{"id":244,"date":"2007-12-06T13:44:37","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T17:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2007\/12\/06\/serial-number-info-on-rd-artists\/"},"modified":"2011-07-15T02:24:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T06:24:28","slug":"serial-number-info-on-rd-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2007\/12\/06\/serial-number-info-on-rd-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial number info on RD Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Gibson has a section in their site dedicated to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibson.com\/Files\/downloads\/bluebook\/GibsonSERIALNUMBERS.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ext-link\">identification and meanings behind their serial numbering<\/a> system.<\/p>\n<p>So my serial number is 72657067.<br \/>\nYDDDYPPP<\/p>\n<p>YY is the production year<br \/>\nDDD is the day of the year<br \/>\nPPP is the plant designation and\/or instrument rank<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>YY   = <strong>7<\/strong>265<strong>7<\/strong>067  : 77   = 1977<br \/>\nDDD = 7<strong>265<\/strong>7067                           : 265  =<br \/>\nPPP = 72657<strong>067<\/strong>                            : 067  = 67th made on that day<\/p>\n<p>Can anyone help me in figuring out what the <strong>DDD is the day of the year<\/strong> is because it is just baffling me to know end! 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