Ventura Acoustic Guitar Serial Numbers

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Ventura Acoustic Guitar Serial Numbers Prior To 1977
Ventura Acoustic Guitar Serial Numbers For Beginners
1970's Ventura Acoustic Guitars

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Ventura Acoustic Guitar Serial Numbers Prior To 1977

Serial numbers from 70' and 80's era Epiphone guitars made in Japan are not supported. The reason for this is that there is no reliable documentation from this time period. Mar 12, 2015 Electric Guitars Acoustic Guitars Bass Guitars Amps Effects and Pedals Drums and Percussion Pro Audio Keyboards and Synths DJ and Lighting Gear Folk. ID Method 1: Production/Serial Number Check to see if there is a number printed inside the guitar body. This number seems to be linked to a production code rather than an actual serial number, but it still may be useful for identification. Gibson Acoustic Guitar Serial Numbers Ventura Acoustic Electric 1969-70, Ventura, C. Bruno & Sons, Inc., 12 String Acoustic MIJ Nr/ Mint Guitar looks like it was rarely played easy near mint, no dings or scratches worth noting, these guitars came with a hole to add a pickup. I bought this Ventura in 1980 at H & H music in Houston and I was just wondering what it is worth. It has a classical body style, not the dreadnought. The action is low and has an adjustable truss rod. The serial number is 60505 and the model # is V-200B. Fernandes created faithful recreations of Fender instruments; and Takamine and Suzuki both made acoustic guitars nearly identical to certain Martin models. Interestingly, most Japanese copies of the time didn’t have serial numbers — a great way to tell if an instrument is truly a “lawsuit” guitar, even today.

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Some good info on PEG here but you might need to register:
http://www.patrickeggleguitars.org/smf/index.php
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Yep, 2x early Berlins there. The one with the BP prefix is a Berlin Pro (with trem) from Feb 1992. The B prefix is a hardtail Berlin from Feb 1993. If you a add pictures I can tell you more, but the Berlin Pro should have SD pickups and probably has no volute behind the nut - these early ones are reputed to have had hand carved necks. It should also have a rectangle case. The 93 Berlin probably has Kent Armstrongs and a Hiscox case .
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you are a star @RevMatt ; - not finalised the deal yet - but yes one is a stop tail with maple leaf inlays on an ebony board and appears to be a Berlin Plus - Berlin only on the headstock facia and Plus on the truss rod cover - With SD pick-ups and a Hiscox case
Not had info on the Berlin Pro yet but appears to have an oblong case
Thanks for your help
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Yep, 2x early Berlins there. The one with the BP prefix is a Berlin Pro (with trem) from Feb 1992. The B prefix is a hardtail Berlin from Feb 1993. If you a add pictures I can tell you more, but the Berlin Pro should have SD pickups and probably has no volute behind the nut - these early ones are reputed to have had hand carved necks. It should also have a rectangle case. The 93 Berlin probably has Kent Armstrongs and a Hiscox case .
Interesting; must have changed their 'style' of serial numbers as my BP from '92 has following serial no: M92000528BP
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Interesting; must have changed their 'style' of serial numbers as my BP from '92 has following serial no: M92000528BP
Yes they did change the numbering system and this is the earlier version.
From memory:
M was the month (A to M with I omitted) so M =Dec, 92 is the year and BP being the model (Berlin Pro).
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edited October 2018
Yep, 2x early Berlins there. The one with the BP prefix is a Berlin Pro (with trem) from Feb 1992. The B prefix is a hardtail Berlin from Feb 1993. If you a add pictures I can tell you more, but the Berlin Pro should have SD pickups and probably has no volute behind the nut - these early ones are reputed to have had hand carved necks. It should also have a rectangle case. The 93 Berlin probably has Kent Armstrongs and a Hiscox case .
The Necks were carved by hand in those days. Mark Bailey learnt his trade at Eggle back in the days when Patrick Eggle owned the company. Mark ended up being responsible for the Neck finishing.
@guitars4you : Regarding the Serial Numbers, Patrick Eggle is still alive and kicking, and I imagine might well help if you contact him.
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Interesting; must have changed their 'style' of serial numbers as my BP from '92 has following serial no: M92000528BP
Yes they did change the numbering system and this is the earlier version.
From memory:
M was the month (A to M with I omitted) so M =Dec, 92 is the year and BP being the model (Berlin Pro).
Interesting, as my BerlinPro made in December 92, has a lower serial number (528) than @guitars4you model (593) which was made in February the same year.
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Interesting; must have changed their 'style' of serial numbers as my BP from '92 has following serial no: M92000528BP
Yes they did change the numbering system and this is the earlier version.
From memory:
M was the month (A to M with I omitted) so M =Dec, 92 is the year and BP being the model (Berlin Pro).
This is all spot on, except there's probably a number wrong in one of the examples given as the later format (model/month/year/production number) didn't operate concurrent to the early system (month by letter/year/production number/model). In the examples given, AuldReekie's 528 is definitely some time earlier than Mark's 593. The number stamps can look a bit vague so it's easy to get a digit wrong.
Good Traders Profile: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/58798/ ;
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Interesting; must have changed their 'style' of serial numbers as my BP from '92 has following serial no: M92000528BP
Yes they did change the numbering system and this is the earlier version.
From memory:
M was the month (A to M with I omitted) so M =Dec, 92 is the year and BP being the model (Berlin Pro).
This is all spot on, except there's probably a number wrong in one of the examples given as the later format (model/month/year/production number) didn't operate concurrent to the early system (month by letter/year/production number/model). In the examples given, AuldReekie's 528 is definitely some time earlier than Mark's 593. The number stamps can look a bit vague so it's easy to get a digit wrong.
Thanks for explanation. MY BP Pro is a superb example; fantastic neck. My tech has made a couple of mods - (a) replaced the Wilkinson trem with a standart strat trem; never liked the Wilkinson as I sometimes use open tunings and (b) added a Levinson Blade VSC giving options of passive along with mid/bass&treble boost options. Combine these with p/up selector and coil taps and there are 27 switching options and all of them useable!
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Interesting; must have changed their 'style' of serial numbers as my BP from '92 has following serial no: M92000528BP
Yes they did change the numbering system and this is the earlier version.
From memory:
M was the month (A to M with I omitted) so M =Dec, 92 is the year and BP being the model (Berlin Pro).
Interesting, as my BerlinPro made in December 92, has a lower serial number (528) than @guitars4you model (593) which was made in February the same year.
will depend on factory to factory and/or maker to maker - But often serial numbers are either allocated at the point of order, but that doesn't mean the build takes place immediately for whatever reason - The order could be a number of guitars ordered by an international distributor, UK orders via various stockists/dealers, or even via the builder themselves for a forth coming guitar show/trade event etc -ie a number, or a batch of numbers allocated but build starts later
Or the serial number is allocated at the point of 'build' but some guitars can be built quicker than others - Again for whatever reason
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