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Jimi75
August 13th, 2009, 03:52 AM
No more "what year is my Gibson, or where is it built" threads.

Here's the definitive calculator. Just checked with my Traditional and it workds perfectly. Maybe a "sticky thread" here?

http://www.guitardaterproject.org/gibson.aspx

wingsdad
August 13th, 2009, 07:39 AM
GuitarDaterProject is a good source.

I've attached 2 references from the Blue Book of Electric Guitars.

One is from the 9th Ed. (1999) and provides an authoritative breakdown of the mysteries of vintage Gibson serialization.

The other, which I posted a year ago, is from 11th ed. (2007), updated and clearer on identifying newer Gibsons.

wingsdad
August 13th, 2009, 07:44 AM
Here's 2 more items from the 1999 9th ed. -- one that catalogs Electric models, the other Acoustics and Acoustic/Electric models -- issued thru '99.

mrmudcat
August 13th, 2009, 09:08 AM
please sticky this thread:D

bigG
August 13th, 2009, 09:14 AM
please sticky this thread:D

I agree. Priceless info here for Gibson afficianados!