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that has a lot of posts with models and serials. So, I've tabulated as much of the info from that page and my own guitar to try to figure out the serial number scheme.
I'm fairly convinced the first digit of the serial # is the last digit of the year. Beyond that, I don't see a useful pattern (see below)
Also, the spreadsheet gives meaning for some of the letters:
※FH・F：ﾌｫｰｸｷﾞﾀｰ = folk guitar
W・GR・GW：ｳｪｽﾀﾝﾀｲﾌﾟ = Western type
NY：ﾆｭｰﾖｰｶｰ = New Yorker
model#serial#YearJp yearEst. Prod. Year
W-65H 50832 1974-1975 Showa 49-501975
F-100 29034 1968-73 Showa 43-481972
W150 61281 1975-1980Showa 50-551976
GA-10050844 ??????
??20907 ??????
K-190J902??????
wos 260 BB90431 ??????
T120 10903??????
W-300 409641975-1980Showa 50-55Could this be 1974?
WT-65H 80614 ??????
W-65HS 80636??????
KW-150 806971975-1980Showa 50-551978
9510 90218??????
No.18（ｽﾁｰﾙｸﾗｼｯｸ）??1967-1968????
Anyone else have a Kiso Suzuki and care to post the model and serial numbers?
Although, the body shape on mine looks more like the F-90 than the F-100 from the 1971 catalogue
[/img]Statistics: Posted by devnulljp — Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:12 am
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Questions: Any way to date these? Pics below.
EDIT: 1972
Label reads (in English, so I'm guessing not a Japan only model):
K. Suzuki
KISO, SUZUKI VIOLIN CO., LTD.
MODEL No. F-100 JAPAN
Serial#: 29034
It doesn't have the "lawsuit" Martin ripoff headstock logo, so I'm guessing later rather than earlier.
1979? early 80s? EDIT: 1972 (It has a zero fret, which were popular in the 80s with trashy guitars to try to fix intonation issues).
Any ideas?
One weird thing; I just took the old strings off to clean it and the strings go right through the top so the ball ends are inside the guitar! The strings are fed _through_ the top, so you need to reach inside to remove them. I'm guessing at some point in its life someone drilled through the string holes in the bridge to do this. Maybe the bridge pins weren't holding or something? Who knows? Is this normal? (I've never had an acoustic with pegs before).
EDIT: Thanks to , I found this with dates, prices, and model numbers.
Looks like mine was made from Oct 1968 to Jan 1973 and sold for the princely sum of Y15,000 in 1968 dropping to Y10,000 for the rest of its lifetime. So, an approximately $100 guitar
Wonder how to decipher that serial #. Without others to compare, it's not possible. Might be meaningless to try anyway. I'm so tempted to use the Japanese calendar dates though: Oct Showa 42 to Jan Showa 48 ...
The strings feeding through the top thing...
Statistics: Posted by devnulljp — Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:30 pm
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