Suzuki Acoustic Guitar Serial Numbers serial numbers#

I too thought I had a nice 70's Suzuki until I bought a kiso Suzuki 1981 catalogue with my guitar in it unfortunately confirming the round label to be late 70's-80's.here are my Suzuki's and their serial numbers w65hs round label 91036 (1979 ), my w65h round label 00316 (1980).

Suzuki Acoustic Guitar Serial Numbers serial number#

711360 so 1971 build number #1360 some have thought the 6 digit serial numbers were the whole build date, I don't think that's the case, Manji or M Suzuki's even harder to date as there is less known about these Suzuki's some were made in japan late 70's early 80's before being made in korea,also have a 6 digit serial number and a letter.

Most (NOT ALL )Nagoya Suzuki's have a 6 digit serial number stamped on the inside of the neck heel, where the first 2 digits are the year ie. Nagoya Suzuki is a lot harder to date as masakichi Suzuki made guitars in the early 1900's but are better known for their generic label easily going back as far as the 50's and up to 1980 before changing again for their last 7-8 years. 1971 -1979 and the round being 1978-1986.the scarce 50's and 60's kiso's I have seen, have the build year and the model number ie.1968 No6. 11023 would be either, 1971(apparent on takeharu's which have the model number build year and serial number which the first digit is always last of the build year) or 1981 depending on the label square being approx. Takeharu, Halifax, bluebell, tomson etc ) the first number of the serial number is the last year of the build year ie. Hi tomas and all,in my years of trying to date Suzuki guitars the only sense I can make of it all is for kiso Suzuki's ( inc. I can be found on facebook at kiso Suzuki guitars - Jarrod a. Nagoya Suzuki had also changed labels from the standard white and yellow to the white square label for standard Nagoya's and green square labels for the three S series.Īll Nagoya s have 6 digit serials, and 7 after mid 80s. The square label was used until 1979 where the label was now round with ALL serial numbers starting with 9,0,1, 2, 1980 81 82 83.the round label from 1979 and some 1980 labels have the green wreath border. Anne 1967 No.7 etc from 1969-1970 the kiso labels changed to the square label and then had 5 digit serial numbers with the first being the year of the 70s it was made eg 10345 =1971 #345.

All kiso Suzuki guitars pre-1970 had the date ( anno or Anne ) stamped on the label with the model number eg. The first kiso Suzuki guitars are actually pre 1951 possibly even from 1948 I will send tom the label and photos of the guitar in question, anyway. So you want to date your kiso Suzuki guitar.