Epiphone Banjo Serial Numbers
I assume, like in most geographies, much has changed for commercial UAV flying in France. Download free manuel du pilote ulm.pdf. Without a ton of research that I don't have time for at the moment I suspect that I am out of date and it may be that the DGAC have streamlined/simplified the process given the demand for UAV flying in the intervening years. This was released in August (2016).I do not confess to being a current expert or up-to-date so some of what I have detailed here may now be out-of-date/ incorrect. However, I hope I have been able to provide a flavour of what is required here in France.I also attach a doc that I have just downloaded from the DGAC website that outlines most of the requirements.
Company Name(s): Epiphone Banjo Corporation, (1934 ish)Plant Location: 35-37 Thirty-sixth Street, Long Island City, New York.Company History:Years Active:Owner & Principle Luthier:Instrument Notes:Serial Numbers: A group of Epiphone historians, experts and accomplished musicians including Felix Wiedler and others (Jane, Dylan, Robing and Igor) maintain NY Epi Reg (The Unofficial New York Epiphone Registry). The site provides a comprehensive database of Epiphone instrument serial numbers, in addition to providing a treasure trove of historical information and research. The database tells the year, serial number, model, submodel, and has pictures as well.Resources:(The Unofficial New York Epiphone Registry)Jim Fisch & L.B. Fred, Epiphone: The House of Stathopoulo (1997), ISBN-10: Walter Carter, The Complete History of Epiphone (1996),ISBN-10.
GIBSON SERIALIZATIONIdentifying Gibson instruments by serial number is tricky at best and downright impossible in some cases.The best methods of identifying them is by using a combination of the serial number, the factory ordernumber and any features that are particular to a specific time that changes may have occurred in instrumentdesign (i.e. Logo design change, headstock volutes, etc). There have been 6 different serial number stylesused to date on Gibson instruments.The first serialization started in 1902 and ran until 1947. The serial numbers started with number 100 andgo to 99999.
Epiphone Mandolin Serial Numbers
All numbers are approximates. In most cases, only the upper end instruments were assignedidentification numbers.YEAR LAST #194 185197 425190 8750YEAR LAST #1947 99999White oval labels were used on instruments from 1902 to 1954, at which time the oval label was changed toan orange color. On instruments with round soundholes, this label is visible directly below it. On f-holeinstruments, it is visible through the upper f-hole. The second type of serial numbers used started with an Aprefix and ran from 1947 to 1961. The first number is A 100.YEAR LAST #1947 A 13051948 A 26651949 A 44101950 A 65951951 A 94201952 A 124601953 A 174351954 A 18665YEAR LAST #1955 A 219101956 A 247551957 A 268201958 A 288801959 A 322851960 A 356451961 A 36150When production of solid body guitars began, an entirely new serial number system was developed.Though not used on the earliest instruments produced (those done in 1952), a few of these instruments have3 digits stamped on the headstock top. Some time in 1953, instruments were ink stamped on the headstockback with 5 or 6 digit numbers, the first indicating the year, the following numbers are production numbers.The production numbers run in a consecutive order and, aside from a few oddities in the change over years(1961-1962), it is fairly accurate to use them when identifying solid body instruments produced between1953 and 1961.
Examples of this system:4 2205 = 1954 614562 = 1956In 1961 Gibson started a new serial number system that covered all instrument lines. It consisted ofnumbers that are impressed into the wood. It is also generally known to be the most frustrating and hard tounderstand system that Gibson has employed. The numbers were used between the years 1961-1969. Thereare several instances where batches of numbers are switched in order, duplicated, not just once, but up tofour times, and seem to be randomly assigned, throughout the decade.