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Esp Ltd Guitars Serial Number Identification Rating: 4,0/5 252 reviews Key people Makoto Suzuki (President) Matt Masciandaro (CEO) Products, Owner Hisatake Shibuya Website (Global) (Japan) ESP Company, Limited ( 株式会社イーエスピー, Kabushiki Gaisha Ī Esu Pī) is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, primarily focused on the production of.


Unfortunally ESP didn't keep good records of old serial numbers. Many records have been lost during years and most of all were destroyed in a fire accident on late '90s in ESP Japan factory. For old guitars we can only know the exact data reading the ESP warranty card (when there is), or unscrewing the neck (if the neck is bolt on) and read under it becuse probably theres the data write on pencil). I keep record of this data in order to try to deduce other correspondences. ESP Guitar Company says: 'Unfortunately the factories at ESP Japan have not kept a consistent and sensible serial number tracking system in place over the years. This has resulted in alot of confusion, and .. you may still come across the occasional serial number that may conflict with, or doesn't fall under any of the listed categories. For this we apologize, and we are working to maintain a more consistent system going forward. The PRE-2015 system doesn't apply to early ESP's, some of which had no serial number tracking system at all and used random numbers. Thanks for your understanding.'


NOTES ON SERIAL NUMBERS:

- Many custom orders or first new model made did not have any serial number.
- The circle logo 'ESP CUSTOM GUITARS' on the back of the headstock is not a typical feature on ESP guitars made for the Japanese market and custom order.
- Serials from 1990 to 1996 are written in a sort of 'Times New Roman' font, otherwise are in a sort of 'Arial' font.
NOTES FOR MY WEBSITE:
- For the special/custom order guitars the description on this website are based on the 'standard set' (specs, color, construction and hardware can vary).
- The truss rod cover change from rectangular with white edges and bell with white edges to black bullet style in 1993.
- some of the ESPs have black hardware in North America and Black Nickel hardware elsewhere. It all began a few years ago with the EU and a thing called the RoHS (Regulation of Hazardous Materials) and Gotoh in Japan basically changed their production to ensure they didn’t lose the European market, and that being manufacturers who shipped to Europe, which is most everyone. They changed pretty much everything for the “export” market, and export to most makers means anything but US. Kind of a long story. They have a way of producing black again now so expect it to all go back to the way most of us prefer over time.
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7 or 8 DIGITS stamped in the back of the headstock:
(D)DMMYNNN
DD= day of the month (01 to 31)
MM= month (01 to 12)
Y= last digit of the year (ex: 1992 = 2)
NNN = production number 000 to 999 resetted every year

EXAMPLE: the code of my MX-250 25023072 means the manufacturing date is 25.02.1993 and it was the 72nd guitar producted that year.

NOTES:

- year '7' can be 1987 or 1997, '8' can be 1988 or 1998, '9' can be 1989 or 1999! You have to look at the models in production that year.

- sometimes in old guitars (80s early 90s) 1st and/or 3rd digit is missing when is '0' and the result is serials with 6 or 7 digits (ex. 3038467 or 338467 → means 03.03.1988 number 467)

- lot of old esp's does not have any serial on the back of the headstock. If you are lucky you can find a serial written on pencil where the body is bolted to the neck (or in the neck also) or in one of the pickup cavities.


SERIAL UNDER PICKUPS:

MM= month (01 to 12)

For example my MX-220 have serial '#80129' that means was made the 08-1991 number 29)


5 DIGITS punched in the bolt plate (for the bolt on versions).
NOTE:Follow this reference may not be accurate because probably they printed a certain number of plates and then put on guitars in a random manner, without noticing consecutive numeration. This is the reason why we can easilu find guitars with the bolt plate referring to a year or two before or after respect the serial printed on the back of the headstock. To have an exact dating of this guitars you have to unscrew the neck and look at the date could be written below.
1988 -
1989 - 592XX
1990 -
1991 -
1992 - 601XX --> 618XX
1993 - 619XX --> 912XX
1994 - 166XX --> 183XX
1995 - 191XX --> 244XX
1996 - 257XX --> 261XX
1997 - 273XX --> 294XX
1998 - 301XX --> 357XX
1999 - 339XX --> 369XX
2000 - 379XX --> 387XX
2001 - 388XX --> 416XX
2002 - 402XX
2003 - 4170X




