Suzuki Guitar Serial Number Search
Norman guitars was founded in 1972 and taken over by Godin 1988 (Source Email: Michel, Godin 25 Jan 07). Norman guitar history from Canada Guitar Forum. Dating Norman guitars. If your guitar’s serial number has less than 7 digits, you’ll have to email Michel at Godin Guitars it’s serial number so he can look it up in their serial number lists. ” Here’s how you can decode our serial. Make Offer - Suzuki Three S F250 Acoustic Guitar 12 String Japan Early 1970s/case Sold As-Is Suzuki Three S F-120 Dreadnought acoustic Guitar Lawsuit Era NO CRACKS $800.00.
Questions: Any way to date these? Pics below.
EDIT: Looks like 1972
Label reads (in English, so I'm guessing not a Japan only model):
K. Suzuki
KISO, SUZUKI VIOLIN CO., LTD.
MODEL No. F-100 JAPAN
Serial#: 29034
It doesn't have the 'lawsuit' Martin ripoff headstock logo, so I'm guessing later rather than earlier.
1979? early 80s? EDIT: 1972 (It has a zero fret, which were popular in the 80s with trashy guitars to try to fix intonation issues).
Any ideas?
One weird thing; I just took the old strings off to clean it and the strings go right through the top so the ball ends are inside the guitar! The strings are fed _through_ the top, so you need to reach inside to remove them. I'm guessing at some point in its life someone drilled through the string holes in the bridge to do this. Maybe the bridge pins weren't holding or something? Who knows? Is this normal? (I've never had an acoustic with pegs before)
EDIT: Thanks to danlindsey on another forum, I found this spreadsheet with dates, prices, and model numbers.
Looks like mine was made from Oct 1968 to Jan 1973 and sold for the princely sum of Y15,000 in 1968 dropping to Y10,000 for the rest of its lifetime. So, an approximately $100 guitar woohoo
Wonder how to decipher that serial #. Without others to compare, it's not possible. Might be meaningless to try anyway. I'm so tempted to use the Japanese calendar dates though: Oct Showa 42 to Jan Showa 48 ..
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The strings feeding through the top thing..
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