
My favorite Gibson SG guitars were made starting at their introduction in 1959, the 1960s, and early 1970s. Here are the ways a Gibson guitar collector finds the year of a Gibson SG starting with proper serial number identification, then potentiometer codes, then by features.Īs a Gibson SG guitar collector, I'm always on the hunt for nice examples of Gibson SG guitars. Gibson serial numbers pre-1975 are difficult to use to identify the year of manufacture since they're style specific, used multiple times throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and not necessarily consecutive.


Knowing how to date a Gibson SG guitar is a study in itself since Gibson serial numbers aren't a consistent way to date Gibson guitars.
