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How can you date a Yamaha from the serial number
Anyone know?
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Here you go. It is fussy how you type in the model,
http://www.yamaha.com/apps/guitararc...mberwizard.asp |
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I just checked and that wizard doesn't like the serial number on my LS6, either.
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Maybe we don't really exist then. There's the proof.
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The serial number wizard on Yamaha's website only works for FG series and is not very helpful. It's based on a very simple formula -- the first digit of the serial number signifies the last digit of the year it was manufactured (9 can be 1999, 1989, 1979, depending on the model number). The next four digits are the month and day. The last three are the number of your guitar produced in that day. However, the L series guitars cannot apply to the formula. And I have yet to have a clue how Yamaha dates its L series guitars. Anyway, congratulations on your LJ6. It is a nice one!
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This blog has the number codes for guitars built since 2001.
http://chiyostrings.blogspot.com/200...er-system.html |
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TRY THIS FIRST http://www.guitardaterproject.org/Yamaha.aspx
Vintage Yamaha - text Japanese but dates readable. http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guit...ase/index.html Note serial numbers recycle every 10 years. https://store.bluebookinc.com/Info/P...ialization.pdf |
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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.
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yeah join the club...I haven`t found a site that works for any of my old Yamahas. Don`t even look any more, just the way it is.
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FG331 FG-331 FG 331 or FG-365 FG-365s FG365s It's a little quirky. This "Yamaha Archive" will give you a year range of production such as 1977-1981. Then look at the first number in the serial number, and for this example it should be a "7", "8", "9", "0", or "1", indicating the years: 1977, 1978, etc. |
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If you have her digits, give her a call. Wine and dine her and she might let you fool around with her and make some beautiful music.
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1971, 81, or 91 The 24th of 16th month 23 build. Dan |