Serial number dating / Taylor
Taylor serial number lookup
Find the year a Taylor was built, read from Taylor’s own numbering scheme.
Can't read a digit? Type ? in its place. Looked-up serials are kept, never tied to you. How it works
Type the serial or code from the instrument. We read it as you type.
Cross-check with a pot code
The number stamped on a potentiometer inside the guitar. It dates the part, not the whole instrument.
Example Taylor serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Taylor’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 1105128123 | 12 May 2018 | Date-coded serial (2009 on), USA |
| 20050512123 | 12 May 2005 | Date-coded serial (2000-2009) |
| 950512123 | 12 May 1995 | Date-coded serial (1993-1999) |
How Taylor serials date
- Date-coded serial, exact to the day (1993-1999, nine digits)
- Date-coded serial (2000-2009, eleven digits)
- Date-coded serial with factory (2009 on, ten digits)
- Pre-1993 build-count numbers dated by Taylor's chart
More on Taylor serial numbers
Where this comes from
We date a Taylor from the date-coded serial it has used since 1993, which records the day work began on the body, read the way Taylor's own guide does. The source is Taylor's official serial guide.
Worked example. A serial like 1105128123 reads as 12 May 2018, built in California, at high confidence.
Before 1993 Taylor used plain build-count numbers dated from a chart rather than the day-exact code, so a short early serial is only approximate.
Where to find the serial
On the neck block inside the soundhole on older guitars, and on the back of the headstock or the label on newer ones.
How sure is it
Every result carries its confidence. Treat the year as a strong guide, not proof: a serial can be replaced, a neck and body can be from different years, and reissues copy old numbering. For anything that matters, confirm the year against the neck date, the pot codes and Taylor's official serial guide.
We also check the serial against the millions of listings we track and show whether that exact number has been advertised before, where, and at what price.
Other brands
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