Rickenbacker serial number

My copy isn't in the best of shape and the pages are similar to tracing paper which make scanning these pages for a quality picture very hard. These are the only two pages out of in the book that deal with Rickenbacker. Here shows a listing of Rickenbacker Serial numbers that were assigned from This is according to Branham which seems to be very accurate so today. These Branham Automotive Serial Number books are few and far between, so if you find one grab it!!!

This is a common spot where most Rickenbacker Serial Number tags can be found on the early models. The first digit in the serial number stand for the number of pickups. The letter 'T' is for non-vibrato tailpiece and the 'V' means vibrato tailpiece. Below are a few examples:. As so many times during the earlier periods, there are exceptions from the serial numbering system shown above. The first Capri guitars, like some Model didn't have the number of pickups in the serial number.

It only showed the tailpiece version, i. It also happened that a vibrato model could end up with a 'T' in the number as well as a 'V' on non-vibrato models. Here are some examples on the full size standard guitars, basses and mandolins. The first numbers tell us what model the instrument is. The letter following the first number s indicate the instrument style.

The first single digit after the letter tells us what year in the 50's. It works like this:. The Model usually had a 4 rather than a 45 in the part of the serial number.

It ended with an 'A'. For example 4C A was a Model V often stood for Model or Model It could also be a Model The codes didn't tell us any specific model information, but it tells us that the instrument was one of the smaller student models.

There was some minor exceptions from this, but the above mentioned system was the most common. Serial Numbers with a 'R'. The Model that has the serial number mentioned was a Model F made in July Rickenbacker Related Patents.

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