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									How to date my guitar? - Guitar Repair and Maintenance				            </title>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187869</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thanks, racetruck!  That does help to confirm that mine is a &#039;94.Jeff]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks, racetruck!  That does help to confirm that mine is a '94.<br><br>Jeff]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>progressions</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187862</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Duhhhh....     I have an 97 Epiphone Supernova and it&#039;s serial # is R97P  1087!     It&#039;s also a lot alike yours but with a stop tailpiece and a tuneamatic bridge.      I&#039;m going to assume th...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Duhhhh....<br><br>     I have an 97 Epiphone Supernova and it's serial # is R97P  1087!<br><br>     It's also a lot alike yours but with a stop tailpiece and a tuneamatic bridge.<br><br>      I'm going to assume that the 97 in the serial number is the year.<br><br>      Hope it helps, by the way, nice axe!]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187784</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Doug Cs post of the epi dating site is great for older guitars.I dont reconize the serial number. I onder if it is post 60&#039;s and made in Asia.still a nice guitar.  dont change a thing on it.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Doug Cs post of the epi dating site is great for older guitars.<br><br>I dont reconize the serial number. <br>I onder if it is post 60's and made in Asia.<br><br>still a nice guitar.  dont change a thing on it.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187770</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thanks, greybeard!Here&#039;s the picbit blurry but the camera on my phone isn&#039;t that hot :)Jeff]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks, greybeard!<br><br>Here's the pic:<br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/progressions/183232934/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/progressions/183232934/</a><br><br>A bit blurry but the camera on my phone isn't that hot :)<br><br>Jeff]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187764</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I have an account at the Epi forum, so I&#039;ve put a question on there.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have an account at the Epi forum, so I've put a question on there.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>greybeard</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187761</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Just took one with my phone but it doesn&#039;t seem to be getting through to Flickr.  I&#039;ll post later if it makes it or if I can get one another way.It&#039;s in an oval and says:Model CASINO EBNumbe...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just took one with my phone but it doesn't seem to be getting through to Flickr.  I'll post later if it makes it or if I can get one another way.<br><br>It's in an oval and says:<br><br>Model CASINO EB<br>Number R94P3016 is hereby <br>GUARANTEED<br>against faulty workmanship and materials<br>Epiphone<br><br>with "Epiphone" being the Epiphone logo.<br><br><br>Jeff]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187758</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[That doesn&#039;t fit any Gibson or Epi convention that I&#039;ve come across. Have you got a pic of the serial number?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[That doesn't fit any Gibson or Epi convention that I've come across. Have you got a pic of the serial number?]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187756</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Gibsons are easy to date. The serial number is YDDDYNNN, where Y (+Y) = year, DDD= day in year (365 is New year&#039;s Eve) and NNN is that it was the NNNth guitar produced that day.
The serial o...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Gibsons are easy to date. The serial number is YDDDYNNN, where Y (+Y) = year, DDD= day in year (365 is New year's Eve) and NNN is that it was the NNNth guitar produced that day.
The serial on mine is R94P3016, any idea what that signifies?<br><br>Jeff]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187755</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Go here to date an Epi guitar.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Go <a href="http://www.guitardaterproject.org/epiphone.aspx">here</a> to date an Epi guitar.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: How to date my guitar?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-to-date-my-guitar/#post-187732</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[the only thing more beautiful than a nice semihollow (besides a pretty girl) is a nice shiny martin dreadnaught.  those p90s look heavenly...treat her right, sir]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[the only thing more beautiful than a nice semihollow (besides a pretty girl) is a nice shiny martin dreadnaught.  <br><br>those p90s look heavenly...treat her right, sir]]></content:encoded>
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