How can I determine the age of a particular acoustic guitar?
All of our acoustic guitars built after 1991 have a 3-5 digit serial number (stamped into the mahogany neck block) that can be used to date the instrument. It's important to understand that serial numbers are assigned at the beginning of the build process. Since we build a large number of customized instruments each year, the build time can vary significantly from guitar to guitar. This means that guitars do not leave our shop in sequential numerical order (as if the numbers were stamped at the end of the process). We've put together an approximate listing of serial number ranges by completion year. Please keep in mind that these are only rough guidelines. Some instruments, particularly those with serial numbers that fall close to the beginning/end of the range, may have actually shipped in the previous/following year.

Year	Serial Number Range
2008	14016	to	15572
2007	12654	to	14015
2006	11447	to	12653
2005	10326	to	11446
2004	9224	to	10325
2003	8214	to	9223
2002	7258	to	8213
2001	6161	to	7257
2000	5416	to	6160
1999	4521	to	5415
1998	3633	to	4520
1997	2825	to	3632
1996	2122	to	2824
1995	1561	to	2121
1994	1204	to	1560
1993	555	to	1203
1992	332	to	554
1991 or older		to	331