Serial Number Help

msjj48 Posted 2012-05-24 2:58 PM (#454951) Subject: Serial Number Help Joined: May 2012 Posts: 3 Hi Everyone, so I just recently inherited an Ovation Applause AE-128 and would like to know the year it was made, only thing is, it has a 7 digit serial number that I can't seem to find a way to decode. The serial number is 4731718 if anyone can help me out, much appreciated. Mark in Boise Posted 2012-05-24 5:49 PM (#454957 - in reply to #454951) Subject: Re: Serial Number Help Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12759 Location: Boise, Idaho I have never heard of anyone being able to translate an Applause serial number into a date. jay Posted 2012-05-24 8:00 PM (#454964 - in reply to #454951) Subject: Re: Serial Number Help Joined: January 2009 Posts: 1249 Location: Texas The Mayans did it back in the day. TRboy Posted 2012-05-25 10:20 PM (#455013 - in reply to #454951) Subject: Re: Serial Number Help Joined: February 2003 Posts: 2178 Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR Sorry msjj48 but the serial number decoder system only applies to U.S. made Ovations. I'm not even sure the factory can tell you anything about the imports and the year they were made.....