Posted by olipaulo on 12-02-2014 05:22
#1
Hi all!
I have a Empathy 5 strings, with serial number 0782226, which I bought used some years ago, and I would like to know if anyone has a clue on what year it was made.
I've already sent an email to Rob, but I got no answer...
I've also checked the Database, but I find no pattern in all the Empathy's serials.
If someone could give me hand?
Cheers,
Paulo
Posted by bassbus on 12-02-2014 05:26
#2
That looks like July 1998. 07 is the month then the 8 is 1998. the other numbers just denote the number of the bass. Unless someone knows differently.
Posted by olipaulo on 12-02-2014 05:35
#3
Yes, I read about that rule already.
But searching the database for Empathy's we get exceptions to that:
- 1995 / 046204
- 1998 / 1756/1171616
These might be abbreviated:
- 1998 / 1740
- 1995 / 2456
- 1989 / 704
This is the only one within the rule:
- 1997 / 971428
And these are all the 7 Empathy's in the database, and no pattern is visible to guess the serial number on mine.
But the stronger bet is definitely 98.
Thank you anyway!