Like most mainstream guitar companies, ESP constantly strives to identify gaps in both the market as a whole and within its own catalogue; after all, where there's opportunity, there's the chance to make a nice wedge. Thanks to the endorsement of a number of A-list metal bands, not least Metallica, Slayer and Children Of Bodom, the vibe of many ESP and the firm's lower priced LTD guitars is intertwined with the dark art of high-octane rock - boasting active pickups, fast necks and a sturdy construction. 'The EC's metal tones are none too convincing, causing us to have some doubts about the pickups.'
This shiny new Indonesian-made LTD 330 Series subscribes wholeheartedly to the ideal. Aimed at players who are meagre of pocket but flush with ambition, it fits snugly between the cheaper end of the catalogue and those models suited to semi-pro players with a bigger budget. Each of the five incumbents feature a bolt-on neck, just one choice of finish per model and come loaded with the new ESP-branded active ALH-200 pickups. 'The new ALH-200 set features ceramic bar magnets to cover any string spacing and to give plenty of punch along with the moderate output coil windings,' ESP tells us. 'Although active, we wanted to keep more of an organic sound, so players will notice that our pickups do offer a moderate amount of gain, and we feel that players can actually use our active pickups with their existing amps and not feel like they are completely changing their sound.' Do these guitars offer yet more choice or further muddy the waters?
We've been looking at four of the five new models - the, the, the EC-330 and the - to try to find out. Smooth contours ESP's single-cutaway EC and Eclipse ranges include some lovely guitars - James Hetfield, for example, swears by his Truckster and Iron Cross - and when set-up well, they produce a wonderful noise. Here the complement of controls is further expanded to include independent volume pots alongside a master tone and, at 49mm at its thickest, the mahogany body is sufficiently slender to reduce weight without, in theory, having an adverse on the tone. It also offers some smooth contours, including some shaping around the entire neck plate and behind the cutaway - there's even a subtle central arch.
The maple neck is nicely finished and gives a profile that feels compact, especially at the lower frets. Sounds Tone-wise the EC sits between its siblings the M and Viper - it has less depth than the latter but a better overall balance than the former, and the lightweight construction makes it arguably nicer to play than either. Sadly, like its stablemates, the EC's metal tones are none too convincing, causing us to have some doubts about these pickups. When compared with EMG-equipped models, the EC just doesn't cut it if you require tight aggression and fire to your riffs.
At lower gains, things perk up and on the off chance an all-black guitar such as this screams lighter, bouncier tones, there are plenty to enjoy in the EC-330. We're just not sure that's the target market here.
And there was me thinking it was a 160cc motorcycle. The purpose of this article is to solve the mystery of the early Yamaha FG serial numbers, internal markings, and labels.
And to be able to fairly accurately determine when they were made. Yamaha doesn't know exactly when the earliest FG's were made. Everyone has been guessing for years.
Serial Number Idm Gratis
I've been collecting data and. Faq.yamaha.com Support FAQs Search Result: Acoustic Guitars Serial Number Chart For Acoustic and Classical Guitars. Back to the list Go to Product Information. Last Update:. Serial number acoustic color corrected.jpg acoustic a2 color corrected.jpg acoustic a5 color corrected.jpg acoustic a9 color corrected.jpg acoustic a12 color corrected.jpg acoustic a15 color corrected. May 13, 2017 - The most common Yamaha serial numbers follow a system that uses 2 letters, followed by 5 numbers.
Let's look at an example of what this might look like - MM12022. From this we can tell that this is the 22nd guitar built on June 12 of either 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 or 2006.
Serial Number Search
So how does this work? Mycoolguitars.com/mij/yamaha./yamaha-guitar-serial-numbers-dating-your-guitar/ Information gathered from the web: Serial numbers on Yamaha guitars repeat every ten years due to the way they are formed. The first letter indicates the last digit of the year of production. (Their numbering system began with 'H' for 1.) The second letter indicates the month. The first two numbers indicate the day of the.
Www.guitarsite.com/database/Makers/rec/188/wwwboard/messages/1014.shtml Apr 2, 2006 - 3 posts - 1 author Barbara, I found your post looking for info on my brothers FG 160. I know 'Today' there is one on ebay with 1 bid for $199. So I suppose if its under that price your getting a deal.
This guitar is Wholesome and unmatchable in sound quality unless you pay big $$$ for a martin or Taylor. Get the serial number. Apr 08, 2018. Ibanez serial number can tell you two things, year of manufacture and factory or country of manufacture.
With most typical Ibanez serial numbers the first 2 digits will indicate year, or the first digit will indicate the last digit of the year, but there are also some that indicate no year at all. There is no master list to correlate to a model number, This particular style serial number will either be on the neck plate or right into the back of the headstock.
