Oops my bad , I thought it fell out and he put back in somewhere safe . I doesn’t matter if I read drunk or after being sober for weeks I still screw it up .....
Well, to be fair, yes, labels always had the s/n but were probably better used to ID the
model of guitar they were in, and the finish color.
A Sunburst guitar with a "D25NT" (Natural) label would most likely be a re-fin.
Assuming it wasn't one of those classic cases of label error.
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(Don't think we've actually seen a finish color error yet, though)
A guitar from that period should have a date ink-stamped on the neck block. Look inside the soundhole at the beveled edge of the neck block. This would be the date that the body of the guitar was completed. Often times this date can be six months to a year before you purchased the guitar in a retail store. Welcome to the LTG Forum!
Bill
Bill admittedly I don't recall for sure but I think they didn't start putting 'em on neck blocks til later. But for our new member's edification, before that they could be found on inside of top, sometimes right on a brace, and same issue of timing would apply. Typically guitars weren't actually completed until a couple to a few weeks after that stamp was applied.
But it's a good way to know what date the guitar couldn't possibly be
older than.