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Posted on Sunday, April 01, - am:. These include a few special Signature models and some J Customs. These serial numbers are either hand-printed on the back of the headstock often in Sterling silver or gold ink or paint or stamped on the fretboard beyond the last fret or sometimes both. Serial numbers in this format are either stamped on the neck plate, on printed on the back of the headstock or on a decal attached in that location.
Models produced through and perhaps into have serial numbers starting with "F7" which would normally indicate production in It seems that FujiGen or Ibanez produced an overstock of these "F7" serial number stickers and so just continued to use them through One can perhaps make a reasonable guess as to whether a model with an F7 serial number was actually produced in or based on the production sequence the last five digits of the serial number.
Any production sequences above 43, may be assumed to be models, although this rule of thumb doesn't appear to always hold true. In some cases a determination as to whether a guitar was actually produced as an or model can be inferred based on the finish color of the guitar, as some finishes are limited to certain years.
These exceptions are detailed below. Most Ibanez models with this serial number format were made by FujiGen Gakki. It is also believed that 'Terada Musical Instrument Co.
It's most likely that this is a big misunderstanding caused by an over generalization in the database of the "Guitar Dater Project" website, which is not able to assign the right factory to a vintage Ibanez guitar based on its serial number.
The false information this website generates has been propogated in numerous advertisements of sellers of vintage Ibanez guitars. There is no proof whatsoever of any solid body Ibanez guitar produced by Terada. On the contrary: the fact that the production of solid body Ibanez Artist guitars shifted to Iida Gakki , while hollow-body and semi-hollow Artist guitars became Artstar labels with H serial numbers, shows that the original production before came all from the FujiGen Gakki factory, which was experiencing capacity problems during that time period caused by their commitment to produce guitars for Fender Japan.
If Terada had produced AR models already, they would have continued doing so. Splitting the production up from a situation in which they were already both made in the Terada factory wouldn't be efficient, so it is highly unlikely that pre AR and AS models were ever made there.
The fact that the production of prestige models like the AS returned to FujiGen says enough. This format was mostly abandoned after in favor of the format described immediately above, but a few examples of instruments using this older format were seen as late as early Cort took over production of some models e.
This early Cort production was given 6-digit serial numbers which were hand-written on the label attached to the inside of the guitar. Some Korean Ibanez serial numbers are purely numeric with no alphabetic characters. According to Jim Donahue these guitars were manufactured in the Cort factory, in which he had the supervision. Because they had no date stamps available when they started, the serials numbers of Artstar models in this factory were written by hand.
These handwritten serial numbers are hard to decipher. The production of these Artstar models at the Cort factory was discontinued in It's unclear which supplier or factory manufactured these models. These digit serial numbers likely apply to acoustic models.
It is believed that the necks of these instruments were produced in Japan by FujiGen while the bodies were made by Cort in South Korea.
In addition to the serial number stamp, the back of the headstock often has a sticker proclaiming "Made in Japan". This numbering convention was discontinued after Since then instruments in the Premium line have received standard Indonesian serial numbers. This is a variation of the previous style with a letter "U" after the year and month and then with just a six digit production number.
Some Chinese Ibanez serial numbers are purely numeric with no alphabetic characters. The Lee Ritenour signature LR10 — employs a serial numbering strategy that differs from the typical FujiGen production at that time. This format overlaps with the standard FujiGen format, leading many to use the FujiGen format to try to parse these serial numbers.
All of the LR10 serials start with either "L80" or "L81" which leads many to the incorrect assumption that their guitars were made in December of or The Joe Pass signature JP20 production between and employs a serial numbering strategy that differs from the typical FujiGen production at that time. All of the JP20 serials during through start with "J80" which leads many to believe these guitars were produced in October The serial numbers of these later JP20s fit the standard format used for Ibanez guitars produced by Terada.
Steve Vai signature models known as the JEM and Universe series produced in Japan have neck plates stamped with a 7 digit serial number with an "F" followed by 6 numeric digits. The first two digits represent the year of production and the final four digits are the production sequence of JEM or UV models within that year.
Other JEM neck plates have a six digit number starting with a 9 e. Similarly Universe models have plates stamped with a six digit number starting with a 0. Similarly this number represents the sequential Universe MIJ production number.
These models can sometimes also have headstock serial numbers; in these cases the headstock number is considered the "true" serial number. Guitars in the JS series made in Japan have plates with a 6-digit numeric serial number which indicates the sequential number of JS production.
The early versions of these JS number plates starting from around have a "J" prefixing the number, but the character was dropped some around J The first 15 J number plates were set aside, with J being used for a model which is currently in the Hoshino USA collection. As with the JEM models, more recent JS models have headstock serial numbers in addition to the neck joint plate number. See also the previous note regarding F7XXXXX headstock serial numbers which indicate production but actually appeared on and perhaps some models.
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