Hi Folks
No I DON'T want to go on a date with a Gibson EM-150, (though I might consider an Loar F-5 blind date) but I would like to find out when it was made. I have scoured the net for pdf files and dates to no avail, so I now throw myself upon the mercy of you experts!
Picked up a Gibson EM-150 on eBay last night and it has serial number 63368, according to the seller, who said it was a 50's model. Can anybody enlighten me?
thanks!
BERT in Sverige
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2009 Chris Stanley A mandolin #53 * 2001 Stelling LS-5
2006 Pomeroy H-2 blackface mandola #80
Hi Bert! The PDF you seek is here. An SN of 63368 would date to 1963, according to this PDF.
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Hi Martin!
yeah I had looked at that page before and downloaded the pdfs and found them completely incomprehensible... Also, I found that Elderly has an EM- 150 which has a serial number of 63013, which they say is from 1953! http://www.premierguitar.com/gear....53.aspx
I did look a bit more on the serial pdf, and see the place you mean, but wonder if this is mostly for guitars?
cheers
BERT
1914 Gibson F-2 * 2008 National RM-1
1919 Gibson A-3 whiteface * 1941 National Style 0
1924 Gibson A snakehead * 1914 Gibson F-2 black
2009 Chris Stanley A mandolin #53 * 2001 Stelling LS-5
2006 Pomeroy H-2 blackface mandola #80
I contact that seller the first day and told him it was a 1963. He said he didn't know. (Most ebay sellers don't know). It has the screwed at the top pickguard vs side pins. It has the '59 + style tailpiece. It has the orange label if I remember. It has a 60's style hardshell case.
50's EM150's did not have serial numbers nor a label, they had the factory order numbers only in the lower f hole.
With all those 60's things, it's a '63.
Hi f5loar
thanks for the info!
well at least it wasn't too expensive! 720 dollars... and a little fixing.
will be fun to give it a try!
cheers
BERT
1914 Gibson F-2 * 2008 National RM-1
1919 Gibson A-3 whiteface * 1941 National Style 0
1924 Gibson A snakehead * 1914 Gibson F-2 black
2009 Chris Stanley A mandolin #53 * 2001 Stelling LS-5
2006 Pomeroy H-2 blackface mandola #80
The one from Elderly is 1953. Right type tailpiece, right style pickguard pinned to the side, right color shading,
and right factory order number for 1953. It starts with a "Y" , the '63 does not. and the last digit is "3" not part of the other 4 as it would have been the 3rd one made in that '53 batch. Sometimes a little knowledge is not a good thing.
AHH! I thought the Y was just short for the year, and no the seller of mine just said serial and didn't say anything more.
great to clear this up!
cheers
BERT
1914 Gibson F-2 * 2008 National RM-1
1919 Gibson A-3 whiteface * 1941 National Style 0
1924 Gibson A snakehead * 1914 Gibson F-2 black
2009 Chris Stanley A mandolin #53 * 2001 Stelling LS-5
2006 Pomeroy H-2 blackface mandola #80
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