Samick Bass Guitar Serial Numbers
Note: Samick-made pianos are identified using an odd system of serial numbers and letters that appears to vary from factory to factory. Please contact SMC for information on the date of manufacture of a Samick-made piano. Warranty: 10 years, parts and labor. Samick first started using serial numbers on Hondos and other contract brands in 1984 (their home brand models did not use serials until 1987), using the following format: YMMPPPP Y = Year M = Month P = Production Number Example: 8030768 = 768th guitar made in March of 1988In 1988, occasionally the format was YYMMPPPPP because of high production volume. Horugel was originally a German piano brand which went out of business in the 1950's. The name was purchased by Samick in the late 1960s, under which they sold mostly pianos, but also guitars. Acoustics were made in Korea, while electric guitars were initially made in Japan until Samick began producing electrics in 1972. I hope this helps. Electrics Earliest serial Earliest known serial number, June 1984 (production number faded away). Samick first started using serial numbers on Hondos and other contract brands in 1984 (their home brand models did not use serials until 1987), using the following format: YMMPPPP Y = Year M = Month P = Production Number Example: 8030768 = 768th guitar made in March of 1988 In 1988, occasionally the format was YYMMPPPPP because of high production volume. S, E (“Made in Korea”) S = Samick, E = Young Chang, E letter serial numbers were used on Young Chang's Fenix brand guitars. The S and E serial number prefix Korean Squiers are from the late 1980s/early 1990s. The first number following the prefix is the year. 6 or 7 digit number.
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
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)
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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):
Samick Guitar Serial Number Decoder
Acoustic models (THis information is not verefied!!!)
Matsumoku didn’t produce any acoustic guitars themself. Their were set out to other factories.
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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