These were manufactured in Korea by Samick between 19.Ĩ and nine 9 serial numbers without a factory code. The 2nd and 3rd numbers represent the month. Here is the first digit the last year of the decade. Seven digit serial numbers do not have a factory code. It is certain that the models with a 6 digit serial number starting with 0 were produced in 1967. However, many serial numbers were duplicated during this period, making the exact production year difficult to trace. Five digits no space after the first digit were used from 1951 to 1956 and from 1961 to 1967 for both acoustic and electric models.įrom 1961 to early 1970, Epiphone used 6-digit serial numbers. The first digit is the last digit of the production year, the following four digits are the serial number. Since 2004 Epiphone guitars have been produced in China.įive digits with a space after the first digit and custom shop on the back of the headstock, applied from 1990 to 1999. Serial number 11 05 15 00160 is the 160th guitar built in May 2011 at the factory of Qingdao in China. The last 5 digits form the series sequence number.
The 5th and 6th digit represent the factory code ( 15). The next two digits represent the month ( 05). The first two digits are the last 2 digits of the year ( 11). The stamped serial number can consist of a series of digits, or letter(s) + digits.įor an eleven digit serial number, the encoding is as follows:
