The Epiphone Les Paul Standard serial number can be found on the back of the guitar, near the neck joint. It is typically a six-digit number.
How to Decipher the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Serial Number:
The first two digits of the serial number indicate the year the guitar was made. For example, a guitar with a serial number that begins with "08" was made in 2008.
The third and fourth digits of the serial number indicate the factory where the guitar was made. The following are the factory codes for Epiphone guitars:
- 01: Unsung (Korea)
- 02: Samick (Korea)
- 03: Peerless (Korea)
- 04: Sunghan (Korea)
- 05: Saehan (Korea)
- 06: Young Chang (Korea)
- 07: CorTek (Korea)
- 08: Quingdao (China)
- 09: Weihai (China)
- 10: Tianjin (China)
- 11: Saein (China)
- 12: Unsung (China)
- 13: Samick (China)
- 14: Peerless (China)
- 15: Sunghan (China)
- 16: Saehan (China)
- 17: Young Chang (China)
- 18: CorTek (China)
- 19: Qingdao (Indonesia)
- 20: Weihai (Indonesia)
- 21: Tianjin (Indonesia)
- 22: Saein (Indonesia)
- 23: Unsung (Indonesia)
- 24: Samick (Indonesia)
- 25: Peerless (Indonesia)
- 26: Sunghan (Indonesia)
- 27: Saehan (Indonesia)
- 28: Young Chang (Indonesia)
- 29: CorTek (Indonesia)
The fifth and sixth digits of the serial number indicate the sequential number of the guitar. For example, a guitar with a serial number that ends in "001" was the first guitar made in that particular factory in that particular year.
Example:
A guitar with a serial number of "0814001" was made in 2008 at the Samick factory in Korea. It was the first guitar made at that factory in that particular year.