Who knows how to read an Ibanez serial #

[solspirit]

Can you decipher this acoustic artwood?

G8036012

 

[solspirit]

I'm not sure if the first is a G or a 9

 

[ICTGoober]

9. If it was a G it would be backwards.

Now - what's on the back of the peghead?

 

[solspirit]

Made in Korea.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

I knew how to but I forgot.....

 

[Ashurbanipal]

1998. Korean serials with 8 digits and no letter prefix are YY###### (sequential production number for the last six). Usually digits 3-4 indicate the month, but with this particular format, apparently not, as the letter prefix indicating the factory is also absent. There are several variants over the years.