sometimes Japanese manufacturers would include the year in the serial...but the number Showa 45 would be 1970 which doesn`t fit with your story. I have five Suzukis and am certain of the dates on only two and thats because they`re dated on the labels, like I said the others are not marked. But one thing all of us MIJ guitar owners have to come to terms with is the fact that we not always be able to determine the exact year a guitar was made, just the way it is, if that kind of info is real important to you you`d better off not buying MIJs...even big companies like Yamaha did not evidently keep great records of their early guitars...I have a lot more Yamahas than Suzukis and don`t know the precise dates on any of em...c`est la vie mon ami.
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