Hi! I recently acquired a beautiful tobacco sunburst acoustic guitar. It has a stamped number, which I believe is the model, of G-09. It is stamped with “Hand Crafted Hohner International” and “Made in Japan”. There are two sets of numbers.
At the base of the neck the numbers 05271 are stamped.
On the center trim piece covering the seam of the back panels is 07414.
I would greatly appreciate any information on this instrument. Thanks in advance!!
I saw this on Facebook and I think most of your questions were answered there. But I’ll just add that the number on the neck block is almost certainly 805271 (not 05271) and it’s some kind of production reference number. That may be a K above it, there often is one. The serial number is 07414.
Thanks, Phil!! Can I assume 1978 as production year based on the leading 8 in the serial number?
No, because that’s not the serial number. The serial number is 07414 and you can’t get a date from it. As mentioned elsewhere, dropping the H from the model number seems to happen later in the run so my guess would be 1980/1981.
Thanks Phil for casting light on this!
