Just got a Festival-F Flatiron from Dallas Music, with the serial number #00221010. I searched the archives for how to make sense of the number, but couldn't find help.
Is anyone able to decipher this for me? The sticker says Nashville, so I guess it is a later post-Montana model.
Thanks, dave
Dave-
#00221010
Made on February 21st 2000. 1st one made that day.
These are very nice mandos - same as an F5-G!
thanks for the help, "Pick.." - I'da never figured THAT out! This beauty is so clean that I've got a kleenex under my right forearm, and my left thumb, and saran wrap over the tailpiece.....just don't want to smudge it up!
Thanks, dave
Start sumdging. . . . .
f-d
ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Dave- Try cutting off an old tube sock so you have a 6-7" section and wear it on your right forearm. Keeps the smudges off the top and tailpiece. No need for the kleenex and saran wrap
Re: Flatiron serial number
A friend of mine inherited a Flatiron Model number 1N
The serial number is 83072279
Made in Bozeman, Montana
When was it built. Is it considered a decent mandolin?
Re: Flatiron serial number
I believe that the numbering system for the 1-N is the same as other Flatiron models. The first two digits are the year followed by the month and day. The final digits indicate where the Mando placed in the production run for that day. Your friend's mandolin, therefore, would have been made on July 22, 1983. Hope that helps.
Mike
Re: Flatiron serial number
I think somewhere in the late '90s (in the move to Nashville?) Flatiron changed to the Gibson's new numbering system, as shown in the OP. Pre-Gibson Flatirons had the year of manufacture in the first two digits.
f-d
ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Re: Flatiron serial number
Got a Flatiron Festival F...THE TAG SAYS The Gibson Master Model Festival F...Serial # 10817020...Could someone verify the year
Thanks
Re: Flatiron serial number
To my understanding August 17, 2001 and the second one out of the shop that day.
Re: Flatiron serial number
Hi, can anybody tell me the date for the serial number of 11010010? Thanks!
Re: Flatiron serial number
See post #2, you got the same mando
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Re: Flatiron serial number
October 01, 2001 and the first one finished/labeled that day. That is towards the end of the production in Nashville.
I have February 02, 2001
They can be very good and if you get a good one I think they are a bargain.
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