1996 --> ?????XXX; 27109XXX şeklinde bir örnek var.
Gitarımın seri numarası 27109025 bu doğrultuda1996 model gibi görünüyor ama aşağıda ki bilgi doğrultusunuda yine bir karışıklık çıkıyor
In the year 2000 the serial number become a "talking code". For example the code of my MX-250 is K0604202 and means:
K (K = Kiso, S = Sado, T= Takada, the Custom Shop fabrics in Japan; SS = Signature Series or Standard Series; CH = Craft House; TH = Technical House; N = Nagano, another prefix for Craft House used occasionally; CS = ? ...not anymore for the Japanese market)
06 (last two digits of the year of manufacture)
04 (week of the year, max.52)
2 (day of that week: 1 = monday, 2 = tuesday, ...)
02 (number off the line that day)
so the exact manufacturing date is 24.01.2006 and it was the 2nd guitar built that day.