Takeharu, Halifax, bluebell, tomson etc ) the first number of the serial number is the last year of the build year ie. Hi tomas and all ,in my years of trying to date Suzuki guitars the only sense I can make of it all is for kiso Suzuki's ( inc. Beyond that, I don't see a useful pattern (see below)Īlso, the spreadsheet gives meaning for some of the letters: I'm fairly convinced the first digit of the serial # is the last digit of the year. Hi, I don't know if you're still interested, but I found a spreadsheet with a list (incomplete) of Suzuki model numbers, years of production, and original cost (), and I've tabulated as much of the info from this page and my own guitar to try to figure out the serial number scheme.