Aria Made In Japan Serial Numbers

Dec 14, 2017  Anyone know what year this aria was made. The serial is 02006145 it says made in japan and adjustable steel neck on the neck plate, iam pretty sure it was made in the 70's but iam not entirely sure, it is a les paul copy and the original paint was black, had gold hardware and two humbuckers with a 3 way toggle and 2 tone and 2 volume knobs.

'Dating Aria guitars is a mix of fair precision and historical triangulation. The early guitars did not contain serial numbers, so you have to go by the rough historical outlines here. There are no pot codes. In the mid-'70s serial numbers began to be used. At least for Aria guitars made by Matsumoku, the serial number contains the year of manufacture in the first one or two digits (Y##### or YY####). Thus, a guitar from 1979 might begin with 79####. One from 1981 might begin with 1#####.

The scheme becomes less sure after 1987. Some Korean- made guitars use a serial number with year and week indicated in the first four digits (YYWW####).

Darksiders 2 artbook download. Thus 9628#### would be from the 28th week of 1996. However, this is not the case on all guitars, and some have serial numbers which are not date-coded.' ********** 'Look at it this way: think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of 'em are stupider than that.' - George Carlin 'It shouldn't be expected that people are necessarily doing what they appear to be doing on records.' - Sir George Martin, All You Need Is Ears 'The music business will be revitalized by musicians, not the labels or Live Nation. When the musicians decide to put music first, instead of money, the public will flock to the fruits and the scene will be healthy again.' - Bob Lefsetz.