Martin guitar serial number lookup

What this does not tell you

A serial gives a year, not the model, the woods or a value. See where to find a guitar serial number.

Method and source

The year comes from the serial number table that Martin publishes: Martin's own serial number table (opens in a new tab). Martin lists the last serial of each year, so a serial belongs to the first year whose last serial is equal to or higher than it.

Martin's year table, 1898-2025

Year	First serial	Last serial
1898	—	8,348
1899	8,349	8,716
1900	8,717	9,128
1901	9,129	9,310
1902	9,311	9,528
1903	9,529	9,810
1904	9,811	9,988
1905	9,989	10,120
1906	10,121	10,329
1907	10,330	10,727
1908	10,728	10,883
1909	10,884	11,018
1910	11,019	11,203
1911	11,204	11,413
1912	11,414	11,565
1913	11,566	11,821
1914	11,822	12,047
1915	12,048	12,209
1916	12,210	12,390
1917	12,391	12,988
1918	12,989	13,450
1919	13,451	14,512
1920	14,513	15,848
1921	15,849	16,758
1922	16,759	17,839
1923	17,840	19,891
1924	19,892	22,008
1925	22,009	24,116
1926	24,117	28,689
1927	28,690	34,435
1928	34,436	37,568
1929	37,569	40,843
1930	40,844	45,317
1931	45,318	49,589
1932	49,590	52,590
1933	52,591	55,084
1934	55,085	58,679
1935	58,680	61,947
1936	61,948	65,176
1937	65,177	68,865
1938	68,866	71,866
1939	71,867	74,061
1940	74,062	76,734
1941	76,735	80,013
1942	80,014	83,107
1943	83,108	86,724
1944	86,725	90,149
1945	90,150	93,623
1946	93,624	98,158
1947	98,159	103,468
1948	103,469	108,269
1949	108,270	112,961
1950	112,962	117,961
1951	117,962	122,799
1952	122,800	128,436
1953	128,437	134,501
1954	134,502	141,345
1955	141,346	147,328
1956	147,329	153,225
1957	153,226	159,061
1958	159,062	165,576
1959	165,577	171,047
1960	171,048	175,689
1961	175,690	181,297
1962	181,298	187,384
1963	187,385	193,327
1964	193,328	199,626
1965	199,627	207,030
1966	207,031	217,215
1967	217,216	230,095
1968	230,096	241,925
1969	241,926	256,003
1970	256,004	271,633
1971	271,634	294,270
1972	294,271	313,302
1973	313,303	333,873
1974	333,874	353,387
1975	353,388	371,828
1976	371,829	388,800
1977	388,801	399,625
1978	399,626	407,800
1979	407,801	419,900
1980	419,901	430,300
1981	430,301	436,474
1982	436,475	439,627
1983	439,628	446,101
1984	446,102	453,300
1985	453,301	460,575
1986	460,576	468,175
1987	468,176	476,216
1988	476,217	483,952
1989	483,953	493,279
1990	493,280	503,309
1991	503,310	512,487
1992	512,488	522,655
1993	522,656	535,223
1994	535,224	551,696
1995	551,697	570,434
1996	570,435	592,930
1997	592,931	624,799
1998	624,800	668,796
1999	668,797	724,077
2000	724,078	780,500
2001	780,501	845,644
2002	845,645	916,759
2003	916,760	978,706
2004	978,707	1,042,558
2005	1,042,559	1,115,862
2006	1,115,863	1,197,799
2007	1,197,800	1,268,091
2008	1,268,092	1,337,042
2009	1,337,043	1,406,715
2010	1,406,716	1,473,461
2011	1,473,462	1,555,767
2012	1,555,768	1,656,742
2013	1,656,743	1,755,536
2014	1,755,537	1,857,399
2015	1,857,400	1,972,129
2016	1,972,130	2,076,795
2017	2,076,796	2,161,732
2018	2,161,733	2,258,889
2019	2,258,890	2,366,880
2020	2,366,881	2,454,224
2021	2,454,225	2,576,415
2022	2,576,416	2,711,440
2023	2,711,441	2,829,083
2024	2,829,084	2,935,987
2025	2,935,988	3,043,480

Last serials are copied from Martin's table. First serials are the previous year's last serial plus one; Martin gives no first serial for 1898. Serials 900001 to 902908 are not in the table: Martin says they were used on Sigma-Martins in 1981-1982.

Other decoders

• Epiphone11-digit serials from 2008 on. Year, month, factory code and sequence number.
• Gibson8-digit serials stamped from 1977 on. Year, month, day and rank, read the way Gibson's own serial page describes.

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