[docadillac]

I"ve seen the serial numbers on the Slash and the 9 digits Break down as follows. For example: take the serial number 004380332 The 1st and 5th number are the year of production, 2008. The 3 numbers after the 1st number represent the day in the year it was made, so the 043 part represents the 43rd day of the year which makes it Feb.12th which is a Tuesday. The last 4 numbers represent the actual number of production that the guitar falls into, so the last 4 numbers 0332 represent the 332nd guitar out of 1600 to be made. Normally there are 8 digits because the last 3 represent the order of production that the guitar falls into for that particular day. The Slash has 9 because it is a limited edition from 1-1600.