![]() Contact the vintage guitar info guy Back to.Epiphone vintage guitars model info and collecting. Made Epi's with a 6 digit or less serial number). Also the serial number is usually 7 digits or longer (unlike U.S. However, these import instruments have model numbers that do not correspond with Kalamazoo made Epiphone model numbers listed below. ![]() 1971-1975 - Blue label - Early models say 'Union Made' 1976-1979 - Tan or white 'Lincolnwood' label with Norlin logo. The Aria Epiphone Japan models that were made by Matsumoku from the early 1970s and ending before 1987 do not have a reliable serial numbering system but can be approximately dated using their Epiphone label colours. ![]() The system uses running model numbers rather than a dedicated code for year, month, and place of manufacture. F-Serial Numbers on Les Paul Standard '59/'60 Models and Tribute/Plus Models The latest serial number system used by Epiphone has not yet been completely deciphered. 1936 serial numbers started possibly near SN 1 (first documented is SN 25) and reached the 7000s by the time electric instrument/amp production was virtually halted during WW2. Wiedler wrote us May 2016: “The first Electar instruments from 1935 don’t show a serial number.
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