On rare occasions, some dates can be found on. For bid is an IBANEZ MODEL AEF18-BK-OP-01 ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC GUITAR. This S470 features a mahogany body bolted to a maple Wizard II.
Serial Numbers with CN0 +5 digits up to CN6 +5 digits are Squire guitars 1988-96. That Ibanez serial number doesn't match anything in the databases I have searched. The guitar shows some wear and a few minor dings. Instrument: Ibanez GSR205 Production Date: February 2004 Factory: Saein, Korea Serial Number: A04021168 Advertisement.
Great deal on a gently used Ibanez electric guitar. First two numbers in the sequence will tell you when your guitar was produced. The import guitar models before November of 2000 have a serial number starting with the letter "F", the USA models do not. According to the guitar dater project website. No serial number usual equals stolen but if you got it direct from a manufacturer, particularly for a tradeshow, it probably means it is a prototype or non-production bass. Historical information is partly in the serial number: Cort 1996 July number in the overall production (not just JS): 3519 How many JS700 guitars were produced, I don't know. In 2008 the S470 was updated in 2008 with new inlays and an altered tremolo system. The Epiphone serial number decoder currently supports 12 serial number formats from 25 factories. These serial formats will no doubt overlap with others. The charts below detail the most common Fender serial number schemes from 1976 to the present.