Gibson tobias serial numbers
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Gibson serial numbers 1952 to 1961, solidbody model

Gibson Tobias Bass Serial Numbers


Tobias

A number stamped with ink on the back of the headstock.
Gibson's solid bodys were released in 1952. Gibson did not use serial numbers at that time but started in 1953.
The first digit of the series number is the last digit of the year. If the stamped number consists of 5 digits, there is a space between the first and second digit (a separation between the last digit of the year and the actual serial number).
If it concerns a 6-digit serial number, there is no space, because the highest 4-digit number (9999) has been exceeded and the space therefore fills up. This was the case in the years 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960.
In 1955, Gibson forgot to reset the series of serial numbers to 0001.
So they had only set the year from 4 to 5. For this reason the series of 4 digit serial numbers was exceeded after 9999.
Hence 5 digits and no space between the year (5) and the serial number. (after 5 9999 came 510 000)
Apparently the production was high in 1956 because 6 9999 is exceeded. Also in 1959 and 1960 there was a high production, 9 9999 is exceeded to 932 000 or higher.
Thus, from the production in 1959, a 1, 2 or 3 may be the second digit.
Gibson stopped the stamped serial numbers at the end of 1960, although a few instruments were made in 1961 with a 1 as a prefix. Some lap steels and Les Paul's from 1961 have such a serial number.
Another exception to the above rules is in the fall of 1958, where some Les Paul Juniors and Specials had a four-digit serial number.


1st digitPRODUCTION YEAR
None 1952
3 1953
41954
5 1955
6 1956
7 1957
8 At the end of 1958, a number of LP Juniors/Specials had a four-digit serial number without a prior annual digit1958
9 1959
0 1960
1 (rare)1961

Gibson Tobias Serial Numbers


Gibson serial numbers, from February 1961 until 1970
Gibson started in 1961 with a new series numbering system.
They wanted to apply a more structured series of sequences, but in practice the opposite happened. Numbers were reused during this period, and in many cases the numbers were not strictly applied for successive years.
For all models, the serial number is stamped on the back of the headstock. A number of serial numbers were duplicated from 1963
to 1969.
From this period the 5-digit and 6-digit numbers are easy to confuse and give an incorrect year.


0100 - 424401961
42441 - 611801962
61450 - 642221963
64240 - 710401964
71041 - 96600 1962 (some 1963 and 1964)
96601 - 999991963
000001 - 0999991967 (all 6-digit numbers starting with 0. are 1967)
100000 - 1060991963 or 1967
106100 - 1068991963
109000 - 1099991963 or 1967
110000 - 111549 1963
111550 - 115799 1963 or 1967
115800 - 1182991963
118300 - 1209991963 or 1967
121000 - 1399991963
140000 - 1401001963 or 1967
140101 - 1443041963
144305 - 1443801964
144381 - 1498641963
149865 - 1498911964
149892 - 1529891963
152990 - 1742221964
174223 - 1766431964 or 1965
176644 - 2503351964
250336 - 3059831965
306000 - 3109991965 or 1967
311000 - 3201491965
320150 - 3206991967
320700 - 3291791965
329180 - 3301991965 or 1967
330200 - 3322401965, 1967 or 1968
332241 - 3480921965
348093 - 3491001966
349121 - 3686381965
368640 - 3698901966
370000 - 3709991967
380000 - 3853091966
390000 - 3909981967
400001 - 4066661966
406667 - 4096701966 - 1968
409671 - 4109001966
410901 - 419999(niet bekend)
420000 - 4291931966
500000 - 5009991965, 1966, 1968 or 1969
501009 - 5016001965
501601 - 5017021968
501703 - 5027061965 or 1968
503010 - 5031091968
503405 - 5209551965 or 1968
520956 - 5300561968
530061 - 5308501966, 1968 or 1969
530851 - 5309931968 or 1969
530994 - 5399991969
540000 - 5407951966 or 1969
540796 - 5450091969
555000 - 5579991966
558000 - 5674001969
570087 - 5706431966
570645 - 5707551966 or 1967
570857 - 5709641966
580000 - 5800801969
580086 - 5809991966, 1967 or 1969
600000 - 6009981966, 1967, or 1968 (low end models)
600000 - 6060901969 (high end models)
700000 - 7007991966, 1967 or 1969
750000 - 7509991966, 1967 or 1969
800000 - 8009991966, 1967, 1968 or 1969
801000 - 8128381966 or 1969
812900 - 8199991969
820000 - 8200871966 or 1969
820088 - 8238301966
824000 - 8249991969
828002 - 8474881966 or 1969
847499 - 8589991966 or 1969
859001 - 8919991967
892000 - 8969991968
897000 - 8989991967 or 1969
899000 - 8999991968
900000 - 9099991970
910000 - 9999991968

Pre Gibson Tobias Serial Numbers