Seagull Guitar Serial Number Lookup
Tanesha Prately
O.k. this post should probably be called Godin guitar serial numbers rather than Seagull guitar serial numbers, because it applies to all guitars under the Godin umbrella (Seagull, Art & Lutherie, Simon & Patrick, Norman and La Patrie) but it certainly applies to Seagull guitars.
But as I said earlier, it is perhaps the fact that serial numbers are mainly for internal company purposes and for identifying stolen property. But, it would be nice to be able to quickly tell what year your guitar was built from the serial number as well.
Hello. I am really in a quandary. I have what I believe to be a Seagull artist series, cameo ca but I can not find a serial number anywhere on it.
The labels inside the sound hole look authentic. Where can I find the number or did I get a knockoff. The guitar looks exactly like the one on seagull?s web page.
I sent a text to seagull this AM but they have not replied yet.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
I was told by the fellows bought it from that ha bought it about. 10 or so years ago from Elderly in Lansing Mi.
Hello again. Seagull answered back said the serial number was either on the label on inside of the guitar or on the headstock. I had looked on the headstock several times before and did not see it. Looked again after I was told it should be in one of those two places. Sure enough there it was.
Seagull is one of the biggest acoustic guitar manufacturers on the market not to have a webpage or something with which you can search for serial numbers. Thankfully, there are resources like this that can help you to ascertain precisely what you are after: -serial-numbers.
I have a Seagull Entourage Rustic CW QI. Its serial number is 033430016761. Can anyone tell me anything about this guitar? I know the CW is cutaway, and the QI is the electronics onboard, but the serial number is what I am looking to decode. 12 digit serial codes are hard to decode.
: I was just wonderin how old my guitar is, the serial is 5043188. If someone could tell me I'd be a happy camper.>>
>>Me Too! Does anyone have any idea how old is my Seagull ASE01A model number 4393064 ? I appreciate your help!
Darren
: : I was just wonderin how old my guitar is, the serial is 5043188. If someone could tell me I'd be a happy camper.>>
: >>Me Too! Does anyone have any idea how old is my Seagull ASE01A model number 4393064 ? I appreciate your help!
: Darren
: : : I was just wonderin how old my guitar is, the serial is 5043188. If someone could tell me I'd be a happy camper.>>
: : >>Me Too! Does anyone have any idea how old is my Seagull ASE01A model number 4393064 ? I appreciate your help!
: : Darren
Hey guys have a question picked up the guitar at a estate sell
Wanted to know if it was ethentic serial #in the sound hole
Sticker says 1115 plus the weird thing the head stock has no
Logo just wondering if the was a thing they did in the early
Years of making these Overall all solid wood plays great
Just wondering if I had the real deal
If anyone has seen this before or know
What the numbers mean let me know thanx G
Ok, so I picked up a used A&L guitar for a really good price (under $80). Since I have heard all good things about the Godin company I figured I can't go wrong. I need to put lighter strings on it, and take it in for a setup too, but it plays fine. It looks REALLY cheap tho. Black satin finish, painted on rosette, very little edge binding. It's just not pretty like a normal guitar. I e-mailed Guitarpix to see if he could give some more info on it. I don't really even know what it's make of exactly. According to the website it's Wild cherry back and sides with a solid cedar top. It was made in 2003 according to the serial number. It doesn't look like the new ones do.
Oh, as for A&L being the entry line for Godin..... Yea, sort of.... Godin is broke down sort of like this: Art & Lutherie, Seagull, Norman, & then Simon & Patrick.... More or less in that order though Norman and S&P are pretty even and Seagull has stepped up the last few years with their artist models... There is a lot of crossover in the brands though... The A&L spruce or cedar is the same guitar as the Norman B18 or B20, the S&P spruce6/cedar6, and the seagull S6... They are all the same guitar except the Seagull has a 1.8 inch neck and the others are 1.72 inch. A&L is the only division to have offered a laminate model. It's a good one though and at $80, even if it is laminate, it's a steal and you got it at about half what they sale for used
I also bought myself a used Art & Lutherie guitar. It has no stamped serial number on the headstock. There is only a label stuck in the body saying
"CW Spruce Burgundy QI
023707000563"
I'm a little confused about the missing serial number. The number 023707000563 does not correspond to the serial number scheme. Any ideas why that is?
