PunkKitty Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 I got tired of having to figure out the year of manufacture from the old chart. Here's an updated version. Heritage Guitars Serial Number to Year of Manufacture Conversion Serial Number Prefix Year of Manufacture B 1985 C 1986 D 1987 E 1988 F 1989 G 1990 H 1991 I 1992 J 1993 K 1994 L 1995 M 1996 N 1997 O 1998 P 1999 Q 2000 R 2001 S 2002 T 2003 U 2004 V 2005 W 2006 X 2007 Y 2008 Z 2009 AA 2010 AB 2011 AC 2012 AD 2013 AE 2014 AF 2015 AG 2016 AH 2017 AI 2018 AJ 2019 AK 2020 AL 2021 AM 2022
Gitfiddler Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 That's great, PK. Thanks for taking the time to do that. Can you convert the chart into a PDF or other format so we can copy it?
ElChoad Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 My Custom Core starts with HC. If I use the pattern on this chart and my calculations are correct, it will be made in 2194. Sweet! I can't wait! ?
TalismanRich Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 ELChoad, You have one of the fancy ones with the hard stamped numbers. Standard Collection:1 (identifier) YY (year) XXXX (numerical ID) Custom Shop:HC1 (identifier) YY (year) XXXX (numerical ID) I don't know what the identifier is. All the ones I have seen with the stamped numbers are H150s, which have a 1. Anyone have a hollow or semi with a hard number? Personally, I like the quaint old silver stamped ones with the "Made in Kalamazoo MI USA". Sometimes it smeared enough that you couldn't tell what the letter or numbers were. I think they had to retire the old stamper...it only had one letter, and it was probably getting pretty worn out.
bolero Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 Must have been a lot of work to print the other 25 of them, using just one letter. I'd be worn out, too! Might explain why so many J's look like I's and K's, M's & N's as well. I wonder which letter they had?
High Flying Bird Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 Excellent. I saved this and sent it to my other computers. Thank you. Some of those old Heritage guitars with the janky stamped numbers stamped on them are some of the best instruments to ever come out of 225 Parsons.
skydog52 Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 52 minutes ago, High Flying Bird said: Excellent. I saved this and sent it to my other computers. Thank you. Some of those old Heritage guitars with the janky stamped numbers stamped on them are some of the best instruments to ever come out of 225 Parsons. Thank You Monica! Totally agree Ron.
ElChoad Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 7 hours ago, TalismanRich said: ELChoad, You have one of the fancy ones with the hard stamped numbers. Standard Collection:1 (identifier) YY (year) XXXX (numerical ID) Custom Shop:HC1 (identifier) YY (year) XXXX (numerical ID) I don't know what the identifier is. All the ones I have seen with the stamped numbers are H150s, which have a 1. Anyone have a hollow or semi with a hard number? Personally, I like the quaint old silver stamped ones with the "Made in Kalamazoo MI USA". Sometimes it smeared enough that you couldn't tell what the letter or numbers were. I think they had to retire the old stamper...it only had one letter, and it was probably getting pretty worn out. One of these days, I will have a "proper" one with the silver stamp. One of the next things on my list of wants.
PunkKitty Posted June 16, 2022 Author Posted June 16, 2022 Glad to help. It only took a few minutes with Google Sheets. It just makes things easier for all of us.
Gitfiddler Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 6 hours ago, PunkKitty said: Glad to help. It only took a few minutes with Google Sheets. It just makes things easier for all of us. PK, you are AWESOME! Thanks again.
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