Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

[nightwing122087]

Serial Number - 83558577 can anyone help?

 

[CapoFirstFret]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

a picture would help a lot more than a serial number...I can tell you that it's a 1988 guitar though

 

[nightwing122087]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

Thanks thats what I wanted to know! Can you tell me how you know that?

 

[Simon_F]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

83558577 - your guitar was made on the 21st December (355th day) of 1988...

In 1977, Gibson first introduced the serialization method that is in practice today. This updated system
utilizes an impressed eight digit numbering scheme that covers both serializing and dating functions. The
pattern is as follows:
YDDDYPPP
YY is the production year
DDD is the day of the year
PPP is the plant designation and/or instrument rank.
The numbers 001-499 show Kalamazoo production, 500-999 show Nashville production. The Kalamazoo
numbers were discontinued in 1984.
When acoustic production began at the plant built in Bozeman, Montana (in 1989), the series' numbers
were reorganized. Bozeman instruments began using 001-299 designations and, in 1990, Nashville
instruments began using 300-999 designations. It should also be noted that the Nashville plant has not
reached the 900s since 1977, so these numbers have been reserved for prototypes. Examples:
70108276 means the instrument was produced on Jan.10, 1978, in Kalamazoo and was the 276th
instrument stamped that day.

http://www.gibson.com/Files/downloads/bluebook/GibsonSERIALNUMBERS.pdf

 

[CapoFirstFret]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

first digit of the serial number is the tens digit

fifth digit of the serial number is the ones digit...so since both are 8's..it must be a 1988

 

[tubeman87]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

Yeah, it's an '88...................I never learned to read the serial numbers I just want to confirm what everyone else said, just to seem like I know what I'm doing.......but I really don't.

Mission accomplished.

 

[metlking]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

So then....lets see some pictures!

 

[Aceman]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

83558577 - your guitar was made on the 21st December (355th day) of 1988...

In 1977, Gibson first introduced the serialization method that is in practice today. This updated system
utilizes an impressed eight digit numbering scheme that covers both serializing and dating functions. The
pattern is as follows:
YDDDYPPP
YY is the production year
DDD is the day of the year
PPP is the plant designation and/or instrument rank.
The numbers 001-499 show Kalamazoo production, 500-999 show Nashville production. The Kalamazoo
numbers were discontinued in 1984.
When acoustic production began at the plant built in Bozeman, Montana (in 1989), the series' numbers
were reorganized. Bozeman instruments began using 001-299 designations and, in 1990, Nashville
instruments began using 300-999 designations. It should also be noted that the Nashville plant has not
reached the 900s since 1977, so these numbers have been reserved for prototypes. Examples:
70108276 means the instrument was produced on Jan.10, 1978, in Kalamazoo and was the 276th
instrument stamped that day.

http://www.gibson.com/Files/downloads/bluebook/GibsonSERIALNUMBERS.pdf

As the fonz would say...CORECTAMUNDO!

 

[stonabus]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

oh no!!! you bought a daisy rock by mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

83558577 - your guitar was made on the 21st December (355th day) of 1988...

I don't think so. 1988 was a leap year, so it would've been made on December 20th. Right?

 

[nightwing122087]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

wow what a coincidence..thats my birthday

 

[Simon_F]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

I don't think so. 1988 was a leap year, so it would've been made on December 20th. Right?

I do believe you're right. Smartarse! :nana:

 

[Pete Galati]

Re: Help Identifying my Gibson Les Paul

oh no!!! you bought a daisy rock by mistake!!!!

At least it wasn't a Norlin Daisy Rock

I do believe you're right. Smartarse! :nana:

I tried to find a webpage where you could enter the year, and the day of the year, and have it tell you the date, but all I could find was one that did that in reverse. It confirmed that I was right when I figured out the date of my '98 Junior/Special, but I still had to add up the days of each month in my calculator.