Peavey guitar serial number search

Peavey did not serialize their items specific to design types. One serial number might be a block letter, and the next might be a guitar chord, or a cabinet, or a caster, or another amplifier. It is not possible to date amplifiers made in a production type environment similar to how boutique companies numerically and sequentially serialize.

This example is number 3, a Baby. When production began on the original Wolfgangs Eddie insisted that the 1st 50 guitars go directly to him for inspection and set-up.

After he set up 25, he sent it to our Peavey sales rep. About a year later Paul my Peavey rep brought it to a concert hoping Eddie would sign it. Eddie refused but he did play it one more time back stage. After the show Paul took it home and there it sat, unplayed until now. The Ivory finish has gotten a bit darker over the years. On the treble side of the neck pickup there is a very small area where, although hard to see, the original Ivory has not darkened. Because the request of guitars could no longer be met, Yoshitaro decided to build guitars themselve.

Meanwhile, his four sons were also part of the venture and the company Hoshino Gakki was founded. A factory was built near their headquarters for production of their own guitar line that could accommodate around 30 employees. From now on the 'Salvador Ibanez' guitar was called 'Ibanez'. The company exported many guitars to other Asian countries and in it had an output of more than guitars a month.

After the World War II, during which the factory was completely destroyed, the import of musical instruments was resumed slowly around Just in was Jumpei Hoshino decided to build his own guitars again. A new factory was built where now also amplifiers and electric guitars were made. The company was named 'Tama Seisakusho' as a tribute to the wife of Yoshitaro Hoshino.

Jumpei Hoshino Ibanez was now the main brand of Hoshino, but they also produced guitars for other western companies. Drum kits were also made with the brand name 'Tama'. From however, it was decided no more build guitars for other companies. This was adopted by other manufacturers, as Fujigen Gakki or Teisco.

The body wood options were basswood standard , alder, ash, mahogany, and even koa or korina which weren't standard options. Bridge options were a stop tail bridge or a Floyd Rose Tremolo system in chrome standard , gold or black.

The Special models came with the birdseye not hard rock maple neck, which was an upgrade from a production special.

For the fretboard you could select Birdseye standard , Rosewood or Ebony. For the top you could select flame maple standard , quilted maple, koa or none solid body construction.

There were about 30 colors to choose from including graphics and a custom graphic option. It contained no markings to differentiate it from USA models, but there were several deviations. The body was made of solid basswood and had a masked 'faux' binding.

Some aspects of the Wolfgang Special EXP were different to its USA counterparts: the neck had no graphite reinforcement rods and was finished with a satin poly. A hard tail version was not offered. USA-built Peavey Wolfgangs typically had serial numbers that started with '91' followed by six more digits. Late-run USA Wolfgangs had serial numbers that started with '50' or '51'.

A very few prototype models had serial numbers that started with '1'. Though Peavey Wolfgang owners have often sought to find a corroboration in the serial numbers of their guitars and the year in which each was built similar to the system Gibson uses , there was no such information contained in the serial numbers.

There was also no code specific to Custom Shop models. Peavey Wolfgang serial numbers were stamped on the back of the headstock between the tuners.

Edward Van Halen's signature and the headstock patent number were both branded just below the serial number. Early Wolfgang models — contained the term 'Pat. Shortly after the split with Eddie Van Halen, Peavey released the HP Special model HP stands for Hartley Peavey in , with both American and Asian versions, a guitar that encompassed many of the characteristics of the Wolfgang basswood body with optional contoured maple top, bolt-on maple neck with maple fingerboard, etc.

In his last times with Peavey, Edward Van Halen began working with Charvel to produce replicas of three of his striped guitar models, the Charvel EVH Art Series, in black and white, yellow and black, and also the most common red, white, and black color scheme.

During the Van Halen Tour, the guitarist played a different custom striped Charvel Art Series in a few songs of each concert, later autographing and auctioning them on eBay. In , under the supervision of master-builder Chip Ellis, a single run of official replicas of his original Frankenstein guitar were made available by Fender under the EVH brand, in strict collaboration with Edward Van Halen.

The guitar inherits many of the Peavey characteristics, namely the woods, overall design, and pickups.