any guitair heads (players ) on here ??
25 April 2011, 05:46 PM
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any guitair heads (players ) on here ??
To cut a long story short , im having to sell a few things off ,
Ive got my bc rich for sale
Laney lc50 valve amp
and a ibanez prestige 2120x but i carnt find any info on what this one is worth , ive found the article that was in the mag when i brought it say 9 years ago .. i paid £900 for it then and it was second hand , got 2 jack sockets because it runs a piezo bridge also , it sounds amazing , but i carnt find any for sale anywhere in uk not even on flebay , anyone got any ideas ???????????? or even how to date it ???? every link i go on google just takes it to us ...... um HELP
cheers rich
Ive got my bc rich for sale
Laney lc50 valve amp
and a ibanez prestige 2120x but i carnt find any info on what this one is worth , ive found the article that was in the mag when i brought it say 9 years ago .. i paid £900 for it then and it was second hand , got 2 jack sockets because it runs a piezo bridge also , it sounds amazing , but i carnt find any for sale anywhere in uk not even on flebay , anyone got any ideas ???????????? or even how to date it ???? every link i go on google just takes it to us ...... um HELP
cheers rich
25 April 2011, 05:52 PM
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You can date Ibanez's by their serial number, usually on or around the neck plate?
It should start with a letter which relates to which month it was made A - Jan, B - Feb, C - Mar etc
Then it should have the 2 digits of the year.
My old ibanez starts with C85 so i know it was made in march 1985!
As for pricing im really not sure, it looks just below a Jem in the model range?
If so id just price it just below an equivilent Jem
It should start with a letter which relates to which month it was made A - Jan, B - Feb, C - Mar etc
Then it should have the 2 digits of the year.
My old ibanez starts with C85 so i know it was made in march 1985!
As for pricing im really not sure, it looks just below a Jem in the model range?
If so id just price it just below an equivilent Jem
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Just dated the serial number on the neck to f00300@@ , which means it was made in Fujigen in japan ,
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HEADSTOCK SERIAL STICKERS
1987 - 1996 - Guitars built in Japan between these years will have a serial number beginning with F followed by 6 numbers. F is the production factory which stands for Fujigen. The first digit will be the last digit of the year, ie. F8***** is a guitars made in Fujigen in 1988. The last 5 numbers will be the consecutive number denoting production count for the year. 25899 would be the 25899th guitar built that year.
1997 - Present - Under the old numbering scheme 1997 would show duplicate numbers to 1987 so the serial number was changed to the F and 7 digits, now the first 2 denoting year of production. F98***** is a guitar built by Fujigen in 1998. The last 5 digits continue as a consecutive production count for the year.
Factories - Shown as F for Fujigen in the examples above, other factories used that mainly produced the budget models were C for Cort [Korea], S for Samick [Korea], W for World [Korea], and guitars are also built in Indonesia, China, and who knows where else. These serial numbers are usually quite different from the MIJ numbers, have many extra digits because of the enormous volume of guitars produced, and I am not familiar enough with any of them to tell you how to figure out the dating.
Cort Serial Numbers - Cort serial numbers are denoted with a C prefix followed by either 7 or 8 digits. I'm not sure what year the changeover occurred but using the formula it will be easy for you to tell. A 7 digit number example - C5030567 - translates, 5 = 1995, 03 = 3rd month [March], 0567 = 567th guitar built in March 1995. An 8 digit number example - C03114373 - translates, 03 = 2003, 11 = 11th month [November], 4373 = 4373rd guitar built in November 2003
HEADSTOCK SERIAL STICKERS
1987 - 1996 - Guitars built in Japan between these years will have a serial number beginning with F followed by 6 numbers. F is the production factory which stands for Fujigen. The first digit will be the last digit of the year, ie. F8***** is a guitars made in Fujigen in 1988. The last 5 numbers will be the consecutive number denoting production count for the year. 25899 would be the 25899th guitar built that year.
1997 - Present - Under the old numbering scheme 1997 would show duplicate numbers to 1987 so the serial number was changed to the F and 7 digits, now the first 2 denoting year of production. F98***** is a guitar built by Fujigen in 1998. The last 5 digits continue as a consecutive production count for the year.
Factories - Shown as F for Fujigen in the examples above, other factories used that mainly produced the budget models were C for Cort [Korea], S for Samick [Korea], W for World [Korea], and guitars are also built in Indonesia, China, and who knows where else. These serial numbers are usually quite different from the MIJ numbers, have many extra digits because of the enormous volume of guitars produced, and I am not familiar enough with any of them to tell you how to figure out the dating.
Cort Serial Numbers - Cort serial numbers are denoted with a C prefix followed by either 7 or 8 digits. I'm not sure what year the changeover occurred but using the formula it will be easy for you to tell. A 7 digit number example - C5030567 - translates, 5 = 1995, 03 = 3rd month [March], 0567 = 567th guitar built in March 1995. An 8 digit number example - C03114373 - translates, 03 = 2003, 11 = 11th month [November], 4373 = 4373rd guitar built in November 2003
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