I have contacted Gibson and they kindly sent me via e-mail a 'Product Sheet' and pricelist for this guitar. It appears to have been made from around 1986 to 1992. My C50s serial number is 8610049 so appears to be an early model and ties up with my memory of buying it around 86/87. Construction Materials are - Rosewood Back and Sides with a Solid Cedar Top and an Ebony Fingerboard. Good quality materials for a Guitar priced at USD $349.. Two cheaper models were made with Mahogany Back and Rosewood Fingerboard at USD $189 and $249. They have been unable to tell me how many were made or shipped.
I bought my C50 on ebay about 8 or 9 years ago - paid about 250 USD for it, incl hardshell case. It's condition was(and is) exceptional. I've also found very little about this guitar. I don't have the serial number handy. It is on the original label under the soundhole. I think the fellow I bought it from said it was from the eighties and made in Japan. iwould like to have a copy of the material from Gibson.
When distribution came back to B.C. Rich in 1974, a system of serial number coding began using a 5-digit code (XXYYY) with the first 2 digits indicating the year and the last 3 indicating the production number. That would make the first guitar of 1974 to have been numbered 74000, followed by 74001, 74002, 74003, etc. Throughout the '70s, production numbers were low enough that the serial numbers pretty much reflect the year of manufacture.
In the late '70s as production grew, the serial numbers begin to get ahead of themselves since only 1000 numbers were available in a series. With production growing rapidly by 1980, the serial numbers had gotten about two to three years ahead. For example, a bass guitar that is documented to have been purchased (not necessarily made) in 1980, bore the serial number #82595. Although neck-through production never surpassed approximately 2200 guitars a year, as the '80s progressed, the serial numbers continued to get ahead of the actual year. By 1981 the numbers were about four years ahead. This gap remained fairly constant until Bernie Sr. turned the production over to Class Axe in 1989.
Bolt-neck guitars are less precise for the usual reasons. The serial number is stamped on a neck plate, and like every other company, when the guitar was being finished, someone grabbed a plate out of the box and put it on in no particular, precise or documented order. These do not follow the same XXYYY dating scheme as the neck thru models. If a guitar has a number of 89321, for example, it was probably built in 1987, but it could have been assembled a bit earlier or later than 1987.
If it is a USA model, it will say "Made In The USA" on the headstock just below or beside the B.C. Rich script logo. The serial numbers are a bit hard to date because there was no uniform way they were assigned a number at Bernie's original shop. The neck plates were pre-stamped and pulled out of a box at random when it was time to install the neck onto the guitar or bass.
The USA bolt on guitars never followed the same serial number sequence as the neck thru models, which were numbered using the (YYXXX) format with the first two digits being the year, and the last three digits being the production number. Also, keep in mind on the 2+3 (five digit) serial numbers, they got out of sequence in the early to mid 80's. In other words, a guitar with serial number "84532" could have been made in 1982 or 1983, not 1984 as the number would suggest. They got back on track in 1993. Also, at some point in 1999 or 2000 the "Made In The USA" below the script logo disappeared on most of the guitars built.
In the year 2000, they changed to the letters "BO" (Bolt On) and three digits (B0XXX), which was the actual production number, but there was no number stating the year the guitar was built. The import guitar models before November of 2000 have a serial number starting with the letter "F", the USA models do not.
I have a Seagull S6 classic black
For gifging, it is amasing
I also have A Seagull S6 original for acoustic playing with the wider neck.
I realy love Both my seagulls, quality guitar for A Low price
Fantastic sound and feel, i love the playable maple neck and the tuning stability. I Also think that cedar/cherry is a perfect match soundwise