- #SERIAL NUMBER FOR NATURAL READER 14 SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #SERIAL NUMBER FOR NATURAL READER 14 SERIAL#
#SERIAL NUMBER FOR NATURAL READER 14 SERIAL#
Hence 5 digits and no space between the year (5) and the serial number.
#SERIAL NUMBER FOR NATURAL READER 14 SERIAL NUMBERS#
For this reason the series of 4 digit serial numbers was exceeded after 9999. So they had only set the year from 4 to 5. In 1955, Gibson forgot to reset the series of serial numbers to 0001. This was the case in the years 1955, 1956, 19. If it concerns a 6-digit serial number, there is no space, because the highest 4-digit number (9999) has been exceeded and the space therefore fills up. If the stamped number consists of 5 digits, there is a space between the first and second digit (a separation between the last digit of the year and the actual serial number). The first digit of the series number is the last digit of the year. Gibson did not use serial numbers at that time but started in 1953. Gibson's solid bodys were released in 1952.
The more binding a guitar has, the fancierthe model.Ī number stamped with ink on the back of the headstock. Most Gibsons have some sort of body binding.Often binding is multi-layers (white/black/white, etc).Some guitars also have binding on the neck.
What is the style of binding? Binding is the whitish/yellowish/tortoise 'band' that goesaround the edges of the body. What is the style of 'Gibson' peghead logo? That is, is it white silkscreen,gold silkscreen, or pearl inlay? Also if the logo is pre-WW2, wartime, or post-WW2 (see above).Also fancier models can even have some sort of pearl inlaid decoration (a 'crown' or longskinny 'diamond') on the pegheadjust below the 'Gibson' logo. What is the style of fingerboard inlays? (dots, blocks, trapezoids, double parallelagrams, etc.). This is really important for all model types except solidbody electrics. What is the body size? (measure the guitar across the top at the widest point, which isthe guitar's 'hips'). What is the color of the back of the guitar? Common back colorsinclude translucent dark brown, translucent light brown, sunburst, cherry red, etc. What is the color of the top of the guitar? Common top colors include 'sunburst' (a yellow center that fades to a darker red or brown around the edges),black, natural and 'cherry red' (a translucent red which shows the wood grain). There are several general questions which can be asked in determining a guitar's model,once the type of guitar (flat top, arch top, etc.) has been determined: 
Electric Lapsteel Gibson: a small solidbody guitar (no cutoutsor sound holes) that is playedin the lap, Hawaiian style, with a metal slide bar, pickup and knob routed into the top.
These are always electric from the factory.
Electric Thinline Archtop Gibsons: same as above (electricwith two 'f' holes in the top), but the body is thinner at 1.5' to 2' thick. Electric Archtop Gibsons: same as above ('f' holes, arch top)but the factory installed electric pickups into the guitar with volume/tone knob(s). Acoustic Archtop Gibsons: two 'f' hole stylesound holes cut in the top, body 3' to 4.5' thick, slightly arched top, acoustic with no pickups (but sometimes these models have bolt-on electic assembly added later by players). Flattop Acoustic Gibsons: single round sound hole under the strings, body 3.5' to 4.5' thick with a flat top, usually not electric(but often owners add a sort of bolt-on electric assembly). Electric Solid body Gibsons: body is a solid piece of wood(no soundhole or cutouts), 1.5' to 2' thick, pickups and knobs routed into the top of the guitar. Here are the general types of Gibson guitars:
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