This is a great resource. Thanks for posting it. I have been trying to find out the manufacture date of my Les Paul since the day I got it a few months ago. The guy I bought it from was a middle-man who bought it from the original owner and couldn't give me any background info on it. I tried to use the resources at the Gibson website but none of their info seemed to apply to my guitar. Gibsons serial number system changed many times through the years and mine didn't coincide with any of the examples they gave. I was very confused but applying the different numbering systems and knowing that the guitar had to be a 90s or newer model because of the componants and hardware used,I was able to logically narrow it down to 1995,2000,or 2005. Those were the only dates that made any sense with the numbers contained in my serial because it was obviously not a 1955 or 1959 model.
Even though my LPs birthday is not essential for me to know to love it and enjoy it, it was still driving me crazy because I didn't know. I was going to post a question about it on the forum but figured I'd do a search first. I was thrilled when I pulled up this thread and got the answer. Mystery solved!
My Gibson Les Paul Studio was born in Nashville,TN on February 28,2005
It was number 252 in the production run.