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Location: Alabama | I'm trying to identify the year model of my Preacher Deluxe. It's number 13915. I've seen the id charts for the acoustics, but cant seem to pinpoint the dates on the preacher deluxe.
Oh, and once I realized the thing had active preamps in it and changed the batteries, wow!, it sounds incredible.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Here! Under "Early Series" (1966-1981) including solid bodies:
10000 and up = 1970(Feb) to 1972(May) Five digits, No letter prefix |
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Location: Alabama | ahhh, gotcha. I was looking at that wrong. So it's a '70-'72 model. I take it the numbers in those date ranges are simply production numbers and don't specify which of those 3 years, months, etc., my guitar was made.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | No... That you would have to figure-out by conjecture and arithmetic.
For example; If you have proof of the date of another guitar with a 5-digit serial number,
then you can guess yours.
Since I know that my Sweet T was made in April 2008,
I know that all the serial numbers near 2193xx were made before or after then.
Which means that my "Brand New" 2778LX-4 is actually older than the Sweet T...
It spent a long lonely time in a store room. :eek: |
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Location: Tennessee | The electric solid bodies had an E prefix with either four or five digits (they started five in about 1975). My Viper is from very late in the run and is E199xx ... with the highest I've ever seen of E201xx (from around 1981). I think your Preacher (E13915) is probably somewhere in the 1977-78 timeframe, but just a WAG. There's no way to tell exact month and year of manufacture with a code like some builders use.
OMA, do you have sumpin' special? How does the SweetT have a 1970's number? Was it an offshore guitar? And your 2778 should be five hundred thousand something or maybe even six big ones. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That Sweet T's number is above 619300, I was keeping it a secret by trying to type 6193xx.
My 2778LX's are both above 617700.
Apparently my finger slipped on the "6". ooops :eek:
And I was saying that if his serial number had no letters... 70-72 is what it should be.
But they didn't make Preachers then. |
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Location: Alabama | You're correct, Stone. I didn't notice the E. It's separate from the numbers, kinda spaced off to the left a bit. So that's gonna put mine in the '75 to '80 range. Thanks for the info, I'll stick with the '77 '78 range until I can get closer. Mine is the Preacher Deluxe, black with gold hardware. Don't know if they made those in a specific year. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Preacher Deluxe made from 78 thru 83
E plus five digits 78-80
E plus 6 digits late 80 on
So yours is 78-80
Mine is E14997
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Location: Alabama | Thanks AJ. The guy I bought it from thought it was a '79. I played it in my new years eve concert. Maybe I can get some video up pretty soon. |
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