It consists of a letter, A - L, followed by a 6 digit number. The letter stands for the month, A for January etc., the first 2 digits will be the year, 76 is 1976, 96 is 1996, the last 4 digits will be the consecutive production number for that months production, 1356 would be the 1356th guitar produced that month. This form of serial numbering is still used today on guitars where the number is impressed into the back of the headstock. A761356 - The 1356th guitar produced in January '76, hope that helps Jul 21, 2015. Guitar Info Your guitar was made at the Nashville Plant, TN, USA January 26th, 2009 Production Number: 28 Gibson: Nashville Gibson's Nashville plant was opened in Tennessee 1974. All electric models and some acoustic models currently made at this factory.
This facility has an average production rate of 220 guitars a day. Each guitar is built by hand and takes about 4 to 6 weeks to complete. Note: Most hollow and semi-hallow body guitars are made at a separate plant in Memphis Tennessee. This facility has an average production rate of 40 guitars a day. Aug 03, 2014.
Disclaimer The Guitardater Project cannot verify the authenticity of ANY Guitar, this site is simply meant as a tool to satisfy the curiosity of guitar enthusiasts. This website possesses NO DATABASE of guitars made by manufactures, instead simple serial code patterns that are available on this site and in the wider guitar community are used. It follows that potential scammers can use this knowledge to try to trick unsuspecting buyers. If you have any doubts as to a guitars’ authenticity please contact the guitar manufacturer before your purchase.
Unfortunally ESP didn't keep good records of old serial numbers. Many records have been lost during years and most of all were destroyed in a fire accident on late '90s in ESP Japan factory. For old guitars we can only know the exact data reading the ESP warranty card (when there is), or unscrewing the neck (if the neck is bolt on) and read under it becuse probably theres the data write on pencil). I keep record of this data in order to try to deduce other correspondences. ESP Guitar Company says: 'Unfortunately the factories at ESP Japan have not kept a consistent and sensible serial number tracking system in place over the years. This has resulted in alot of confusion, and. You may still come across the occasional serial number that may conflict with, or doesn't fall under any of the listed categories.
For this we apologize, and we are working to maintain a more consistent system going forward. The PRE-2015 system doesn't apply to early ESP's, some of which had no serial number tracking system at all and used random numbers. Thanks for your understanding.' NOTES ON SERIAL NUMBERS. Some of the ESPs have black hardware in North America and Black Nickel hardware elsewhere. It all began a few years ago with the EU and a thing called the RoHS (Regulation of Hazardous Materials) and Gotoh in Japan basically changed their production to ensure they didn’t lose the European market, and that being manufacturers who shipped to Europe, which is most everyone.
They changed pretty much everything for the “export” market, and export to most makers means anything but US. Kind of a long story.
They have a way of producing black again now so expect it to all go back to the way most of us prefer over time. NOTES: - year '7' can be 1987 or 1997, '8' can be 1988 or 1998, '9' can be 1989 or 1999!
You have to look at the models in production that year. sometimes in old guitars (80s early 90s) first digit is missing when is '0' and the serial is 7 digits total (ex. 3038467, means number 467) - lot of old esp's does not have any serial on the back of the headstock. If you are lucky you can find a serial written on pencil where the body is bolted to the neck (or in the neck also) or in the pickup cavity.
SERIAL UNDER PICKUPS. NN = production number For example my MX-220 have serial ' #80129' that means was made the 08-1991 number 29) 5 DIGITS punched in the bolt plate (for the bolt on versions). NOTE: Follow this reference may not be accurate because probably they printed a certain number of plates and then put on guitars in a random manner, without noticing consecutive numeration. This is the reason why we can easilu find guitars with the bolt plate referring to a year or two before or after respect the serial printed on the back of the headstock. To have an exact dating of this guitars you have to unscrew the neck and look at the date could be written below.
1988 - 1989 - 592XX 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 601XX - 618XX 1993 - 619XX - 912XX 1994 - 166XX - 183XX 1995 - 191XX - 244XX 1996 - 257XX - 261XX 1997 - 273XX - 294XX 1998 - 301XX - 357XX 1999 - 339XX - 369XX 2000 - 379XX - 387XX 2001 - 388XX - 416XX 2002 - 402XX 2003 - 4170X. PP YY WW D NN (stamped on the back of the headstock). PP = place of manufacture: K = ESP Kiso Factory (Japan) / set-neck and neck-thru only; S = ESP Sado Factory (Japan) / bolt-on only; T = ESP Takada Factory (Japan) / ESP Custom Shop SS = ESP Standard Factory / Signature Series or Standard Series CH = Craft House CS = Craft House (used rarely) TH = Technical House N = Nagano Factory YY = last two digits of the year WW = week of the year (max.52) D = day of that week: 1 = monday, 2 = tuesday. (max.7) NN = number off the line that day (max.99) EXAMPLE: the code of my MX-250 K0604202 means the manufacturing date is and it was the 2nd guitar built that day.
Try: On ESP's site: FAQs How can I date my ESP, LTD, or Xtone guitar? ESP maintains limited production records.
If you would like to send us the following information, we will do our best to help you with your request.Send an e-mail to techinfo including serial number, description, & pictures (make sure to include close-up shots of headstock front & back, back of neck plate & top of body) to help with the dating process. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to date your instrument, but we will at least try and help! (Please note: If you do not send pictures, chances are we will not be able to assist you with your request.).