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If the serial number of your Kramer starts with the following serial numbers, it is NOT a USA Made or 'American' series Kramer: 1) Two letters followed by a serial number (e.g. AA1234, AC1234, FA1234, FC1234, SA1234) 2) One letter followed by five letters (e.g. B12345) The only exception to this would be some of the 'E' series neckplates did have one letter followed by five letters (e.g.

Vantage Dating and Serialnumbers

VANTAGE serial numbers (electric guitars/basses)

1978?/79:
V-100 model: “V-100”-sticker, no serial

1979 models:
VLP Spirit: six digit ser.nos. 05xxxx

Vantage Standard – VS: five digit ser.nos. 6xxxx

Vantage Performer – VP: five digit ser.nos. 7xxxx
700VP

Vantage Artist – VA: five digit ser.nos. 8xxxx
VA-800

Ghost (VP-750):
no or hard to read serial number.
1979 models: 4 digit serial number.

1979/1980 (until 4/80):
6 digit serial numbers: 0xxxxx

1980 (April) – 1984 (June?):
7 digit serial numbers
First digit = year of production (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
Digits 2 + 3 = month of production
VS-650
0040415 = 1980 – April – 0415

1980/81:
VA-900 series: 6 digits:
First digit (0 or 1) = year
Digts 2+3 month
VA-900
006108 = 1980 – June – 108

Hondo Guitar Serial Number Lookup Number

Hondo Acoustic Guitar Serial Number Lookup

7 digit # for late ’81 models

1981/82:
“Special” series of VP and VA models: five digit ser.nos: 71xxx or 72xxx(VP), 81xxx or 82xxx(VA) (following the number system of their ’79/ ’80 predecessors)

1984 – 1988:
Letter prefix serial numbers:
(A-L)xxxxxx: letter=month
– A=January
– B=February
– C=March
– D=April
– E-May
– F=June
– G=July
– H=August
– I=September
– J=October
– K=November
– L=December
First digit=year of production (unconfirmed!)
33B-XF
J500338 = October – 1985 – 00338

1990 – 1998 (Samick models):

Acoustic models (THis information is not verefied!!!)
Matsumoku didn’t produce any acoustic guitars themself. Their were set out to other factories.

Hondo Guitar Serial Number Lookup Serial

Here’s a list of producers with the code:
S = Samick
C = Cort
K = KWO
F = Fujigen
P = Peerless factory in Pusan Korea. PA = Acoustic and PE = Electric