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PostPosted: Thu 28 Jun 2018 08:58 AM 
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I bought this Aria les Paul copy.
And i want to know the production year.
I Think it’s a 5522N but i’am not sure.
Hope anyone can help me.
And can someone Please explain me the serial number 1025130

Thx in advance.


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PostPosted: Wed 04 Jul 2018 06:10 AM 
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Anyone ????


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PostPosted: Wed 04 Jul 2018 10:37 AM 
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Sorry nobody has dropped by with an answer for you, this forum's been very quiet lately.
Dating APII guitars is always an adventure, but the serial number is the place to start.

Here's some general info from the Ariaguitars International web archive site. Looks like your guitar would be 1981:
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Dating Aria Guitars
Dating Aria guitars is a mix of fair precision and historical triangulation. The early guitars did not contain serial numbers, so you have to go by the rough historical outlines here.

There are no pot codes. In the mid-'70s serial numbers began to be used.
At least for Aria guitars made by Matsumoku, the serial number contains the year of manufacture in the first one or two digits (Y##### or YY####). Thus, a guitar from 1979 might begin with 79####. One from 1981 might begin with 1#####.

The scheme becomes less sure after 1987. Some Korean- made guitars use a serial number with year and week indicated in the first four digits (YYWW####). Thus 9628#### would be from the 28th week of 1996. However, this is not the case on all guitars, and some have serial numbers which are not date-coded.

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PostPosted: Wed 04 Jul 2018 10:56 AM 
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Many thx for the reply Barry, i’f mist that part about the serialnumbers.
Thx for posting it.
I thought it was from the 70s but i guess it is from the 80s.
Its a Great guitar btw !!!
I was just searching the internet and came across this site there was one exact the same as mine in auction.
https://www.ebth.com/items/7409977-vint ... r-and-case
with almost same kind of serialnumber .


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PostPosted: Fri 06 Jul 2018 08:56 AM 
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I think 5522N is spot on.

Btw. there were serial numbers on a lot of the earlier Aria guitars, just they appear to be rather random assigned.


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