G&L Registry Questions

[Nubs]

So I've been researching to find answers including reading the FAQ & searching through posts, but I'm not coming across anything so I'll post my questions here.

I don't mean to sound insulting, but what is the point of the registry? I'm trying to find out more information about the Bluesboy I have, particularly when it was made. I read the only somewhat accurate way to do this is to take the neck off, which I'm not comfortable doing. Wouldn't the serial number give someone a rough estimate on when the guitar was made?

I did register my guitar in the registry, but I'm not sure what that does for me. I suppose I'm not understanding the full purpose and potential of it.

Thanks in advance!

[KenC]

IMO the registry is most useful for older G&Ls, which may have had fairly unique combinations of features. As a collector with a preference for 1980s G&Ls, I find it very useful when trying to figure out whether an instrument for sale is likely to have been modified or had parts swapped, or to help nail down an estimated production date. In a market where sellers seem to think every 1980s G&L is a rarebird, or even a one-off that was hand-built by Leo himself , it it helpful to see how many similar instruments have been documented.

Of course, new production instruments can be made with just about any combination of features and the limited editions and special runs are well documented (unlike the early days, when some models were built in very low numbers and one may not have been built at all).

I'm not the person to give answers about anything built in the past 15 years. Hopefully others will chime in.

Ken

[Fumble fingers]

I know one thing about the registry , if I ever had a fire or theft or something happen I can look up my instruments serial numbers for proof of owners ship for insurance purposes or for police report ....

[suave eddie]

So I've been researching to find answers including reading the FAQ & searching through posts, but I'm not coming across anything so I'll post my questions here.

I don't mean to sound insulting, but what is the point of the registry? I'm trying to find out more information about the Bluesboy I have, particularly when it was made. I read the only somewhat accurate way to do this is to take the neck off, which I'm not comfortable doing. Wouldn't the serial number give someone a rough estimate on when the guitar was made?




I did register my guitar in the registry, but I'm not sure what that does for me. I suppose I'm not understanding the full purpose and potential of it.

Thanks in advance!

Have you checked these links yet?
http://guitarsbyleo.com/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=18

http://guitarsbyleo.com/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19

[Nubs]

Yes I read over the 2nd one. I would like to take the neck off, but I have no idea what I'm doing with re-setting the guitar afterwards. Based on what the first article said, it seems as if they went to the "CLFXXXXX" serial numbering in 1998. That's what mine is. Then they went to "CLFXXXXXX" serial numbering in 02/11.

So I suppose the answer to my question of when my guitar was made was between 1998 and 2011. But I also believe I read somewhere that they stopped with the double birthmark on the back of the headstock in 2006. Since mine has a double birthmark, I guess mine was made between 98 and 06.

Did I read all of that correctly?

[KenC]

Did I read all of that correctly?

That seems reasonable. I would have come to the same conclusion.

Ken

[Craig]

For members like yourself who are not comfortable removing the neck, the Registry can help:

From the post reference above (in the G&L Knowledgebase: How do I determine an instrument's age?:

Alternatively, the instrument's serial number can be used to give a less accurate "rough estimate" of the age of the instrument. Check out our G&L Registry Page for a tabulation of instrument serial numbers that can assist in this regard (also be sure to add your G&L to the G&L Registry).

By searching the Registry with a range of beginning and ending serial numbers, you could find that your ASAT Classic Bluesboy was possibly built in 2004.

Hope this helps.

[SouthpawGuy]

Another option is to remove the pickguard and check underneath. On my ASAT Classic Custom ( in my sig ) there is a bar coded factory sticker with a date and other info. I'm guessing that info is batch #, order # etc. That might narrow it down a bit, it's been a while but I think mine is dated 2010.

[Miles Smiles]

I don't mean to sound insulting, but what is the point of the registry?

When I've got my F100, I found it already in the registry. The record has been placed by the original owner, I bought it from the second one, who didn't keep it very long. The e-mail address was still active and so I got some nice information on that guitar, that was cool.

Beside that, already mentioned, you can search in a range of serial numbers and you may get an idea in which year it may have been built, but only if enough others had removed the necks.

[NickHorne]

Some people are more comfortable than others with removing necks; I am not particularly keen! I have only done it once, to replace a damaged neck, and I'm really glad I asked a good tech how to do it first. It was very tight, and I am still amazed that no paint was lost.
Other than a functional necessity like mine, I wouldn't remove a neck; and certainly not just out of curiosity. In fact, if an instrument is working well, I take that as a strong hint that I should refrain from fiddling with it generally, and just use it.