

Under the direction of the Tacoma Guitar Co., Orpheum has been resurrected with the intent of preserving a wonderful legacy of high quality banjos, as well as creating other traditional instruments. In the late 60’s, Orpheum faded away into obscurity. Your serial number (G209011xx) indicates your guitar is an '03, finished on the 209th day of the year (Monday, July 28, 2003), the next '0' indicates it's a round hole (which you already know), and the 11 indicates it was the 11th instrument finished that day. guitars, Orpheum contributed to the romance period of American musical history.
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Serial numbers which start with 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 & 1, and are 6 digits long are most likely to be a solid body, all bar a few 4 digit serial numbers were LP Juniors or Gibson Specials from 1958. It should be noted that many manufactures dont have complete records themselves so any progress given here are based on what we know we still have to complete for a given manufacturer and may still be missing serial numbers after 100 complete. A 6 digit serial number is solid-bodied guitars produced from the years: 1955, 1956, 1959, or 1960. (105 = the one-hundred and fifth day of the year, etc.)ģ) The next set of digits reflects the daily production number and internal batch routing Our Takamine progress so far : Takamine Guitar Serial lookup: 80 complete. (B = 1998, C = 1999, etc.) If there is no letter in the first position, congratulations! Your guitar was one of the first units we produced!Ģ) The next three digits reflect the Julian calendar date of the manufacturing year by number of days. The letter system began 1998 with the letter B. Manufactured dates can be determined from the serial number on the inside of your instrument.ġ) The letter in the first position refers to the year in which it was produced. Tacoma In 1997 the numbers started with 97.and then had sequential numbers regardless of model.In 1998 they began using a B representing 98.then a.
