Martin ukes and many early postwar Gibsons are known for this “feature”. Most plausible is still the theory that these xxG mystery stamps were applied as a sort of ID for instruments without a visible manufacturer’s serial number or FON. Serial Number Year Manufactured - Serial Number< Search for the serial number of the brand Martin Band Instruments to determine the age of your instrument. So I am pretty sure it was applied later, not by Epiphone.
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Please note that fender serial numbers tend to overlap by at least a year, and thereby the date of your guitar can only be approximated. The mystery stamp (18G 391) does not fit any known Epiphone serial number scheme. The Fender serial number decoder currently supports all documented MIA, MIJ, MIM, MIK and MII formats with the exception of Custom Shop, Relic and Reissue instruments. That Electar Hawaiian most probably left the factory without a serial number stamp. 1833,' and featured dead ringers of several best-selling Martin guitars. Martin had set up shop in the trade show hall.
And as far as I know practically all Epiphones from the 1930-50s had a serial number - well, except some of the earliest 1935 Electars, exactly the sort I posted above. Martin executives got an unwelcome surprise when they arrived in Shanghai for Music China this past October: Another C.F. Epiphone stamped their Electar electric models that way during 1936-1938.
I don’t think the Les Paul example and Steve’s D-18 are related to the "xxG mystery stamps”.Īnyway, quite a few manufacturers stamped serial numbers at the top of the headstock.
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