Dcme martin guitar serial numbers identify 673055

#DCME MARTIN GUITAR SERIAL NUMBERS IDENTIFY 673055 SERIAL NUMBER#

The quality of the neck repair makes a big difference also. Sorry can't help you with the value but the replaced parts and specially the neck repair will hurt the value. The XX is the year the pot was made and tells you the guitar was made after that date. If the pots are original you can pop the backing plate and look for a number like 137-xxyy.

#DCME MARTIN GUITAR SERIAL NUMBERS IDENTIFY 673055 SERIAL NUMBER#

Your serial number seems like a 1968 number and if the neck is one-piece (rather than three pieces of Mahogany) combined with no Made In USA and no volute your guitar is definitely from before 1969. The dot markers, bound fingerboard, and p90s means the guitar is from the very early 70s at the latest. By most counts Gibson started with the Volute and the Made in USA at the end of '69 but i've seen a few SGs without a volute that i'm pretty sure were 1970 guitars based on the neck joint and the 'Gibson Deluxe' stamped on the tuners. No Made In USA means it's probably from the 60's.

The best way to tell if it's late 60s or early 70s is to check for a volute (bump on the back of the neck below the headstock) and a Made In USA stamped below the serial number. Last four numbers are the batch number (first - zero for yours) and instrument number stamped that day (can't remember if the instrument number starts at 0 or not).

I think Gibson went to a 9 digit number in 2005 or 2006. Serial number indicates it was built on the 116th day of 2006. So 137-7421 would be CTS pots from the 21st week of 1974. The xx is the year number and the yy is the week of the year. You can narrow down the date using the pots - if they're original they should have a number like 137-xxyy stamped on the back. eBay is hit-n-miss but could net you some good cash. People usually shop for 'deals' at guitar shows so the best venue to sell it would probably be classifieds like Craigslist. Google 'gibson serial ' and it should turn up a site with great serial number info. Is there any other info that you need to know to give a ball park figure on what it is worth? Reply DeleteД¬onfirmed that it's a '69, probably early '69 based on the pots. The body has dings in it but nothing major.

The action is low and it is awesome to play. It now has Grover tuners on it, one original chrome pick up in the neck position, and a humbucker in the bridge position (butter finger or something like that). It may have had a different pick guard on it too. There had been a tremolo on, but before I bought it so I don't know what it looked like. There is also a bell shaped plastic piece that is screwed on to the headstock, under the strings, just where it meets the neck. There is a large inlay of some sort on the front of the headstock, the same kind of material and color that Gibson is written in on the headstock in. There are rhombus shaped mother of pearl inlays in the frets. The serial number and Made in USA are in ink not stamped into the wood. I want a fair price but I also want it to get out and be played again by someone who plays actively.

Dcme martin guitar serial numbers identify 673055