby, 5 = T5, 7 = through 2002,
8 = 100 Series, qnd 9 = Solid Body Series.]
The last two digits indicate the sequential production number for that day. — 12 is the 12th guitar of 5 June 2008.

10-Digit Serial Numbers The current serial numbering format has 10 digits and was introduced in November 2009. There has go back to a 2-digit year designation. The location of manufacture is also included in this format.
Example: 1 1 08 13 7 123
The first digit indicates the location where the guitar was
produced. — 1 = El Cajon, California, USA.
[1 = El Cajon, California, USA; 2 = Tecate, Baja California, Mexico]
The second and seventh digits indicate a 2 digit year. — 17 = 2017.
The third and fourth digits represent the month. — 08 = August.
The fifth and sixth digits represent the day
of the month. — 13 = 13th (August).
The last three digits indicate the sequential production number for
that day. — 123 is the 123th guitar of 13 August 2017.

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Fake or real
If a serial number is not in the lists or is not recognized in the serial number decoder, it does not mean that the guitar is a fake.
Conversely, it is of course no guarantee whether the guitar is authentic, as a serial number is easy to copy.

Example of a Gibson serial number:
A real serial number is stamped dark on the back of the
headstock. A fake serial number is usually in white.

Brands such as Gibson, Fender, PRS or other renowned brands also issue a certificate of authenticity, but this can also be used for fraud.

An authorized dealer will certainly not sell you a fake, but if you want to buy a guitar privately or via the internet, be careful.

What you should pay attention to is first of all the price.
Authentic guitars and vintage versions keep their value or increase in price.
This of course depends on the condition of the guitar. If the price seems very favorable, that is already a reason to doubt.

What you should also pay attention to is the appearance of the guitar.

Headstock
Note the shape of the headstock, the font used, and the position where the serial number is affixed. You can compare this with original images of the model.

Fret inlays
The manufacturers have advanced equipment to accurately place the inlays between the frets. On a fake you often see a deviation with respect to the original model.

There are more external features that you should pay attention to, such as the logo and printed or stamped serial number, but that differs per brand.

With acoustic guitars, the most common trick is that forgers use cheap plywood instead of solid wood.
To do this, look at the inner edge of the sound hole to see if the wood grain also continues.

If you are in any doubt about the guitar’s authenticity, please first contact the manufacturer’s service department and provide the features (or a photo) that you are unsure about.
The manufacturer will certainly respond to this because they want to combat counterfeits and will take action against them.

MIRC USED guitars
It is often said that guitars where have «USED» printed on them and got a gold-colored sticker are fake.

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DATING ESP GUITARS BY REFERENCE OF SERIAL NUMBERS

The serial numbers of ESP guitars were not or hardly administered in the early days of production. Serial numbers from before 2000 are therefore unreliable for an exact date.

Where to find the serial number
The serial number is stamped on the back of the headstock, punched on the neck plate or on (semi) acoustic guitars on the bottom inside the body.

If you want to know the production year of your ESP guitar,you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in explanation about the dating system below.

ESP history in short

The founder of the ESP company is Hisatake Shibuya. He was born in 1937 in Sado on the island of the same name in Japan. After graduating from Doshina University in 1961, he joined the guitar manufacturer Kawai. After 4 years he joined Yamaha and later the guitar manufacturer Fernandes. During this period he gained a lot of experience and started his own company in Tokyo in 1975. The company where he employed 3 employees consisted of a shop and a workshop for repairs and making parts for guitars. Guitars were also made here on a special order, which were built to the individual wishes of the customer. The sale of the own-built guitars turned out to be a great success and the demand for them grew quickly. A few years later, the production facilities were therefore moved to larger premises just outside Tokyo. The company expanded and from 1979 orders for customized guitars were also produced worldwide. In 1981 ESP established itself in the USA with an office in New York and in 1983 in Germany for distribution in Europe. Also in 1983, Hisatake Shibuya started a ‘guitar making vocational school’, some graduates of which landed a job at ESP. ESP already had several hundred employees, but that number grew after a new plant was opened in 1986 in Sado Island. In 1985 George Lynch of the heavy metal band Dokken discovered during a tour in Japan that ESP also built custom guitars. As a result, his famous ESP Kamikaze was created and ESP released this George Lynch’s Kamikaze as his first signature model. In 1990, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett visited the ESP Custom Shop with the idea of building a model based on the mysterious Ouija board game. The first version was for Kirk only but had two spelling errors. Instead of «WILLIAM FULD TALKING BOARD», the Ouija body of this first version reads «WILLIAM FUED TALKING BAARD SET». The first batch of the Ouijas with Kirk signature were neck-thru and were released in 1993, destined for the Japanese market. Later the Ouija was introduced as a Bolt On guitar. The official introduction for export was in 1995. ESP gained fame by making guitars for trash metal guitarists including James Hetfield (Metallica), Scott Ian (Anthrax) and Jeff Hanneman (Slayer). As a result, ESP has become one of the most popular suppliers of heavy metal guitars. To keep costs down, the LTD series were now also made in Korea (later also in Indonesia, China and Vietnam) from 1996 and the export to the USA of the Japan-made LTD guitars stopped. However, despite the now increased prices, ESP resumed the export of the Japanese series to the USA in the early 2000s.

Hisatake Shibuya George Lynch with ESP kamikaze Kirk Hammett with ESP Ouija The top-quality ESP guitars are made in the ESP managed and operated factory in Japan, and the more affordable LTD line is made in various locations in Asia. The popularity and demand for ESP guitars continues to expand, with a new factory opened in North Hollywood, CA, USA in 2014 near the new Los Angeles headquarters. Here the line of ESP USA guitars is produced and was added to the existing well-known series of ESP as LTD and E-II series. ESP is constantly innovating both electric and acoustic models.