- Note: Samick-made pianos are identified using an odd system of serial numbers and letters that appears to vary from factory to factory. Please contact SMC for information on the date of manufacture of a Samick-made piano. Warranty: 10 years, parts and labor.
- Ibanez serial numbers are unique identifiers placed on instruments sold under the Ibanez brand. Ibanez guitars have used serial numbers since the mid 1970s. Some sources say the practice started in September 1975, but serial numbers indicating production as early as October 1974 have been spotted. The serial numbers are generally a character string containing letters and numbers, although some.
By the mid-1990s, they were the single largest guitar manufacturer in the world! Because they build under contract for many famous brand names, more likely than not, you've already played one of their guitars. For more, see: Samick's History. For help decoding a serial number, see: Serial Numbers.
Vantage Dating and Serialnumbers
VANTAGE serial numbers (electric guitars/basses)
1978?/79:
V-100 model: 'V-100'-sticker, no serial
1979 models:
VLP Spirit: six digit ser.nos. 05xxxx
Vantage Standard – VS: five digit ser.nos. 6xxxx Anandam serial actress photos hd.
Vantage Performer – VP: five digit ser.nos. 7xxxx
700VP
Vantage Artist – VA: five digit ser.nos. 8xxxx
VA-800
Ghost (VP-750):
no or hard to read serial number.
1979 models: 4 digit serial number.
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1979/1980 (until 4/80):
6 digit serial numbers: 0xxxxx
1980 (April) – 1984 (June?):
7 digit serial numbers
First digit = year of production (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
Digits 2 + 3 = month of production
VS-650
0040415 = 1980 – April – 0415
1980/81:
VA-900 series: 6 digits:
First digit (0 or 1) = year
Digts 2+3 month
VA-900
006108 = 1980 – June – 108
7 digit # for late '81 models
Samick Guitar
1981/82:
'Special' series of VP and VA models: five digit ser.nos: 71xxx or 72xxx(VP), 81xxx or 82xxx(VA) (following the number system of their '79/ '80 predecessors)
Samick Bass Guitar Artist Series
1984 – 1988:
Letter prefix serial numbers:
(A-L)xxxxxx: letter=month
– A=January
– B=February
– C=March
– D=April
– E-May
– F=June
– G=July
– H=August
– I=September
– J=October
– K=November
– L=December
First digit=year of production (unconfirmed!)
33B-XF
J500338 = October – 1985 – 00338
1990 – 1998 (Samick models):
Acoustic models (THis information is not verefied!!!)
Matsumoku didn't produce any acoustic guitars themself. Their were set out to other factories.
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Here's a list of producers with the code:
S = Samick
C = Cort
K = KWO
F = Fujigen
P = Peerless factory in Pusan Korea. PA = Acoustic and PE = Electric
