DATING YAMAHA GUITARS BY REFERENCE OF SERIAL NUMBERS Yamaha maintains a messy serial number system whose coding often occurs complicated and illogical. What makes it even more difficult is that a large part of the serial numbers repeat themselves every decade. Where to find the serial number On electric guitars, the serial number is generally stamped or punched on the headstock. With acoustic guitars, the serial number is usually written somewhere in the sound cavity of the guitar.
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If you want to know the production year of your Yamaha guitar,you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in explanation about the dating system below. The serial number coding systems below only apply to the Yamaha electric guitars.
Since 2000, the letter system for year and month is applied at all Yamaha plant locations. The table YEAR AND MONTH CODING SYSTEM explains the meaning of the letters.