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Joined: November 2005 Posts: 14 Location: Canada | Is there a database for Ovation Guitar Serial Numbers that I can just enter a Serial Number and it will tell me about the guitar? I had a link to one moons ago, but seemed to have lost it. Thanks in advance. Al ~ Tune In, Strum On ~ | |
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Joined: July 2003 Posts: 1922 Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Never heard of it....and that would be SCARY if it existed that just anyone could get at it....eBay crooks would start pulling serial numbers and using them in auctions to make their items look legit..... Anyone else heard of this???....I haven't. Roger | |
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Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389 Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | You mean the cracking the code section will be used by ebay theives? I've never heard of it. | |
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Joined: November 2005 Posts: 14 Location: Canada | I see your point. I totally forgot about the potential E-Bay fraud. But moons ago I had a link to a site where I would type in the make, model and serial number of a guitar. It would tell me the where it was made, when it was made and a brief history of the guitar. | |
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Joined: July 2003 Posts: 1922 Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | No, an4340....'Cracking The Code' is legit...it doesn't connect a serial number to a particular manufacturer, model and color of guitar, only the year, and an explanation from a model number (that you already have). I see that the site isn't as bad as I feared...you have to have the make, model and serial number to get a history. That's different. I understood that the site would give you make and model FROM a serial number. THAT'S SCARY. And very open to use by eBay-using crooks. Roger | |
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Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1445 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | No manufacturer that I know of records such specific info with their serial numbers except for Martin. Wayne | |
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Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389 Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Point of order: Cracking the code does refer to a manufacturer. If a crooked ebayer wants to lie about the make and model there's nothing you can do. In fact, people do that already, selling guitars they don't have. So be scared now. Big deal. | |
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Joined: November 2005 Posts: 14 Location: Canada | Perhaps I am just too honest then. I never even thought about the potential. Hmmm.....come to think of it, I think it was a Martin make that I looked at moons ago. I have an Ovation that I recently acquired that I would like to find the exact month/year it was made. Is there anyway I can find that out online? Simply out of curiousity really. | |
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Joined: May 2004 Posts: 383 Location: Indiana | Originally posted by Bluebird: You can get all the info possible from Alembic, also. Right down to the day it left the factory. No manufacturer that I know of records such specific info with their serial numbers except for Martin. Wayne Bill | |
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Joined: July 2003 Posts: 1922 Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Agreed, of course a crooked eBayer can lie about make and model now, and there are those who do. It gets a little more upsetting when they can add a legit serial number to it, though. The potential is there to cause problems for the legitimate owner of the instrument. You can find out the year, but no more, from the 'Cracking The Code' area on Ovation's website, or within the 'Reference' area within the OFC site. See where within the band of numbers for a year where your serial number is, you can make a fair guess as to what month it was manufactured. Roger |
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What year is the model of your guitar? Ever wanted to know but aren’t quite sure. Well, it’s quite easy to determine using the serial number on your Martin guitar.
Where Do I Find the Serial Number?
On Martin Guitars the serial number is usually located on the heel of the neck inside the soundhole. So you’ll need to look through the soundhole towards the neck.
This may be hard to read so you may need to shine a light in there (flashlight, smartphone etc).
Ovation Guitars
There will usually be 2 numbers in there. The first number (the top number) will be the model number. The second number (the bottom number) will be the serial number.
Once You’ve found Your Serial Number
Once you’ve found your serial number check out the table below. This shows all of the serial numbers of Martin’s guitars since 1898!
Ovation Guitar Identification
The serial number for each year shows the serial number of the last guitar that was built in that year.
So, if your serial number is 240121 for example then your Martin guitar was built in 1968. The number is above 230095 so it was built after 1967 but it’s less than 241925 so it was built before the end of 1968 – so it was built in 1968.
