![]() Supposedly Alvarez used the Emperor year. since 09 was also used in 1997 as the 9th year of reign of Emperor Heisa." There can still be confusion, unless you know your models. So, some models during a span of a few years during the slow change over, will have both Emperor codes, and the new coding, which is that the first two numbers are the last two of the year made. ![]() There are a few exceptions, especially after 1999, when they started to change how they date them. Yairi and early Alvarez Yairi models used the Emperor dating code.these are the numbers stamped on the heelblock of the guitar. On Alvarez (older) models, the SN is of no use in dating, as these were made in several different factories in Japan (early 1970's into early 1980's).and if there were ever any records kept by the factories, they don't know where they are now.
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