Gibson Serial Numbers 1975-Present This section is designed to assist in dating and/or identifying instruments manufactured or distributed by Gibson Guitar Corp. Please note that most of this information relates to serial numbers used from 1975 to present. /age-of-mythology-for-mac.html. Gibson USA, Gibson Acoustic, Gibson Memphis. Dream cheeky usb dancing robot driver. The serial number is AK700046 and if im correct makes it built in 1995.But the model says B1 which I cannot find any mention of it in the Guild serial and model numbers listed on the web and I have looked at several sites.I know for a fact it has not been modified after it was built.
Morris were one of the largest manufacturers of high-end acoustic instruments from the 70's through to the 90's in Japan, building a reputation for high quality craftmanship and use of top grade woods. Any wood they used for the soundboard was dried in their warehouse for 7 years before being used in construction.The company was founded on an inspired visit to the Martin guitar plant in the late 60's, where on return to Japan they set up to produce quality copies of various models of Martin guitars. Early guitars made some success as entry level imports to the West, using primarily high quality plywood construction. However, as the 70's progressed, so too the skill and accuracy of the luthiers. Morris turned more to their own home market, where the guitar market in the 70's in Japan was hugely competitive, with more than 20 different factories making excellent copies of popular American acoustic models; the success of Morris to become the largest next to Yamaha is testament to their quailty and value for money. Nowadays, Morris still produce guitars, primarily focussed on smaller bodied, finger-styled guitars that retail for +£1000. A good google search will offer up more info.
This model, the MD520, was introduced in the late 70's with a retail price of Y35,000. My one is from 1984. The 2nd top model of the MD range, this features a really lovely solid spruce top, one of the best in my collection, and coral rosewood back and sides, with a simple mosaic inlay down the centre of the back. The body is bound with ivory and simple abalone pufling - nothing too flashy but with a high attention to detail. The neck is a 3-piece mahogony, bound again with ivory and simple position dot markers. The headstock has gold finished Morris tuners, and a classy Morris vertical headstock logo inlayed abalone, inspired by Martin guitars in the 70's. This vertical logo style was used by a number of manufacturers for their higher-end models. It is a lovely looking guitar in nearly new condition - the owner before me must of hardly played it, with the ivory binding hardly yellowed by daylight making me think it lived in its case most of its 26 years. The spruce top has dried out to produce a truely lovely warm tone, loads of woody character and volume, with a ringing resonance.
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own two Morris acoustics, they made electrics at one point as well. One is a Millenium model..M-2002..all solid wood and an outstanding instrument by any standards even though I`m not an outstanding player, my ears work fine. The other I have is the S-61 from this decade. Solid cedar top and solid mahogany back, laminated sides. Ebony tuner buttons, satin finished and came with a B-Band pick-up..low end of the series but a beauty in it`s own right.
They may have exported stuff that was spoken of above but that doesn`t mean they weren`t building top end guitars at the time for the domestic market..they were, and those have become highly collectable in Japan, so much so that the Rock Inn chain of shops had a reissue series made for them a few years go. But today they also build guitars for every price range so don`t think that all Morris guitars fit into the catagory of those mentioned already, they also have an all solid wood series thats not MIJ, I see em in shops around town, as well as the entry level models. The ones members are talking about here were released around the turn of this decade, I`m holding a 2001 catalogs here and see mine listed..but the line-up has changed over the past few years..some models are gone others have been added and inlays changed too. The 2001 catalog, the first year if I recall, has made for finger pickers on the cover, so yeah thats what they were designed to do though I`m a strummer/singer. I took my S-61 out thos week after a couple of years of not plaing it..been using nylons for that time..and had forgotten just how nice the Morris is.
They may have exported stuff that was spoken of above but that doesn`t mean they weren`t building top end guitars at the time for the domestic market..they were, and those have become highly collectable in Japan, so much so that the Rock Inn chain of shops had a reissue series made for them a few years go. But today they also build guitars for every price range so don`t think that all Morris guitars fit into the catagory of those mentioned already, they also have an all solid wood series thats not MIJ, I see em in shops around town, as well as the entry level models. The ones members are talking about here were released around the turn of this decade, I`m holding a 2001 catalogs here and see mine listed..but the line-up has changed over the past few years..some models are gone others have been added and inlays changed too. The 2001 catalog, the first year if I recall, has made for finger pickers on the cover, so yeah thats what they were designed to do though I`m a strummer/singer. I took my S-61 out thos week after a couple of years of not plaing it..been using nylons for that time..and had forgotten just how nice the Morris is.