The Martin Guitar Serial Numbers Tables
| Year Built | Last Serial No. of That Year |
| 1898 | 8348 |
| 1899 | 8716 |
| 1900 | 9128 |
| 1901 | 9310 |
| 1902 | 9528 |
| 1903 | 9810 |
| 1904 | 9988 |
| 1905 | 10120 |
| 1906 | 10329 |
| 1907 | 10727 |
| 1908 | 10883 |
| 1909 | 11018 |
| 1910 | 11203 |
| 1911 | 11413 |
| 1912 | 11565 |
| 1913 | 11821 |
| 1914 | 12047 |
| 1915 | 12209 |
| 1916 | 12390 |
| 1917 | 12988 |
| 1918 | 13450 |
| 1919 | 14512 |
| 1920 | 15848 |
| 1921 | 16758 |
| 1922 | 17839 |
| 1923 | 19891 |
| 1924 | 22008 |
| 1925 | 24116 |
| 1926 | 28689 |
| 1927 | 34435 |
| 1928 | 37568 |
| 1929 | 40843 |
| 1930 | 45317 |
| 1931 | 49589 |
| 1932 | 52590 |
| 1933 | 55084 |
| 1934 | 58679 |
| 1935 | 61947 |
| 1936 | 65176 |
| 1937 | 68865 |
| 1938 | 71866 |
| 1939 | 74061 |
| 1940 | 76734 |
| 1941 | 80013 |
| 1942 | 83107 |
| 1943 | 86724 |
| 1944 | 90149 |
| 1945 | 93623 |
| 1946 | 98158 |
| 1947 | 103468 |
| 1948 | 108269 |
| 1949 | 112961 |
| 1950 | 117961 |
| 1951 | 122799 |
| 1952 | 128436 |
| 1953 | 134501 |
| 1954 | 141345 |
| 1955 | 147328 |
| 1956 | 153225 |
| 1957 | 159061 |
| 1958 | 165576 |
| 1959 | 171047 |
| 1960 | 175689 |
| 1961 | 181297 |
| 1962 | 187384 |
| 1963 | 193327 |
| 1964 | 199626 |
| 1965 | 207030 |
| 1966 | 217215 |
| 1967 | 230095 |
| 1968 | 241925 |
| 1969 | 256003 |
| 1970 | 271633 |
| 1971 | 294270 |
| 1972 | 313302 |
| 1973 | 333873 |
| 1974 | 353387 |
| 1975 | 371828 |
| 1976 | 388800 |
| 1977 | 399625 |
| 1978 | 407800 |
| 1979 | 419900 |
| 1980 | 430300 |
| 1981 | 436474 |
| 1982 | 439627 |
| 1983 | 446101 |
| 1984 | 453300 |
| 1985 | 460575 |
| 1986 | 468175 |
| 1987 | 476216 |
| 1988 | 483952 |
| 1989 | 493279 |
| 1990 | 503309 |
| 1991 | 512487 |
| 1992 | 522655 |
| 1993 | 535223 |
| 1994 | 551696 |
| 1995 | 570434 |
| 1996 | 592930 |
| 1997 | 624799 |
| 1998 | 668796 |
| 1999 | 724077 |
| 2000 | 780500 |
| 2001 | 845644 |
| 2002 | 916759* |
| 2003 | 978706 |
| 2004 | 1042558 |
| 2005 | 1115862 |
| 2006 | 1197799 |
| 2007 | 1268091 |
| 2008 | 1337042 |
| 2009 | 1406715 |
| 2010 | 1473461 |
| 2011 | 1555767 |
| 2012 | 1656742 |
| 2013 | 1755536 |
| 2014 | 1857399 |
| 2015 | 1972129 |
See more at: https://www.martinguitar.com/about/martin-story/serial-number-lookup
Exceptions
In 1981 & 1982 the serial numbers 900001 to 902908 were used on Sigma guitars – so these serial numbers aren’t on any Martin guitars. So the serial numbers for Martin Guitars built in 2002 are 845645-900000 and 902909-916759.
Why is the First Number not 1?
The reason the first number isn’t 1 is that the first guitars in production by Martin weren’t numbered like this. But once they started this numbering system they estimated that they had built 8347 guitars before starting the system – so the first one in the system is 8348.
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Thanks for reading
I hope this helps you to discover when your Martin guitar was built if you are curious or need to know it for any other reason.
Photo Credit
By Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA (C.F. Martin Guitar Co.Uploaded by clusternote) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons