They changed pretty much everything for the export market, and export to most makers means anything but US. It all began a few years ago with the EU and a thing called the RoHS (Regulation of Hazardous Materials) and Gotoh in Japan basically changed their production to ensure they didnt lose the European market, and that being manufacturers who shipped to Europe, which is most everyone. The truss rod cover change from rectangular with white edges and bell with white edges to black bullet style in 1993. NOTES FOR MY WEBSITE: - For the specialcustom order guitars the description on this website are based on the standard set (specs, color, construction and hardware can vary). Serials from 1990 to 1996 are written in a sort of Times New Roman font, otherwise are in a sort of Arial font. The circle logo ESP CUSTOM GUITARS on the back of the headstock is not a typical feature on ESP guitars made for the Japanese market and custom order. NOTES ON SERIAL NUMBERS: - Many custom orders or first new model made did not have any serial number.
The PRE-2015 system doesnt apply to early ESPs, some of which had no serial number tracking system at all and used random numbers. Ltd Guitar Lookup Serial Number Tracking SystemĮSP Guitar Company says: Unfortunately the factories at ESP Japan have not kept a consistent and sensible serial number tracking system in place over the years.įor this we apologize, and we are working to maintain a more consistent system going forward.
I keep record of this data in order to try to deduce other correspondences. Ltd Guitar Lookup Serial Number Tracking System.
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