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Old 08-05-2008, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by dahuzi View Post
Thanks for the information, this is very helpful. It's hard for me to understand why Yamaha adopts such a riddle-like serial number system.
From what I read, their serial number system just evolved because:
  • They didn't expect guitars to become such a big item (they were into pianos) in the 60s and 70s. This is my speculation after reading about their guitars.
  • They didn't account for Y2K. The old serial number system doesn't work after the year 2000. So they came up with a new one.
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