Instock 360/12c63??

goldenoldie · Post by **goldenoldie** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:45 am

The double digit is the year, the other # is the week of the year followed by the sequential number of guitars in that month. Therefore, a 05 03900 would be the 900th guitar produced in Jan 2005.

readysteadygo · Post by **readysteadygo** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:57 am

Does that include all guitars & basses in that year, or just a particular model? Also, when did the first 360/12c63s roll off the line (excluding protos)? Thanks. (basically trying to figure out where the new c63s start in the serial #).

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:56 pm

Tom, the last digits are NOT sequential and are fairly random in a given week as assigned by the computer. Frankly speaking, this was done so that in fact it was impossible to infer anything as a competitive measure. Actually, Peter's registration site had some weight in that decision some years ago!

Chris, I have no idea what would be the first serial number for these but an off-the-wall guess is that it's something like 043XXXX based on the time for production.

Also, as I said previously, all instruments fall under the same serial number sequence with no distinction between a guitar or bass or an particular model.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:57 pm

Very crafty...

admin · Post by **admin** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:09 pm

readysteadygo · Post by **readysteadygo** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:12 pm

Just to pick on Tom's example, wouldn't SN 05 03900 have been produced in March of '05 as opposed to January?

goldenoldie · Post by **goldenoldie** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:22 pm

Chris,
The way I read the description, the 03 indicates the week of the year.

John H., any comment on why the tone controls work in the opposite direction? Was the same config. used for all early Rics, or just the 1st run of 12 strings...It seem there must have been a technical reason...or is it really just a quirk?

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:26 pm

No Chris, as he explained it, the second two digits are the week in the year. We do work orders on a weekly basis and assign the whole lot of serial numbers at one time for the week.

Why do the Czech and Russian airplane props turn anti-clockwise or why are women's blouse buttons on the left? (Well, maybe I have a theory about the latter!) Anyway, who knows?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:50 pm

John, I'm pretty sure that a male designed the blouse and I bet he wasn't gay (and I'm not saying that anything is wrong with that...) lol

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:04 am

Yes, you and I have the same suspicions- something about the convenience factor.

patrickkelly · Post by **patrickkelly** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:58 am

Why do Americans say "counter-clockwise" and Brits say "anti-clock...uhm...never mind...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:26 am

I have an entire book on this, if you're interested, Patrick. It's called "British English from A to Zed".

Zed. That's "Z" in British English. Canadian, too.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:27 am

"J" in Portuguese is "Jota". Pronounced "ZHO tuh."

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:04 am

For what it's worth, in french Z is also pronounced 'Zed'.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:10 am

Paul, thanks! It finally makes sense to me. Paul McCartney's
Venus and Mars(Reprise).
Standing In The Hall
Of The Great Cathedral
Waiting For The Transport To Come
Starship 21zna9
A Good Friend Of Mine
Studies The Stars
Venus And Mars
Are Alright Tonight.

Whenever he sang "Starship 21zna9" it seemed as if the lyrics were wrong. They weren't. LOL. 2 1 zed n a 9.