![]() YDDDYBRRR translation: Made in 2019, stamped ready for paint on Friday December 20th (354th day of the year), and the 175th guitar stamped that day. YDDDYBRRR, YY (2020) being the year, 020 (20th of January, 2020) being the Day the guitar was ready for paint, B being a 'batch' number, and 355 being the production number of the guitar for that particular day. For example, a 2020 USA made Gibson guitar with a serial number reading: Reading this you would think that the info posted above this has been replaced with something new. RRRRRRR is the number in product for the model year (starts at 0000001)" It is not uncommon for a new model year model to be produced during the previous model year (example – a 2015 model may have been built in late 2014). The new model year typically launches in the fall as the current model year winds down. "Gibson USA 2014 to present – These serial numbers cannot be dated to a specific day of the year. Here I refer to the current 9 digit code that Gibson is using, not CS or stencil stamped serial numbers. The Gibson site contains some mixed info on it as to how to date a 2019-2022 USA guitar.
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