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Bobby Boggs
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Posted 17 Apr 2010 7:46 am |
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Anyone have an idea what year model serial # 9021 might be. It's a D-10 keyless if that makes any difference. Thanks in advance.
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2010 9:35 am
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I was trying to find out some info on GFI s/n's the other day. Here's a passage from the old Forum, David Higginbotham replying to George Rozak:
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George, pretty interesting stuff here. Bob at GFI emailed me this info. You will see that they actually made an error in serial numbers and there are 6 guitars that have duplicate serial numbers. You actually have the 8th Pro-model guitar made.
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Hi Dave,
With this additional information, I found your steel in our book. It looks like you have the second Pro Model made by GFI, built in November 1992. At that rime, there apparently was some indecision on how the serial #'s should proceed. Up till then, only Student Models were being built and they had a 3 digit serial number. To distinguish Pro Models from those, a 4 digit number was to be used and the first 6 Pro models are 1001-1006. Then, probably to more closely align with the actual number of steels produced, there was a switch to 0001, 0002, and so on, which has continued till today. I didn't realize it, but apparently there are duplicate serial numbers for those first 6 Pro Models. The gold vein frame color was only used on a few of the early Pro Models after it became apparent the gold part of the color tended to wear off in places where there was repeated contact, like where the picking hand might rest on the neck.
Sorry for the history lesson. Again, we're glad you're enjoying your GFI and let us know if we can be of any further assistance.
Bob
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This thread places #1246 as 2004:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum9/HTML/002604.html
I think somewhere (maybe something on the current Forum) that GFI is into the 2000s currently. I'm not sure how to explain 9021 unless it's 1506 upside down. Probably worth emailing GFI directly.
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Bobby Boggs
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Posted 18 Apr 2010 7:41 am
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| Thanks Ben, Anyone else have and idea? Haven't heard back from GFI. THanks |
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Bruce Johnson
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Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, USA
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Posted 12 May 2014 11:22 am Gfi serial number
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Just to add some info:
My sd 10 ultra 0520 was finished June 30 , 2000 |
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Jack Wilson
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Marshfield, MO
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Posted 12 May 2014 2:32 pm GFI serial #
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| If you email Bob at GFI, he will look it up in his book. I think the 9 is a mistake, they are not up that high yet. gfimusicalproducts.com |
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Dan Sliter
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Dardanelle,Arkansas
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Posted 27 Nov 2023 2:47 pm Model GFI, NOT A ULTRA
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GFI D10, 8 & 4 ser number 0053. What's it worth?
Plays great sounds great. George L 10-1. Burgandy color.
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