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Dennis Pardoe

 

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Post  Posted 19 Mar 2017 12:45 pm    
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How I find the year of my Gibson Console Grande? It doesn't have serial number that I can find.
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C. E. Jackson


Post  Posted 19 Mar 2017 2:30 pm    
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Dennis, some of the older models have a serial number die-stamped on the vertical tuner end.

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Dennis Pardoe

 

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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2017 3:09 am     Gibson Console Grande
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Mine doesn't have it, C.D., I know it is early fifties because they quit making the Tobacco Sunburst's after 1956,that's all I know. It has the rectangular pickups,4 legs,and the legs go in the bottom of the case. Thanks
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Bill Sinclair


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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2017 6:26 am    
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There are numerous websites that tell you how to read potentiometer codes if you can read the numbers stamped on the pot cases. It's not definitive since pots can be changed and even if they're the originals, they could have been on the shelf for a while before they were installed. Might give you a ballpark though.
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Rick Abbott

 

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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2017 10:38 am    
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Where did you look for a serial number? They can be really hard to see.

Here's another thread:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=310048&highlight=
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Brad Davis


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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2017 5:51 pm    
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My '54 had no serial, or at least not anywhere visible while keeping it assembled. Of the 3 Centralab pots 2 were original, a 53 and a 54, meaning a strong possibility it is 1954. The guitar features conform to that year. Characteristics like pickup type and number of legs and pot type can help provide date ranges also.
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Mark Roeder


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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2017 8:47 am    
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Oval PUs and tall knobs were about 49 to 52 or 53
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Post  Posted 21 Mar 2017 2:59 pm    
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Mine is a 1937. No serial number because it is the prototype. I need to find out who I need to talk to at Gibson to see if they'd like to have it.
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Dennis Pardoe

 

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Post  Posted 23 Mar 2017 6:10 pm     Gibson Console Grande
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I'ved looked on the tuner end for serial numbers many times, it's just not there. I'll look up the pot numbers, thanks for the tips.
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