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12 Year- day Month- or Year month day - There could also be a stamp on the upper lateral brace - Format - 60. There could be a date in this format: 85. Stephen Faulk wrote:Arias have different format serial numbers sometimes. I have a pretty good guess that dating methods changed over the years and did not get standardized until the 1990's. I've been looking at Arias with these kinds of dates. 9 05 There is some relationship that I have not figured out yet.but it probably has to do with date it left the factory and date is was begun.not sure. Note 1985 is the Showa year 60 - so the example is 1985. If uou think you have a 1970's guitar, but are looking in vain for 70 to 79 look at the corresponding Showa Era year and see if you see that date. 9 05 I have yet to decipher that one.Īlso some older Aria and other Japanese production classicals have a serial number format that looks like this- 53- 10 - 6 - Format means 53 is the Emperors year, day month- each emperor has a date corresponding to when they took their reign begins- During Hirohito's reign, the 'Showa Era' Emperor sometimes guitars made in the 1960's through early 80s were dated with this system. Arias have different format serial numbers sometimes.
