![]() ![]() And some of the higher end models like the 59 reissues came with an 'A' prefix. Most of the reissues came with 5 digit serial numbers. The serial number question is an entirely different situation. ![]() I tried it a couple of times and came out with annual figures in the 140,000 to 150,000 range. More specifically but not clearly stated by Gibson, those were 'Custom Shop Series' models made in Memphis. Sign up Product Features Mobile Actions Codespaces Copilot Packages Security Code. One thing about the old (formally new)* system being sequential, if you bought a few Gibsons in the same year, or saw the dates on inspection cards somewhere, you could get rough estimates of production numbers for all Gibsons with this system (i.e not Custom shop). The guitars serial number also may give you a clue to its value. As the serial numbers were sequential in the new (now old) system, you can tell your SG was built very early in the year, before they changed to the old (now new) system. When I bought my 2014 SG there was no info about the new (now old) system out there, so I was really puzzled - the number showed it was made on the 400th day of 2014 - not only did that not exist, it had also been built by mid April! The number is 140046667. Your SG has the new (now old) system YYxxxxxxx, whereas they're now using the old (now new) system YDDDYBPPP. No, they just changed the system they use. ![]()
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