GIBSON help needed

[JRE]

Does anyone have a good GIBSON site to check serial #s?

I have a Gibson Explorer I need to sell for a friend and he is not certain on the year etc.
The number is 93031776 and he thinks it is a 1991.

On a side note...is 1991 good or bad for Gibsons???



Any help is much appreciated.....and yes Ron, I tried the SEARCH function!

[heartfielder]

Yes, it's a '91. Bad year for Explorers. I'll take it for $100.00.



Only kidding, can we see some pics ?

[StukaJU87]

Yes, it's a '91. Bad year for Explorers. I'll take it for $100.00.



Only kidding, can we see some pics ?

:ROTF: I have a 1990, and it is great. The original pickups sucked. They were the ones with the circuit board looking thing on the bottoms. I replaced them with Duncans.

[RacerX]

http://www.provide.net/~cfh/gibson.html#serial

Gibson Serial Numbers, 1977 to present.

• All models, 8 digit number impressed in back top of peghead in the following format: YY (1st and 5th digit) = yearDDD (digits 2-4) = day of the year, 001=Jan 1st, 365=Dec 31st.NNN (digits 6-8) = rank of instrument for that day.Example: 80012005 = 5th instrument made in Kalamazoo on the first day of 1982.

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93031776 = Made in '91 - 303rd day - 776th axe made on that day

so, approx October 30, 1991

[gort]

something tells me they dont make 776 guitars in one day....or is that possible and I'm just naive??

[RacerX]

Any help is much appreciated.....and yes Ron, I tried the SEARCH function!

:ROTF:

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32743

[JRE]

Thanks Ron and the rest of you guys.....

It's over at a friends now, but I'll take some pics of it and post em!

Thanks again!