Examples of Ibanez serial numbers on back of headstock |
Eight characters | ||
F | YY | ##### |
single letter (F) | 2-digit number | 5-digit number |
Example:F1418872 (May 2014) |
Eight characters | ||
F | YY | ##### |
single letter (F) | 2-digit number | 5-digit number |
Example:F9914244 (March 1999) |
Six characters | |||
M | YY | # | ## |
single letter (A–L) | 2-digit number | 1-digit number | 2-digit number |
Example: |
Eight characters | |||
IG | YY | MM | ## |
'IG' | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 2-digit number |
Example: IG161102[3] |
Seven characters | ||
T | YY | #### |
single letter (T) | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example: |
Seven characters | ||
F, H, I, or T | Y | ##### |
single letter (F, H, I, or T) | single number | 5-digit number |
Example:F204157 (January 1992) |
Seven characters | ||
M | YY | #### |
single letter (A–L) | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example:B840230 (February 1980) |
Nine or ten characters | |||
X or XX | YY | MM | #### |
1 or 2 letters (see values below) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Examples:C02074108 (July 2002, Cort); CP03129418 (December 2003, CP) |
Eight or nine characters | |||
X or XX | Y | MM | #### |
1 or 2 letters (see values below) | 1-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example:C8094519 (September 1998, Cort) |
Seven or eight characters | |||
X | Y | ##### | |
1 letter (see values below) | 1-digit number | 5-digit number | |
Examples:P713503 (1987, Peerless); C422807 (1994, Cort) |
Eight characters | |||
E | Y | MM | #### |
1 letter (E) | 1-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example: |
Seven characters | |||
W | M | Y | #### |
1 letter (W) | 1 alphanumeric character | 1-digit number | 4-digit number |
Examples:W842827 (August 2004) WZ01928 (December 2000) |
Seven characters | |||
S | Y | MM | #### |
1 letter (S) | 1-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example:S4081012 (August 1994) |
Eleven characters | |||
KR | YY | MM | ##### |
2 letters (KR) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 5-digit number |
Example: |
Seven numeric digits | |
Y | MM#### |
1-digit number | 6-digit number |
Example: |
Eight numeric digits | |
YY | ###### |
2-digit number | 6-digit number |
Example: |
Ten numeric digits | ||
YY | MM | ###### |
2-digit number | 2-digit number | 6-digit number |
Example: |
Nine characters | |||
FC | Y | MM | #### |
2 letters (FC) | 1-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Examples:RG380FFC5111062 (November 1995) |
Ten characters | |||
X | YY | MM | ##### |
1 letter (I, K or J) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 5-digit number |
Example:I120426682 (April 2012) |
Eight characters | |||
I | Y | MM | #### |
1 letter (I) | 1-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example: |
Eleven characters | |||
PR | Y | MM | #### |
2 letters (PR) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 5-digit number |
Example: |
Six characters | ||
M | #### | Y |
single letter | 4-digit number | single letter |
Example:H0089E (August 2015) |
Six characters | ||
##### | Y | |
5-digit number | single letter | |
Example:03701B (2011) |
Ten characters | |||
J | YY | MM | ##### |
1 letter (J) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 5-digit number |
Example:J081150322 (November 2008) |
Nine characters | |||
S | YY | MM | #### |
1 letter (S) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example:S13120602 (December 2013) |
Eleven characters | |||
GS | YY | MM | ##### |
2 letters (GS) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 5-digit number |
Example:GS140406094 (April 2014) |
Ten characters | |||
SS | YY | MM | #### |
2 letters (SS) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example: |
Nine characters | |||
A | YY | MM | #### |
1 letter (A) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 4-digit number |
Example: |
Seven characters | |||
M | Y | ##### | |
1 letter (M) | 1-digit number | 5-digit number |
Eleven characters | |||
4L | YY | MM | ##### |
2 characters (4L) | 2-digit number | 2-digit number | 5-digit number |
Example:4L141000813 (October 2014) |
Seven characters | |||
Z | M | Y | #### |
1 letter (Z) | 1-digit number | 1 alphanumeric character | 4-digit number |
Example: |
Nine numeric digits | |
######### | |
9-digit number | |
Example: |
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