
EE - QingDao (China) = Epiphone Electric.ED - Dongbei (China) = Chinese Dongbei means North-east.EA - QingDao (China) = Epiphone Acoustic.B - Bohêmia Musico-Delicia (Czech Republic).Because there aren’t any factory ledgers prior to the 1980’s for Epiphone, these stamps will give you the closest approximation to their manufacturing date.
When trying to date your vintage Epiphone or Gibson instrument, the most accurate way to do it is by decoding the serial number.It follows that potential scammers can use this knowledge to try to trick unsuspecting buyers.
#SJ04051345 EPIPHONE SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP CODE#
This website possesses NO DATABASE of guitars made by manufactures, instead simple serial code patterns that are available on this site and in the wider guitar community are used. Epiphone Elite/Elitist models FYSSSS F= Factory Code (this code will be an 'F' or 'T') Y= Year of manufacture (2 = 2002, 3 = 2003, etc.) SSSS= Sequential Serial Number Example - T41234 is a 2004 Elitist model. RRRR= ranking number Example - R03D0263 was issued in April 2003. Guitar scale diagrams/charts, with color CAGED shapes for pentatonic, blues, major and minor scales. Korean-made Epiphones have a letter (manufacturer's ID code) and a 7 or 8-digit serial number as follows: First digit (7) or first 2 digits (8): Year of manufacture. Gibson-built Epiphones followed the Gibson serial numbering scheme. Original Epiphones had a number of different serial numbering schemes, depending on the year.