- #HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER#
- #HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER CODE#
There are many variables of numbering through these years and between different models and are broken down into 3 categories, stickers, plates, and the impressed numbers that follow the old school style detailed above.ġ987 - 1996 - Guitars built in Japan between these years will have a serial number beginning with F followed by 6 numbers.
#HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBERS#
A761356 - The 1356th guitar produced in January '76ġ987 - Present - These serial numbers will either be on the neck plate or on a serial sticker affixed to the back of the headstock, with some models still following the impressed old school serial numbers shown above. This form of serial numbering is still used today on guitars where the number is impressed into the back of the headstock. The letter stands for the month, A for January etc., the first 2 digits will be the year, 76 is 1976, 96 is 1996, the last 4 digits will be the consecutive production number for that months production, 1356 would be the 1356th guitar produced that month. It consists of a letter, A - L, followed by a 6 digit number. 12=December)ĥth and 6th character is the day of production (01 to 31)ġ975 - Present, This old style serial number will either be on the neck plate or impressed into the back of the headstock.
#HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER CODE#
Here is the breakdown courtesy of Ibanez Collectors World.Īlthough guitars already had serials from 1975, between 19 they used a 6 character serial on pickups:ġst character is a production code (1,2,3, etc., maybe related to different production location)Ģnd character indicates the year of production (7=1977, 0=1980, 1=1981, etc.)ģrd and 4th character indicates the month of production (01=January. These guitars can be dated by their electronics if they are original. The only way to date these guitars is to find out what years they were available and then comparing all the minute details like scripts, contours, and inlay variances that only the hardcore vintage gurus know. Most just bore a neck plate simply marked Japan. See the Factories heading a few paragraphs down for little info on guitars produced elsewhere.īefore 1975 Ibanez did not put serial numbers on their guitars. This page is for dating Ibanez guitars built in Japan only.
Because allot of it can be confusing I'll spell out as many model/serial types as I can remember tonight in a fully inconcise and dribble filled rant. On typical Ibanez serial numbers the first 2 digits will indicate year, or the first digit will indicate the last digit of the year, but there are also some that indicate no year at all. Some models will never be found in the catalogs, that's just the way it is. If you're trying to figure out what model something is from the serial number, figure out what year it is then go to the catalog library for the corresponding year to find the model. There is no master list to correlate to a model number, these are consecutive serialized numbers only. HOME NAMM FEEDBACK TESTIMONIALSCONTACTEMAILĪn Ibanez serial number can tell you two things, year of manufacture and factory of manufacture.
NEWUSEDPARTS ORDERINGPAYMENTSHIPPINGWARRANTYRETURNS Nevertheless, when you pick up one of these kick-ass, steer-inspired Hondo Longhorns and throw that pre-amp switch, you’re deep in the heart of Texas! Indeed, the Hondo II Longhorn itself was the beginning of a post-modern heritage of tributes that includes the early ‘90s hybrids assembled by Tony Mark and the excellent reproductions still made by Nashville’s Jerry Jones. By the time this beast was history, so pretty much was the classic celluloid image of Texas, replaced by the post-modern cynicism actually introduced by those Spaghetti productions. It’s not clear how long this model was offered by Hondo, but probably only a year or so.
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