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Originally Posted by tbone0813 Contact the manufacturer with the serial number. They should be able to help you out. |
you'd think...
You've obviously not tried this. Guitar/bass manufactures are NOTORIOUSLY bad at keeping track.
they change systems, leave gaps, intruments get sent back for refurb and get renumbered, necks with one serial number get put on bodies from a completly different era, R&D parts end up getting put on instruments years later, a new neck gets made for an old instrument, and is stamped with the old serial number (then put on a new body!) - just about EVERY possible mix up you can imagine seems to happen. The company changes hands, they "loose" the records. Thats before you get into deliberatly misleading sellers who try and make instruments appear more attractive by messing with the numbers.
Pretty much everything I've ever read about serial numbers for a whole load of different manucturers has always begun: " brand XXXX serial numbering is rather complex and less conclusive than you'd expect".
What brand are you talking about?
Ian