8 DIGITS stamped in the back of the headstock:
PPYYWWDNN (stamped on the back of the headstock).
EspPPEsp Ltd Serial Numbers = place of manufacture:

K = ESP Kiso Factory (Japan) / set-neck and neck-thru only;

S = ESP Sado Factory (Japan) / bolt-on only;

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SS = ESP Standard Factory / Signature Series or Standard Series

CH = Craft House

CS = Craft House (used rarely)

TH = Technical House

N = Nagano Factory

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YY = last two digits of the year
WW = week of the year (max.52)
D = day of that week: 1 = monday, 2 = tuesday,.. (max.7)
NN = number off the line that day (max.99)
EXAMPLE: the code of my MX-250 K0604202 means the manufacturing date is 24.01.2006 and it was the 2nd guitar built that day.



8 DIGITS stamped in the back of the headstock:
BNNNNYYP
NNNN= production number
YY = last two digits of the year
1 - Custom Series
2 - Original Series and Signatures Series (i.e. guitars produced by the Custom Shop that are production models)

Serial Number Check?

K1249304

Hello all; would someone please let me know if this serial number is legitimate?

Do all signature series have the ESP logo on the back of the headstock? This one does not, and I feel like I got the deal of a lifetime on it.

It feels great, has the certificate of authenticity, came in what appeared to be original packaging, has the logo on the case, and appears to have come from a legitimate dealer. Am I just being paranoid, or am I in good shape?

Thanks to all; Happy Holidays

As we've said in every post in this thread, post pictures of the guitar.

pls can you let me know the specifications for this guitar? Thank you

pls can you let me know the specifications for this guitar? Thank you

I'll reply on the last (17th) page of the thread, just to make life a bit easier to follow.

what model and year is this thing?

I'll reply on the last page of the thread.

Can anyone tell me what year model this is? Ltd m-155 serial number is e024617. I tried looking online but not able to find anything out

2002

Hello I just became the owner of an original ESP Eclipse. Serial SS0925505. What is the history and value? thanks

Post a photo. It's a 2009, but we couldn't give you an idea of the value without seeing the condition of the guitar.

I have a Ltd MH-50. What does the serial number tell about what factory its made in and when? Anything different with this version then the one posted on the site? Number is L0708812 and its made in china

Hi I bought my ESP Eclipse-1 CTM Pau Landers 2 months ago, I am sure it is original the finish and sound is insane I never saw something like that, but just in case .

Serial is SS0850612

Hi, what year is your guitar

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my sn is SS0736562

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I've got an M -252 with the serial number W0223873

could you tell me what year it was made?

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PL Eclipse is fine.
M-252 is from 2002.

Thank you. I wanted Gipson LP so much but I did not like neck thickness I was so disappointed but then dealer offered me to try mentioned guitar and I felt in love with an alien immediately. It was like to meet future wife love forever .

Good evening everyone,

I wanna know if the serial of this guitar is legitimate, the guitar is a LTD ec 1000 deluxe vb (W11041093) Thank you for the information.

We'd need more photos to be sure, but based on all of the writing on the back of the headstock, tuners and shape, I'd say it's probably legit. Waves rbass vst free download.

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Guys can you please help me out, there's a ec1000 being sold in my area for 200$ it looks real only problems is there's a slight crack behind the headstock and it doesn't have the 'inspected in america' sticker, the serial number starts with R, And it says its Korean made but i thought the Korean made one serial started with W not R. I'm most likely still buying it but what should I look out for

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R can still be Korean, just made at a different factory. (W is World Music, I don't remember which the R stands for.)
Any chance you can link to the photos? The crack behind the headstock worries me. If the guitar has/had a broken headstock, that $200 price is more in line with what the guitar is worth.

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