Gibson Factory Mandolins 1900-1950. Gibson A Mandolin: Serial Number not entirely certain. 1 serial number off another known. Drivers Hp Pavilion Zv6000 Windows Xp. May 02, 2009 This is from a sticky at the Gibson Forum; From Gibson's site; 1) HISTORIC '50s SOLIDBODIES, EXAMPLE: 7 1001 (1957 Goldtop) -the first digit represents the year being. If you don't think the guitar is legit, phone or email the serial # to Gibson, they should be able to tell you what guitar that serial number is for, eg '91 Black Les Paul Custom. Dwagar, Feb 23, 2010 #11 jerryjer Junior Member. Likes Received: 0. Joined: Aug 11, 2014. Naz420 said: ↑. Index to Vintage Gibson Banjo Serial Number Information. Here you will find the Pre-War serial numbers divided into 3 groups, starting with serial number 8000 in 1925.

A long time ago I had my Les Paul custom stolen. Is there any way to find if the guitar ever surfaced? Does the serial number go into a stolen database?I'm not aware of one. Do you have a police report? If so, then your best bet is to keep an eye out on Craigslist, eBay, Gbase, and Reverb. If you have a picture and a serial number, you could post it somewhere like here on the hopes that someone recognizes it. However, you may just end up tipping someone off that it was stolen, and you may never see it again if the thief/owner decides it was a keeper.

Serial numbers are fairly useless for proving authenticity these days. The main thing they're useful for is police reports and insurance claims.Beyond this, some counterfeiters have apparently even gone to extreme lengths in the past by setting up fake 'authentication' websites where they can setup the site to report anything they want about any given serial number, duplicated or otherwise. So if they've got some random number on the back of a Chibson, they make a couple sites that say 'SUPER RARE! Only two in existence, one belonged to Les Paul himself!' When that number is keyed in, or crap to that effect. It's a long con but I guess it was worth it.

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