111 is the unit number and the final letter is an internal code. Letter-letter-letter-#-letter, like so: QLY111C. The three numbers are again, unit number. 213=unit number and that last letter is an internal code. Using the charts, we see that H=1991 and P=September. The last three numbers indicate unit number.
The number following the letter is the year, in this case. The letter at the beginning represents the month, so J would be March (see chart above). If you still can’t figure it out, please see Yamaha contact info at the bottom of this page.Īlternate serial number configurations for Yamaha Classical and Acoustic Guitars First LetterĪ lot of people have written in to say, “Hey! My Yamaha serial number looks nothing like this!” To you folks, we offer the following: Several other serial number configurations used by Yamaha over the years. The last three numbers represent order of production on the day the guitar was made.Įxample: hm02316 = the 316th unit made on June 2 of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, or 2001. The first two numbers indicate the day of the month. (Their numbering system began with “H” for 1.) The first letter indicates the last digit of the year of production. Thanks.Serial numbers on Yamaha guitars repeat every ten years due to the way they are formed. Anyone got an idea of what it would be worth? I don't get to this board much because I forget to come here, so you might want to email me instead of posting. I'm almost afraid to play it, and it doesn't get played much at all. Unless someone has one under a bed somewhere I doubt very seriously that there is another one any available anywhere near this good a condition. I have never seen serial number markings like it before. Must have been a very early one I assume. Hard to tell, but from the research I've done all other FG-140's I've seen with similiar headstock and RED soundhole label are 69's. The serial number inside the soundhole has three markings at the beginning that look like question marks (?) and then 054 and then what looks like 69 in smaller print. The amazing thing when I got the guitar was that it came with no case. I can provide all the pictures you want if anyone wants to see it. The frets were cleaned at some point before I bought the guitar, but other than that this guitar looks as if someone has just picked it off the wall at your local guitar store, circa 1969. The only thing you can see if you postion the guitar a certain way into the light, are a couple small pick scrapes not into the poly coating surface around the top of the sound hole. All original with killer low action, no fret buzzing, no splits, no cracks, no repairs, nada. I have a 1969 Yamaha FG-140 that is in museum quality condition.
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