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Anno Numerazione a lotti 1908 259 1909 309 1910 545, 927 1911 1260, 1295 1912 1408, 1593 1913 1811, 1902 1914 1936, 2152 1915 2209, 3207 1916 2667, 3508 1917 3246, 11010 1918 9839, 11159 1919 11146, 11212 1920 11329, 11367 1921 11375, 11527 1922 11565, 11729 1923 11973

Dal 1936 al 1943 Numeri Anno Dal 200-xx Al 399-xx 1937 Dal 400-xx Al 599-xx 1936, 1937 Dal 500-xx Al 599-xx 1936 to 1938 Dal 600-xx Al 799-xx 1936, 1938 Dal 800-xx Al 999-xx 1936 Dal 1000-xx Al 1599-xx 1937 Dal 1600-xx Al 2999-xx 1938 to 1940 Dal 3000-xx Al 5999-xx 1941 Dal 6000-xx Al 6999-xx 1942 Dal 7000-xx Al 7999-xx 1943

Numeri Anno 910-3 1942 923-45 1942 2004-1 1942 2224-14 1943 2426-39 1943 2558-46 1944 n/a 1945 n/a 1946 n/a 1947 n/a 1948 100's al basso 2000's 1949 alto 2000's al basso 5000's 1950 high 5000's al basso 9000's 1951 high 9000's 1952

Lettera Anno Z 1952 Y 1953 X 1954 W 1955 V 1956 U 1957 T 1958 S 1959 R 1960 Q 1961

Numeri Anno A-100 Apr 28 1947 A-411 Jul 2 A-1146 Dec 1 A-1304 A-1305 Jan 8 1948 A-1849 Jul 2 A-2613 Dec 8 A-2665 A-2666 Jan 5 1949 A-3353 Jul 1 A-4209 Dec 1 A-4413 A-4414 Jan 3 1950 A-5456 Jul 3 A-6312 Dec 4 A-6597 A-6598 Jan 4 1951 A-8030 Jul 2 A-9194 Dec 3 A-9419 A-9420 Jan 1952 A-11057 Jul 1 A-12202 Dec 1 A-12462 A-12463 Jan 8 1953 A-14332 Jul 1 A-15883 Dec 2 A-16101 A-16102 Jan 5 1954 A-17435 Jul 1 A-18496 Dec 1 A-18667 A-18668 Jan 1955 A-18750 Jan 12 ultima White Label La Numerazione che va da A-18751 a A-19999 non è stata utilizzata A 20001 Jan 13 Prima Orange Label A 20991 Jul 1 A 21745 Dec 1 A 21909 A 21910 Jan 6) 1956 A 23387 Jul 3 A 24567 Dec 1 A 24755 A 24756 Jan 3 1957 A 25899 Jul 3 A 26695 Dec 3 A 26819 A 26820 Jan 6 1958 A 27816 Jul 1 A 28576 Dec 1 A 28880 A 28881 Jan 9 1959 A 30569 Jul 13 A 31844 Dec 2 A 32284 A 32285 Jan 4 1960 A 34068 Jul 1 A 35252 Dec 1 A 35645 A 35646 Jan 1961 A 35943 Feb 1 A 36147 Feb 21, Ultimo Numero con "A"

Il primo numero Anno Nessun Numero 1952 3 1953 4 1954 5 1955 6 1956 7 1957 8 1958 9 1959 0 1960


Range dei numeri   Anno
0100   al 42440    1961
42441  al 61180    1962
61450  al 64222    1963
64240  al 70501    1964
71180  al 96600    1962
96601  al 99999    1963
000001 al 099999   1967  Tutti i numeri che iniziano con lo " sono del 19670
100000 al 106099   1963, 1967
106100 al 106899   1963
109000 al 109999   1963, 1967
110000 al 111549   1963
111550 al 115799   1963, 1967
115800 al 118299   1963
118300 al 120999   1963, 1967
121000 al 139999   1963
140000 al 140100   1963, 1967
140101 al 144304   1963
144305 al 144380   1964
144381 al 149864   1963
149865 al 149891   1964
149892 al 152989   1963
152990 al 174222   1964
174223 al 176643   1964, 1965
176644 al 250335   1964
250336 al 305983   1965
306000 al 310999   1965, 1967
311000 al 320149   1965
320150 al 320699   1967
320700 al 329179   1965
329180 al 330199   1965, 1967
330200 al 332240   1965, 1967, 1968
332241 al 348092   1965
348093 al 349100   1966
349121 al 368638   1965
368640 al 369890   1966
370000 al 370999   1967
380000 al 385309   1966
390000 al 390998   1967
400001 al 400999   1965-1968
401000 al 438922   1966
500000 al 500999   1965, 1966, 1968, 1969
501009 al 501600   1965
501601 al 501702   1968
501703 al 502706   1965, 1968
503010 al 503109   1968
503405 al 520955   1965, 1968
520956 al 530056   1968
530061 al 530850   1966, 1968, 1969
530851 al 530993   1968, 1969
530994 al 539999   1969
540000 al 540795   1966, 1969
540796 al 545009   1969
555000 al 556909   1966
558012 al 567400   1969
570099 al 570755   1966
580000 al 580999   1969
600000 al 600999   1966-1969
601000 to 606090   1969
700000 al 700799   1966, 1967
750000 to 750999   1968, 1969
800000 al 800999   1966-1969
801000 al 812838   1966, 1969
812900 al 819999   1969
820000 al 820087   1966, 1969
820088 al 823830   1966
824000 al 824999   1969
828002 al 847488   1966, 1969
847499 al 858999   1966, 1969
859001 al 895038   1967
895039 al 896999   1968
897000 al 898999   1967, 1969
899000 al 972864   1968

