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Vintage Guitar Serial Numbers - Guild

Year Approximate Last Serial Number
From 1952 to 1965, serial numbers were sequential for all models.
1952 350
1953 840
1954 1526
1955 2468
1956 3830
1957 5712
1958 8348
1959 12035
1960 14713
1961 18419
1962 22722
1963 28943
1964 38636
1965 46606
From 1966 to 1969, some models retained the serialization from the original series (shown below), while others were given a two letter prefix with a new numbering series for each model. Each model with the new serialization started numbering at 101 (following the prefix).
1966 46608
1967 46637
1968 46656
1969 46695
Year Approximate Last Serial Number
From 1970 to 1979, serial numbers don't correspond to any particular model names or numbers.
1970 50978
1971 61463
1972 75602
1973 95496
1974 112803
1975 130304
1976 149625
1977 169867
1978 190567
1979 211877

In 1979, Guild reintroduced the two letter prefix plus serial number system. Each serialization system began with 100001 following the two letter prefix. This continued through 1989.

In 1987, an additional serialization system was introduced where the model designation was the prefix for the serial number; like so: D300027 = 27th D-30 produced.

From 1990 through present, Guild continued the prefix plus serial number system.

The Guild Custom Shop instruments--45th Anniversary, Finesse, and Deco--each use a different numbering system. Serial numbers indicating the guitar's number in the series are on the back of the headstock. A seven digit code can be found inside the guitars. The first three numbers indicate production sequence--they all started at 500. The last four digits indicate the date; the fifth and sixth digits are the month, and the year is indicated by the fourth and seventh digits in reverse.

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