Aria Serial Number Lookup
Posted -: 16:22:56 Hey Bruce, I used to have an LW20 I picked up in the late 80s when I was in the Air Force in Germany. I bought it used from a guy who had bought it new in '85. I took that thing all over the world with me. The LW had a laminated top, and as such was built like a tank, but it played really well and didn't sound bad and I never had to worry about stability or cracking. I traded it off a couple years ago to a co-worker and it still looks like new, short of some fret wear.
The only infomation I have ever found is here: This catalog dates from the 80s. On this same site there is a price list from mid 70s and none of the AW/SW/LW series are listed. I think they came out early 80s and were made for most of the 80s. They are 10 times the instruments they put out these days. The solid wood models like the AW and SW I remember as being really pretty nice.
Hope this helps. I sent my coworker an email to get th serial number off the LW20 - I think based on my earlier searching its a production sequence number and maybe this will give you a ball park. Edited by - GalenB on 16:30:42. Posted -: 18:29:59 Probably no help, but my friend just sent me a shot of the back brace stamp and it is 612036 for this mid 80s Aria. So my earlier post that the guy I bought it from might be wrong; he must have bought it new in '86 or near the first of the year. This may not help either since your 8 digit number doesn't fit the format - it couldn't be a '66 since they didn't use serial numbers before the mid 70s.
I would bet its after '87, and I have read before they started moving manufacturing to Korea. That usually throws the whole serial number thing out.
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