Numeri Anno 000000's 1973 100000's 1970-1975 200000's 1973-1975 300000's 1974-1975 400000's 1974-1975 500000's 1974-1975 600000's 1970-1972, 1974-1975 700000's 1970-1972 800000's 1973-1975 900000's 1970-1972 A + 6 digits 1973-1975 B + 6 digits 1974-1975 C + 6 digits 1974-1975 D + 6 digits 1974-1975 E + 6 digits 1974-1975 F + 6 digits 1974-1975 In tutti questi anni esiste lo stamp "Made in U.S.A." nel retro della paletta

In tutti questi anni esiste lo stamp "Made in U.S.A." nel retro della paletta

tutti i modelli hanno 8 numeri impressi nel retro paletta con questo significato:

AA (1° e 5° numero) = Anno GGG (numeri dal 2°al 4°) = giorno dell'anno 001= 1°Gennaio, 365 = 31 Dicembre NNN (numeri dal 6° al 8°) = Classificazione dello strumento in quel giorno. ESEMPIO: 83180069 = 1°e5° 80(anno) - 2°3°4° 318 giorno dell'anno - dal 6°al 8° 69° strumento costruito.

Exceptions to the 1977 and later 8 digit serial numbers.
Vintage reissue and custom shop models use a different serial number format.

Gibson PAF (Patent Applied For) Humbucker Pickup Info: History of Gibsons PAF Pickups By the mid-1950s, Gibson wanted to counter the latest electric guitars introduced by competitors and especially those by Fender. Leo Fender had built a company from nothing in the mid-1940s to a substantial factor in the solid-body guitar market. Gibson believed they could beat Fender and other rivals for market share by developing a low-noise pickup. Players loved the sound of Gibson's P-90 and Fender's single-coil pickups, but they also put up with the 60-cycle hum (noise) inherent in their respective designs. Gibson's management assigned this important task to one of their engineers, the late Seth Lover. Seth's subsequent design and patent changed guitar playing and music recording history.Let's leave the heavy technical discussion for another article and understand the basic design: Seth connected two single coil pickups in series. However, he connected the coils out-of-phase electrically and magnetically. Thus, the signal is passes through the pickup minus much of the noise or hum. That is how the pickup Seth designed came to be known as the humbucker. Seth's pickup patent was filed on June 22, 1955. Gibson added the new pickups to steel guitars in 1956, and in 1957 on electric solid-body and arch-top guitars, including the popular Les Paul Model. During 1957, a small black decal with gold lettering was added to the underside of the pickup.This decal read, "PATENT APPLIED FOR". Later, as the vintage guitar market evolved from savvy recording artists to local musicians, these pickups became known as the 'PAF'. Seth Lover received his approved pickup patent, #2,896,491, on July 28, 1959. By late 1962, Gibson changed the decal to read, "PATENT NO 2,737,842". It is interesting to note that the patent number listed on the decal was not for the pickup design, but for Les Paul's trapeze tailpiece. One can assume Gibson was creating a research roadblock for the competition. Or, was it simply a typo? The competition idea seems more credible, but silly, as these new decals appeared 7 years after the pickups were first installed on Gibson's instruments. Between 1959 and 1960, Gibson made PAF pickups with white and black plastic bobbins.Prior to this point in time, both of the bobbins were black. These oblong bobbins are exposed when the pickup's metal cover is removed. Thus, some PAFs are referred to as double black (two black bobbins), zebra (one black and one white bobbin) and double cream (two white bobbins). Because collectors and players want the rarest possible instruments, amps, parts, etc… vintage double cream and zebra PAFs command higher prices that the more common double black pickups.These variations of PAF pickups with cream bobbins are also in their prime period of construction from 1956-1960. The bobbin's color does not influence the sound of the pickups.It's purely cosmetic, but creates a very cool image. From 1956 until sometime in 1961, Gibson used different Alnico magnets in their PAFs.Alnico magnets (composed primarily of the alloys Aluminum, NIckel, and CObalt) come in a variety of grades based on their magnetic strength.Gibson used the same magnets (size and grades) available for their P-90 pickups. It seems Gibson randomly used Alnico 2, 3, 4 and 5 grade magnets in PAFs until 1961. The higher the magnet's number, the higher the magnetic strength. By 1961, Gibson began consistently using a smaller size Alnico 5 magnet. Generally speaking, decreasing the flat (top) side size of these magnets decreases the power of the pickups. As for wiring, Gibson used a braided shield wire for connection to the control pot.The pickup bobbins were wound with #42 (plain enamel) wire. The bobbin wire appears purple versus later versions that appear reddish. Gibson eventually switched to polyurethane coated wire around 1963. The capacitance of the coating is determined by thickness and material composition, and this influences the sound of the pickup.When coatings change, the sound signature of the pickup can change. The amount of wire(and coating) wound on each bobbin determines the DC resistance and other factors, including sound characteristics. When the bobbins are wound with more than a nominal amount of wire, the more power they exhibit, thereby sounding fatter in the midrange with less treble. The resonant peak of the pickup changes as more or less wire is used. Due to human intervention and the wide-tolerance of the winding machines and the test equipment used by Gibson from 1956-1961, PAF pickups during these years usually measure between 7.5 - 9.0 thousand ohms (K ohms).