Rockpack Iii Serial Number more. Serial Number Chart for Electric, Archtop, and Bass Guitars In the following charts, you can determine the year of manufacture for a Yamaha electric, archtop, or bass.

I'm currently on my honeymoon in Durham, NC., my wife and I like checking out thrift stores, so we stopped at one that happened to be next to a pawn shop. In Massachusetts we don't have many of those so I really didn't know what to expect. There was lots of junk of course, but this popped out.

I can't tell what year it is, but has a nice three piece plain top, set neck, Gibson headstock, and plays decently well despite its need to have the truss rod adjusted and have the nut slots cut a bit deeper (I'll take care of that when I get home). Got it out the door for $400 including tax and a gig bag. Fullerplast wrote:Can't help you with numbers, but I know the Norlin v Hiroshino (or whatever) lawsuit happened in '76 and part of what resulted was a ruling that the headstock is the defining feature of a brand, a maker can copy everything but the head. So I would say yours is within a few years either way.

I see tons of later Studio Lords, but very few like yours. Yeah, most Lord Players have a weird notch in the middle of the storybook headstock, so I'm guessing yours is earlier (pre-lawsuit). Fullerplast wrote:Can't help you with numbers, but I know the Norlin v Hiroshino (or whatever) lawsuit happened in '76 and part of what resulted was a ruling that the headstock is the defining feature of a brand, a maker can copy everything but the head. So I would say yours is within a few years either way. I see tons of later Studio Lords, but very few like yours. Yeah, most Lord Players have a weird notch in the middle of the storybook headstock, so I'm guessing yours is earlier (pre-lawsuit). I've actually been reading up on this model, and apparently they weren't introduced until 83 or 84?

So I don't know what to believe. Fullerplast wrote:Can't help you with numbers, but I know the Norlin v Hiroshino (or whatever) lawsuit happened in '76 and part of what resulted was a ruling that the headstock is the defining feature of a brand, a maker can copy everything but the head.

So I would say yours is within a few years either way. I see tons of later Studio Lords, but very few like yours. Yeah, most Lord Players have a weird notch in the middle of the storybook headstock, so I'm guessing yours is earlier (pre-lawsuit). I've actually been reading up on this model, and apparently they weren't introduced until 83 or 84? So I don't know what to believe. I know Fernandes and some others were still sneaking in some guitars with lawsuit headstocks into the 80s.

Do MIJ guitars have pot codes? Redchapterjubilee wrote: Yeah, most Lord Players have a weird notch in the middle of the storybook headstock, so I'm guessing yours is earlier (pre-lawsuit). I've actually been reading up on this model, and apparently they weren't introduced until 83 or 84?

So I don't know what to believe. I know Fernandes and some others were still sneaking in some guitars with lawsuit headstocks into the 80s. Do MIJ guitars have pot codes? I'll have to pop it open and see.

NO IDEA how to read those though.

Www.omara-meehan.com/help/flash/ serial.cfm • The Serial Number -- usually somewhere between four and six. Wood or stamped onto the model plate.

Digits -- is probably located inside the piano on the metal. Www.total- piano-care.com/ piano- serial-numbers.html • • Piano serial numbers help to identify the age of your piano and the history surrounding its. 3) Stamped on the back of the piano; near the top of the wood frame. 5)Printed on one the keys - behind the nameboard, inside the piano (newer. Www.amadeus pianos.com/agerequest2.htm • • Jan 01, 2016 .