DATING GUITARS AND MANDOLINS
BY REFERENCE OF SERIAL NUMBERS

Serial numbers can be useful in determining the year of manufacture of a guitar or amp.
But due to incomplete registrations and illogical serial numbers, its history is often unclear.
With the help of the serial number decoder, tables and instructions are the year and location
of the largest well-known brands. Amiga addict.

Gretsch serials
Jackson serials
Squier serials

Potentiometer codes

Looking up the year of manufacture of a guitar or amplifier(Fender) is based on the format of the serial number of that brand. Each brand has its own coding method that has changed regularly over the years. As a result, certain brands have the same serial numbers, but with a different coding method, which creates overlaps. There are also brands that repeat a serial number every decade.
Then the external characteristics of the guitar are important to place the dating in the correct decade. Connoisseurs and specialists, who can be found in the various guitar forums, can help you with this.

With no (or unreadable) serial numbers, the electronic parts of an electric guitar also give an indication.
For example, the production code of the potentiometers can give an indication about the year of manufacture
of the guitar.

Eko Ranger Guitar Serial Numbers Prior To 1977
Eko Ranger Guitar For Sale
Eko Ranger Serial Numbers
Eko Ranger Guitar Serial Numbers Identification

Eko Model 100 original seal and serial number. Here's the serial number and original seal from the manufacturer.

Eko Music Group
Type	Private
Founded	1959
Founder	Oliviero Pigini
Headquarters	, Italy
Worldwide
Website	eko.it

Eko is an Italian manufacturer of electric guitars, acoustic guitars and similar instruments, catering to professional level and manufacturing largely for export. It is located in Recanati, Marche.

Replacement necks can have serial numbers years after the model 'should' be dated by spec and in all instances if the spec changed by the date shown on the neck the spec must be used to determine year of production, ie. A Lo Pro equipped guitar with an 03' serial number except for K7's which were the only guitar produced in 03' with a Lo Pro. Eko 100/200/300 hollow-bodies. THE CONCEPT OF ACOUSTIC GUITAR WITH F-HOLES, SMALL AND CHEAP WAS DEAR TO THE GERMAN PRODUCERS AND A HABIT IN SICILY. THE 100 MODEL WAS ONE OF THE MOST LONG-LASTING MODELS OF THE WHOLE RANGE. The Eko 100 was produced in the acoustic or in the electric version, with one or two pick-ups.

Part numbers 13660 (front), 13661 (middle), 13662 (back). Dimensions: 13' wide, 17 1/4' long, 1 3/4' deep Sales were good in 1975, and a further two models in the same vein were unveiled; the S-1 guitar and companion G-3 Grabber bass.
Hello i recently picked up a eko 6 string electric guitar it is similiar to the 12 string cobra. It has a maple neck instead of the one shown. It has all the eko marking except no serial number wondering if someone knows anything about this guitar. Year model thanks.

Products[edit]

Guitars[edit]

Their products include classical guitars, 12-string guitars, arch top guitars, electric guitars and acoustic bass guitars.

Eko guitars gained high popularity during the rock'n'roll craze of the 1960s, becoming the largest guitar exporter in Europe. Their electric models were often highly ornamented with pearl, featured 3 or 4 pickups and recognizable 'rocker' switches for pickup selection. The acoustic models were popular in country and folk rock bands of the late '60s. The best-known models of the '60s include:

Eko 400-4V Ekomaster (1960-1962)

Eko 500 (1962-1965)

Eko Ranger 12 string

Eston bass, fretless but with markers (1980s)

Eko 400 Ekomaster (Fender Jaguar shape with flat-top, Hagström-style control panel),
Eko 500 (Fender Jaguar lookalike),
Eko 700 (original triple-cutaway design with 'hockey stick' head),
Eko 290 (also known as Eko Barracuda, semi-hollow flat-top electric),
Eko Rokes (rocket-shaped electric, made popular by an Italian pop band of the same name, The Rokes)
Eko Kadett ('67 original double cutaway with characteristic long 'horns') and
Eko Ranger (the best-selling Eko product, acoustic in 6 and 12-string version).
Eko 995 (violin bodied 4 string bass wildly popular in the late 60's)

Eko Ranger Guitar Serial Numbers Prior To 1977

Eko teardrop, Vox Mark, and Vox Phantom (Wunjo Guitars, London)

Eko Ranger Guitar For Sale

Vox Ultrasonic (1968)

Eko also produced guitars for Vox in the '60s, in the USA they were distributed through LoDuca brothers of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In the UK the instruments were imported by Rose-Morris, London.

Eko Ranger Serial Numbers

In Australia their instruments were imported by Rose Music and often, but not always, branded with their house brandEston.

Eko guitar has been manufacturing guitars since the early 60's and continue to through present day.

As of 2015, Eko Guitars were imported and distributed in the United States by Kelley Distribution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Other musical instruments[edit]

EKO Tiger combo organ^[1]
EKO Micky combo organ^[2]
EKO Bass Pedal K1 (1970s)
EKO ComputeRhythm (1972)^[3]
EKO Viscount amp head (top)
EKO equalizer 10-band graphic eq.
EKO Strepitoso wah pedal (top)

References[edit]

^'EKO Tiger/Tigermate'. Combo Organ Heaven (combo-organ.com).
^'Orange Organs'. Combo Organ Heaven (combo-organ.com).
^'EKO Computerhythm'. synthemaster.de.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eko.

Official sites

Eko Ranger Guitar Serial Numbers Identification

Eko Music Group (Italy)
- Eko guitars (Italy)

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DATING GUITARS AND MANDOLINS BY REFERENCE OF SERIAL NUMBERS