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The last four numbers are the unit number 13. The fifth and sixth numbers are the day 18th. The third and fourth numbers are the month 02=February. The first two numbers are the year 00=2000. The last four numbers are the unit number 11. The fourth and fifth numbers are the day 18th. The second and third numbers are the month March (03). The last three numbers are the unit number 22. The second and third numbers are the month 09=September. YMMI (Yamaha Music Manufacturing Indonesia), Made in Indonesia, 1990-1996: The final four numbers are the unit number 3112. The first two letters are the year Q=0 and I=2, so 2002. Three letters, six numbers, like so: QIM183112. Kaohsiung Factory, Made in Taiwan, 2001-: The final three numbers are the unit number 111. Kaohsiung Factory, Made in Taiwan, 1971-2001: The last four numbers are the unit number 21. Tenryu/Wada Factory, Made in Japan, 1985-1986: The final two numbers are the unit number. The second two numbers are the month here, May. Tenryu/Wada Factory, Made in Japan, 1969-1984: No year of manufacture can be determined. Tenryu/Wada Factory, Made in Japan, 1946-1968: The three numbers are the unit number 123. Letter-letter-letter-#-letter, like so: QIL123A. Yamaha Music Craft, Made in Japan, 2001-: (See previous entry for Yamaha Music Craft for more on the numbering.) During 1999, they starting the count each month at 200 rather than 500. The last three numbers are the unit number. The three numbers are the unit number this started over each month at 500, so unit number 21. (That first letter is an “oh” not a zero.) Yamaha Music Craft, Made in Japan, 1997-1999: 111 is the unit number and the final letter is an internal code. Letter-letter-letter-#-letter, like so: QLY111C. The three numbers are again, unit number. 213=unit number and that last letter is an internal code. Using the charts, we see that H=1991 and P=September. The last three numbers indicate unit number.
The number following the letter is the year, in this case. The letter at the beginning represents the month, so J would be March (see chart above). If you still can’t figure it out, please see Yamaha contact info at the bottom of this page.Īlternate serial number configurations for Yamaha Classical and Acoustic Guitars First LetterĪ lot of people have written in to say, “Hey! My Yamaha serial number looks nothing like this!” To you folks, we offer the following: Several other serial number configurations used by Yamaha over the years. The last three numbers represent order of production on the day the guitar was made.Įxample: hm02316 = the 316th unit made on June 2 of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, or 2001.
The first two numbers indicate the day of the month. (Their numbering system began with “H” for 1.) The first letter indicates the last digit of the year of production.
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I guess this is what the 1969 catalog refers to as “large, individual specially designed baffles.” And all along I thought the big n’ tall silverface cabs were just a macho thing to compete against the awesome looks of a Marshall half stack or full stack.Serial numbers on Yamaha guitars repeat every ten years due to the way they are formed. I just discovered that the silverface Bandmaster speaker cabinet (the big, tall one without tilt-back legs) is ported (see photo). Note the removal of the voltage selector switch and hard-wiring. Mid-1968 Super Reverb export model modified by Hagstrm for the Swedish market. They were something to behold, all chatting away while soldering so quickly, it didn't hardly seem like they were looking at the amps.Īfter that the foreman would add the tubes, turn 'em on and set the bias.” Export models – We’ve confirmed that Fender amps were distributed by Hagstrm in Sweden.
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Well, this universal “truth” was debunked when we found a bunch of amps with transformers made by the Better Coil and Transformers company.įor instance, he confirmed our assumption that the amp chassis were put into stock after being stamped with serial numbers and that the chassis were pulled from the stock bins randomly (just as with Fender guitar neck plates).
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These are marked with EIA code “606” which is the company number for Schumacher. The Australian Fender Distributor then installed 240V - 110V stepdown transformers in the bottom of the cabinets. One has to wonder where all those factory original export back panels are! Another interesting tidbit is that a lot of Fenders were imported into Australia in the late 1950s and early 1960s that were stock 110-volt (domestic US) units.
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