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Topic: How to date a Carter |
Steve Spitz
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New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2014 2:17 pm |
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I know, buy it a drink first.....but seriously folks, I'm trying to guess a year and confirm BCT.
I suspect it isn't too old, as it has the raised Logo, not the sticker. Serial # 0038508120.
Anyone know when this may have been made ?
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Ken Pippus
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Langford, BC, Canada
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Steve Spitz
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New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2014 2:47 pm Bct
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Wow, that was fast, great info. Anyone know if the year 2000 would be a "BCT" year ?
Thanks again. |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 29 Jan 2014 2:54 pm
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| Pretty sure yes, Steve. I think BCT came in 1998. |
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2014 2:57 pm Thanks
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Ken,
Thank you so much for the reply and the link. Based on the chart I've linked to, doesn't the year of production come from the first and fifth digit , meaning 0xxx5xxxxx
Would have been made in 05 ?
Anyone know when they went to the raised logo instead of the sticker Logo ?
Thanks again to Ken and all who respond. |
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Ken Pippus
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Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 29 Jan 2014 3:07 pm
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Yup. Trouble with difficult tasks like counting digit places. Yup, BCT either year.
Is your changer 3 up 3 down, or 4 up 2 down? |
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2014 4:19 pm Changer
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Thanks Ken,
I haven't actually seen the guitar, so I'm not sure of the changer. Did they change at some point ?
Thanks again. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 29 Jan 2014 4:56 pm
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To the best of my knowledge, during the final years, they offered both a 3 & 3 and a 4 & 2 changer. I could be remembering wrong though.
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John Swain
From:
Winchester, Va
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 1:15 pm
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| BCT was introduced in 98,solid cross-shafts and beefier bellcranks in 02,New logo and center mounted neck switch in 03,premium-edge neck optional 05,New pedal bar in 07..to the best of my knowledge..JS |
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Jim Pitman
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Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 2:03 pm
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I dated Carlene once.....  (I wish) |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 3:08 pm
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Everyone knows that the way you date a steel guitar is to saw through it and count the rings in the wood.  |
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Quentin Hickey
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Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 2:56 pm
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Just ask Johnny Cash, he'll tell ya  |
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Lee Dassow
From:
Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 6:18 pm
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What does BCT mean? T.L.
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 12 Feb 2014 3:14 am
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| Forget the exactly abbreviation but it just means that the changer fingers all rest against the wood cabinet. It was something new that Bud Carter experimented with. There are a lot of mixed reviews on this. |
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Dustin Rigsby
From:
Parts Unknown, Ohio
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Posted 12 Feb 2014 5:16 am
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Body Contact Technology
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Lee Dassow
From:
Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2014 11:07 am
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Got It. Lee
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Stephen Cordingley
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 16 Feb 2014 4:26 pm Carter Dating chart
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I'm confused by dating chart given in the link.
Here's the quote:
"B, C, and D (numbers 2, 3, and 4) are the day of the year manufactured.
Example: 00465118 - xx would have been the 46th guitar made in 2005"
does it mean B,C, and D is the number in sequence of guitars made (ex. 46th) that year?
the words, "the day of the year manufactured,"
appear to be a typo from the previous explanation for F, G, and H (?)
Am I misinterpreting here? |
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