Wasn't able to identify year of my new old D55 on the SN posted sites. Can someone tell me when a AD552042 was built? The label says Westerly. The label and headstock numbers match but the listings don't show the number. Thanks
tomdevall said:Thanks..... No date on the neck block. Tell me there are no counterfeits out there. If so, they did a great job. Sounds fantastic. Got it for a great price $975. The guy told me it was a '99 but it appears to be later. It does however have a Westerly label inside.
Doors shut December '01.Ian said:Might be a bit later than that: mine was 551500 and that was July 00, So I reckon you'd be into late 00 or 2001. When was the move to Corona ? Hopefully Han's will chime in here for you.....
Oh, and gidday from New Zealand :lol:
Cheers, Ian
adorshki said:Doors shut December '01.Ian said:Might be a bit later than that: mine was 551500 and that was July 00, So I reckon you'd be into late 00 or 2001. When was the move to Corona ? Hopefully Han's will chime in here for you.....
Oh, and gidday from New Zealand :lol:
Cheers, Ian
tomdevall said:Thank You!
tomdevall said:Wasn't able to identify year of my new old D55 on the SN posted sites. Can someone tell me when a AD552042 was built? The label says Westerly. The label and headstock numbers match but the listings don't show the number. Thanks
fronobulax said:..... And let's not forget that most of the Westerly and earlier serial numbers were assigned when the neck was stamped and that may or may not be close to the time when a guitar was finished. There are documented examples of necks that were stamped and then sat around for two or three years before the rest of the guitar was built.
In trying to remember why the heelblock dates aren't exactly the "finished date", is it because they stamped the heelblock at the same time they did the finishing, but again, it might have sat around for a while before it actually went to "final asssembly"?hansmoust said:After sufficient drying they would be buffed and placed in racks, where they would stay till an order came in. Obviously, if they started production they already had orders, but not always for the complete batch. Only the guitars they had orders for (plus the guitars that could be put in inventory because they were ordered on a regular basis) would be taken to 'final assembly', where the superstructure would get all the necessary parts to become a musical instrument and where it would be set up.
adorshki said:In trying to remember why the heelblock dates aren't exactly the "finished date", is it because they stamped the heelblock at the same time they did the finishing, but again, it might have sat around for a while before it actually went to "final asssembly"?
Y'know I never thought of that in regards to Guild, but if my feeble memory is correct, by then there was only a skeleton staff shipping out the last orders and closing the joint down.Ian said:adorshki said:Doors shut December '01.Ian said:Might be a bit later than that: mine was 551500 and that was July 00, So I reckon you'd be into late 00 or 2001. When was the move to Corona ? Hopefully Han's will chime in here for you.....
Oh, and gidday from New Zealand :lol:
Cheers, Ian
Meery Christmas to all the staff then So that makes it 542 on from mine, wonder how many they made a month back in those days ?