Guys, I'm trying to buy an amp and when I asked the seller what year it was from, he said that he backtraced the year by using just the serial numbers and that "it should be an S".
The amp is a JCM800 2203, supposedly from '84 (vertical inputs and 6 filter caps).
It's a lot of money and I like to know what I'm buying, so I don't like the "should be an S". (It is or it isn't, imo)
Now, suppose the date letter is gone or not readable, ...is it possible to backtrace an amp's manufacturing year by just using the serial numbers?
Other methods perhaps?
The amp is a JCM800 2203, supposedly from '84 (vertical inputs and 6 filter caps).
It's a lot of money and I like to know what I'm buying, so I don't like the "should be an S". (It is or it isn't, imo)
Now, suppose the date letter is gone or not readable, ...is it possible to backtrace an amp's manufacturing year by just using the serial numbers?
Other methods perhaps?