Ibanez Serial Numbers

What Year is that Ibanez?

Pre 1987 models

Ibanez guitars serial number system is easy if the guitar was made before 1987 you can use the following

EXAMPLE C760276 this is March 1976 the 276pc made that month The first letter is for the Month so A is January, B is Feb, C is March and so on The next two numbers are the Year 76 is 1976, 78 would be 1978. The next 4 numbers are the production number that month they only produced 9999 pcs each month.

Post 1987 models

This is a little harder but you can use the following EXAMPLE F700001 The letter is now the Factory designation. The first Number is the year, the next 5 numbers are the production number of the piece for that year. so the above guitar was made in 1987 and is the first one made that year.