Breedlove Serial Number System

Breedlove instruments manufactured from early 1999 onward will bear a sequential four digit serial number. Breedlove switched to this numbering system 209 instruments into 1999, starting with #2000.

Prior to that, a five-digit system was utilized, with the first two digits denoting the year of manufacture, and the second three digits assigned sequentially by instrument completion date (e.g. 96-040.)

2006: 8491*-

2005: 7500-8490*

2004: 6445-7499*

2003: 5161-6444*

2002: 4071-5160*

2001: 3218-4070*

2000: 2631-3217*

1999: 2000-2630*

*Breedlove assigns serial numbers to instruments at the start of production. Because different types of instruments take different amounts of time to complete, they do not usually emerge from the production process in order of serial number. For this reason, it's hard to pin down the end of the building year to a simple set of ranges as expressed above - I would need to list exceptions individually. For instance, there may be a custom Master Class guitar with serial number 6441 that was completed in early January, while a stock Quartz mandolin with serial number 6447 might have been completed in December.

In other words, consider the above ranges somewhat approximate. If you are close to the ends of the above number ranges and can't sleep at night until you find out which side of the gate you're on, I recommend sending an email to Breedlove - they can tell you definitively based on your instrument serial number.

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