
Researching a guitar’s serial number can also stop you from being the victim of fraud. It’s simple enough with our Gibson Serial Number lookup decoder. Type your serial numbers into the decoder below and you’ll get all the information Gibson has on the instrument. If you end up with an error message, please scroll down and find your guitar’s credentials manually using our helpful number grids. * We’ve tirelessly searched the internet for every record, the information gathered is the most accurate we could find. Some documentation crosses over and some has been lost over the years causing gaps in our data.Īs Gibson serial numbers are renowned for being a bit of a nightmare, we contacted them and they’ve advised checking the code on the pots when in doubt. They had to be made before the guitar was assembled so they can give a clue to the age of the guitar. Unless, of course, the pots have been changed.

The Gibson ES-150 was endorsed by Charlie Christian.
