Epiphone Serial Numbers

General Epiphone serial number information

Epiphone serial numbers are usually on the back of the guitars headstock; either stamped, inked or as a decal. Instruments with f-holes often have the serial number repeated on a label inside the guitar body. A lack of a serial number usually implies an instrument has been refinished.

Vintage Epiphone serial number system

1960s Epiphone guitars were made alongside Gibson models, at the Kalamazoo, MI plant. The serial numbers Epiphone used followed the same numbering system too. Gibson serial numbers