Post by CTGull on Dec 27, 2023 15:24:19 GMT -5
Japan Red Label (1967 to 1972)
The FG’s were first exported in 1967 (Red label):
• The Red label is identical to the Green label, except for the color and the small piano changed to the familiar 3 tuning fork symbol.
• The earliest Red Label serial number & date code set I’ve found is an FG-150 with 599XXX & 41.12.2. There could be a 2 month overlap with the Green label.
• The latest Red Label 7 digit serial number I’ve found is an FG-180 with 20315XX (no date code).
• The latest date code is an FG-180 with 47.8.7 (no s/n), built in 1972.
• I’ve found Nippon Gakki Red Labels with 8 digit serial numbers ranging from an FG-180 with 10001471 (which makes no sense) & no date code, and the latest an FG-150 with 20831404 (no date code) (8/31/1972). I’m assuming these Red label 8 digit serial number models were models made for Japan, since most of guitar production moved the Taiwan in mid-1971.
• I have found a few Red label Nippon Gakki FG’s without a visible serial number or date code.
• I have found 2 slightly different Red labels. The early version was used for about the first 8 months. “YAMAHA GUITAR” is shorter and bolder, and the lines above and below are thicker. Only the FG-150, 180 & 230 got the Early label, the FG-110 always has the common label. Red Label FG’s, Differences Between the EARLY & COMMON Versions
EARLY LABEL
COMMON LABEL
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The FG’s were first exported in 1967 (Red label):
• The Red label is identical to the Green label, except for the color and the small piano changed to the familiar 3 tuning fork symbol.
• The earliest Red Label serial number & date code set I’ve found is an FG-150 with 599XXX & 41.12.2. There could be a 2 month overlap with the Green label.
• The latest Red Label 7 digit serial number I’ve found is an FG-180 with 20315XX (no date code).
• The latest date code is an FG-180 with 47.8.7 (no s/n), built in 1972.
• I’ve found Nippon Gakki Red Labels with 8 digit serial numbers ranging from an FG-180 with 10001471 (which makes no sense) & no date code, and the latest an FG-150 with 20831404 (no date code) (8/31/1972). I’m assuming these Red label 8 digit serial number models were models made for Japan, since most of guitar production moved the Taiwan in mid-1971.
• I have found a few Red label Nippon Gakki FG’s without a visible serial number or date code.
• I have found 2 slightly different Red labels. The early version was used for about the first 8 months. “YAMAHA GUITAR” is shorter and bolder, and the lines above and below are thicker. Only the FG-150, 180 & 230 got the Early label, the FG-110 always has the common label. Red Label FG’s, Differences Between the EARLY & COMMON Versions
EARLY LABEL
COMMON LABEL
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