ItĬonsists of a letter, A - L, followed by a 6 digit number. Will either be on the neck plate or impressed into the back of the headstock. ĥth and 6th character is the day of production (01 to 31)ġ975 - Present, This old style serial number Ĥth and 5th character is the day of production (01 to 31)Īlthough guitars already had serials from 1975, betweenġ9 they used a 6 character serial on pickups: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. Here is the breakdown courtesyġst character is a production code (1,2,3, etc., maybe related to differentĢnd character indicates the year of production (2=1972, 3=1973, etc.)ģrd character indicates the month of production (0=January, 1=February. These guitars can beĭated by their electronics if they are original. Inlay variances that only the hardcore vintage gurus know. The only way to date these guitars is to find out what years they wereĪvailable and then comparing all the minute details like scripts, contours, and Most just bore a neck plate simply marked The Factories heading a few paragraphs down for little info on guitars produced This page is for dating Ibanez guitars built in Japan only. Because allot of it can beĬonfusing I'll spell out as many model/serial types as I can remember tonight inĪ fully inconcise and dribble filled rant. There are also some that indicate no year at all.

Indicate year, or the first digit will indicate the last digit of the year, but On typical Ibanez serial numbers the first 2 digits will Some models will never be found in the catalogs, It is then go to the catalog library for the corresponding year [or year before

If you're trying toįigure out what model something is from the serial number, figure out what year

Number, these are consecutive serialized numbers only. There is no master list to correlate to a model NEW USED PARTS ORDERING PAYMENT SHIPPING WARRANTY RETURNSĪn Ibanez serial number can tell you two things, year of

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