Guild Starfire III (Korean)

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I recently purchased a made-in-Korea Starfire III in excellent condition, which I am very happy with. The serial number is KSG1401273. Can I tell the year of manufacture from this number?☺
 
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edited from 111 to III. I cant tell but somebody will soon I hope. and welcome to the djungle!
 

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I think the first three digits are Korea and the factory it was made in. The digits are the year and other parts of the date of manufacture. If I am right, it's a 2014 guitar. I just can't recall how the rest fall in place.
 

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I believe it goes like this K(Korea)SG(SPG Guitars)14(2014)01(January)273(273rd guitar made in January).

But I have been known to be wrong before and probably will be again.

If you are unfamiliar with SPG, this may prove informative. http://samick.wikia.com/wiki/SPG_Musical_Instruments_Co. Contrary to many people's opinion, they are not Samick but did build high end guitars for samick for a brief period and can best be thought of as being to Samick what Heritage is to Gibson.
 
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Thanks, guys! This really helps! I did a search on line, and the 2014's listed for around $1,600.00 Cdn. I paid $849.00 Cdn for this one...its in great shape, appears to have been played very little. I have a Strat, Tele, Gretsch. 2 US made Peavey Reactor Ax's, also 2 acoustics (pre-war Hensel "Minerva" and a new Seagull with Fishmen electronics), a Cox Kentucky-5 Banjo, a Reese custom-made dobro, and a couple of decent fiddles . This Guild fits nicely in my collection! As you can probably guess, I have no trouble keeping "out from underfoot" - I just escape to the music room and hide for awhile! Thanks to all who commented! Cheers, and a Happy New Year to all!☺
 
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Thanks to all who replied...this really helps. I did a search on the web, and it appears that in 2014 this model listed for around $1,600.00 Cdn. I bought mine, with case, for $849.00 Cdn., which appears to be right around the going price up here for Starfire lll's of the same vintage. In any case, I'm quite pleased with it - nice neck, plays smooth, sounds good, and looks good too - cherry red mahogany.
Here's hoping everyone has a Happy and Health New Year! Cheers...☺
 

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I recently bought a 2016 SF III (Yes, yours is a 2014). I'm really impressed with it too. It is some of the best coming out of Korea.

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