Unknown serial number for Epi?

[Chopper]

Hey everyone,
I'm about to buy a "used" Epi Standard Plus Top for a reputable guitar store and I was checking the serial number EE70308167 and it comes back as unknown.

I read alot of the threads here about serial numbers, but this one got me puzzled. I know the first 2 letters mean "Qingdao China", but that's about as far as I can go. Can someone help me out?

Cheers.

 

[sasquatch]

If it said EE070308167 then that would be a good thing, that way the guitardater would come back saying
Your Guitar Was built at
EE (Qingdao China) 2007 03 (March)Production # 08167

Either you left off the first 0 or something isn't right with the guitar.

 

[KrystenCTR]

Damn! You beat me to it.

Missing a zero there me thinks.

Otherwise its a dodgy sounding Epi.


Have a good read through the Fake Epi threads. Has saved me some hard earned cash so far.

 

[The Guitarist]

probably doesn't come up because as said that 0 may be missing, or its a guitar from the future, year 2070!!

 

[Chopper]

Nope, I called them again and they gave me the same serial number. It's not missing a zero.

So it seems that everyone is having the same problem as me.

Is it possible they forgot to add the zero?

Cheers.

 

[sasquatch]

Nope, I called them again and they gave me the same serial number. It's not missing a zero.

So it seems that everyone is having the same problem as me.

Is it possible they forgot to add the zero?

Cheers.

If it looks like EE70308167
then there is definitely a problem
I would steer cleer.

 

[-=[Shifty]=-]

If it looks like EE70308167
then there is definitely a problem
I would steer cleer.

Yup, then there would be a big problem.

The seriel number must start with a zero (EE07038167). EE7030 makes absolutely NO sense, that would mean that the guitar will be built in the 30th month of 2070!

 

[guitarsmark]

Why don't you go in and look for yourself - take a good look through the fake epi threads first, and see if there are any other differences - might just be a tool that you are talking to at the store who can't read - I dunno, I don't trust much outside what I see with my own 2 eyes.

 

[Chopper]

Why don't you go in and look for yourself - take a good look through the fake epi threads first, and see if there are any other differences - might just be a tool that you are talking to at the store who can't read - I dunno, I don't trust much outside what I see with my own 2 eyes.

I took your advice and did that, .....yes, he missed the first zero, so the serial number is EE070308167.

So it was made in Qingdao China in March of 2007, Production # 08167

Cheers, and thanks everyone!

 

[guitarsmark]

I took your advice and did that, .....yes, he missed the first zero, so the serial number is EE070308167.

So it was made in Qingdao China in March of 2007, Production # 08167

Cheers, and thanks everyone!

Good to hear Chopper - Don't want to write off a guitar as a fake without seeing it first!!! You gonna jump on it??