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Falcon 1 International Series (made in Korea) Falcon Standard (made in USA 1989–1991) ... Serial numbers correlate to shipping dates of US models only. 1978 to 1995 ...
(e.g. L-R as seen through the sound hole: Serial number, "Brand," Model number.) The serial numbers on these instruments were often preceded by the letters S or E; e.g. S0XXXXX. It is currently believed that this transition was complete by 1979. Early Korean-made guitars show this same brand, only stating Made in Korea in place of Made in Japan.
Tokai uses a seven-digit serial number usually pressed into the back of the headstock for the Gibson model replicas. Love Rocks use the first digit of the serial number for the year, 10XXXXX=1981 and starting in 1989 Love Rocks use the first two digits for the year, 89XXXXX=1989. Reborn models use only the first digit for the year, 800XXXX = 1978.
Eddie Van Halen's signature and the headstock patent number were both branded just below the serial number. Early Wolfgang models (1996–1998) contained the term "Pat. Pend." in place of the patent number. South Korean made Wolfgang Special QT models had serial numbers printed in black on the back of the headstock.
Hondo was an American guitar company and brand owned by IMC, and later Musicorp, that produced a range of entry level to high-end acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses with designs primarily based on those of classic models such as the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul.
The Stratocaster headstocks say "Bullet® Strat®," while the Mustang headstocks simply have an all-black version of the Squier Mustang logo used on the more-expensive Vintage Modified instruments. As of the 2018 Summer NAMM Show, Fender's Squier Bullet line consisted of: Squier Mini Strat (SSS, 22.75" short-scale)
Washburn Guitars is an American brand and importer of guitars, mandolins, and other string instruments, originally established in 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. The Washburn name is controlled by U.S. Music Corp. , a subsidiary of Canadian corporate group Exertis | JAM.
The most common and good-quality Lotus guitars were usually manufactured by Samick and others in Korea and India. The top-of-the-line early 1980s models were made both in Korea by Cort Guitars (early neck-through models) and in Japan by Morris/Moridaira (neck-through models, set-neck Washburn Eagle copies, and decent Gibson Les Paul copies).