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If a serial number is not in the lists or is not recognized in the serial number decoder, it does not mean that the guitar is a fake.
Test it out next time you are checking out a friend's guitar and collection share the knowledge! Taylor Custom Shop guitars have nothing in their serial numbers or on their labels that identify them as such and can only be idendified by their non-standard appointments or upgraded materials from what would usually be found on that particular model for that particular year.
This system was only used for two years, with 0001-1121 covering 1991 and 1122-3152 covering 1992.
Contact guitar manufacturers that are not online by looking up their street address and phoning or writing them about your instrument.
The seventh digit is a series code number — 0 for 300 or 400 Series, 1 for 500 thru Presentation Series, 2 for 200 Series, 3 for Baby and Big Baby Series, 5 for T5, 7 for Nylon Series, 8 for 100 Series, and 9 for SolidBody Series.
In our example the guitar was the 29 th guitar built that day.