Gibson has had so many different schemes over the years, and now we’re using reissue serial numbers that look like the old serial numbers.” Inside a locked closet just outside Davidson’s office are some of Gibson’s most enduring written materials-shipping records dating from 1936 to 1970. “Some can tell you a lot about a guitar, and some don’t really tell you anything. “Serial numbers can be extremely tricky,” says Gibson Customer Service Manager Jason Davidson, whose team fields calls and emails regarding every Gibson division.
But, with more than 75 years of shipping records in the Gibson books, and dozens of variations on numerical schemes used over the years, sometimes do little to shed light on the origin of a mysterious Gibson. Like a fingerprint or a social security number, the series of digits inked or impressed on the back of a Gibson headstock can go a long way toward identifying a guitar.
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