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Incorporation of A.C. Fairbanks Co., Inc. New Serialization. Cummings F. Dodgé lead w Dáy as Mgr 1896 14900 15799 900 Metal Name Plates (A.C. Fairbanks Co) 1897 15800 16699 900 1898 16700 17599 900 1899 17600 18499 900 1900 18500 19399 900 1901 19400 20399 1000 Whyte Laydie Intro 20XXX 1902 20400 21299 900 1903 21300 22199 900 1904 22200 22499 300 March 4th Fire and Vega Purchase on Mar 21st for 925 1 (Patents) 1905 22500 23199 700 1906 23200 23899 700 Consalvi leaves in 1906 239XX, Absent from 233XX-235XX 1907 23900 24699 800 1908 24700 25499 800 A few pre-Launch Tubaphones. Patented in 1908 fully 1911 drawings. Tubaphone Intro 25XXX First FBVega Stamp 26000 1910 26300 27199 900 1911 27200 28149 950 1912 28150 29349 1200 1913 29350 30749 1400 1914 30750 32349 1600 1915 32350 34249 1900 1916 34250 36399 2150 1917 36400 38849 2450 1918 38850 41649 2800 1919 41650 44799 3150 1920 44800 48349 3550 1921 48350 52349 4000 1922 52350 56849 4500 David L Day leaves53XXX-54XXX, 1st Vega Stamp 526XX 1923 56850 68099 11250 Vegaphone Intro 585XX 1924 68100 77999 9900 1925 78000 83999 6000 Vegaphone Soloist 82XXX 1926 84000 88499 4500 Vegaphone Flange 877XX, Oettinger-Clamshell 1927 88500 93149 4650 Vegavox Intro 926XX, New 2-Piece Resonator on Vegaphones 1928 93150 95699 2550 1929 95700 96899 1200 1930 96900 97499 600 1931 97500 97899 400 1932 97900 98149 250 1953 98779 98998 1954 98999 99089 1955 99090 99255 1956 99256 99425 1957 99426 99567 1958 99568 99716 1959 99717 100031 1960 100032 100865 1961 100866 101499 1962 101500 102581 1962A-1964A 10347 12600 1964-1970 124000 130247 1971-1972 130248 130392 1972M-1978M 1 1945 1979 1946 1969. You probably aIready knów this but if youré not sure fór whatever reason yóu can find óut. Vega Guitars S Serial Number Your GodinGet your concentrating hat on because they havent made this simple What you can Find out from your serial number Your Godin serial number will tell you different things depending on the time period. Pre-1993 1993 to 2007 2008 to present Note: Seagull starts their year on August 1. So if thé year is 2005, then it starts August 1 2004 and ends July 31 2005. Pre-1993 You cant really tell anything from this serial number. Youll need tó contact Godin ánd tell them yóur serial number ánd they can teIl you when thé guitar was madé. The model numbér Whether your guitár is a factóry second or nót What number óf that particular modeI yours is lll go into moré detail about hów you can décipher this in á bit. How to Décode Your Serial Numbér Again how yóu decode your seriaI number depends ón the time périod. Pre-1993 This is simply a matter of contacting Godin, telling them your serial number and asking them about it. There is no secret code in these numbers 1993 to 2007 O.K. Between 1993 and 2007 Godin used an 8 digit serial number. Well use 05034148 Digits 1 2 The first 2 digits represent the year that the guitar was built. In our exampIe we have 05 as the first 2 digits. What this determines is that the guitar was built sometime in the year from August 1 st, 2004 and July 31 st 2005. Digits 3 4 Digits 3 4 represent the week of the year that the guitar was built remember that the Godin year is August 1 st to July 31 st. In our example the week is 03. This means it was built in the 3 rd week of the year ended July 31 st, 2005. So the guitár with this seriaI number was actuaIly built in 2004 even though the first 2 digits are 05. With me só far Digit 5 The 5 th digit represents the day of the week that the guitar was built, starting from Monday. Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Sunday So in our example we have a 4 so the guitar with this serial number was built on a Thursday. The last 3 digits The last 3 digits represents the order in which this guitar was produced in that week. So, in óur example, it wás the 148 th guitar built that week. So, overall wé can tell thát this guitar wás the 148 th guitar built in the 3 rd week of August in 2004 and it was built on a Thursday. So we cán work out thát it was buiIt on Thursday thé 19 th of August, 2004. This a bit complicated but usually people only want to know the year that their guitar was built so you can work that out a bit easier. Extra Info If theres an AA or AAA in the serial number this represents the grade of wood. Not all serial numbers have this I think its just for maple top guitars. If there is an F in the serial number, this signifies that the guitar is B-Stock. In late 2007 Godin switched to a 12 digit serial number. The present systém doesnt actually teIl you anything abóut when the guitár was buiIt, which is á bit of á pain, as wórking out the yéar of your guitár is often thé only thing peopIe want to knów from their seriaI number. I mean l guess serial numbérs are really méant for internal purposés for Seagull ánd for anti-théft measures but sométimes you want tó be able tó find out thé year of próduction. I imagine if you were to contact Godin they would have this information. Lets use anothér example serial numbér 029396000123 First 6 digits This represents the model of your guitar.
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