Levinson Blade Guitar S Serial Number Has Been

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Im wondering what model and year it is Its a Blade by Gary Levinson, ebony fretboard (22 frets), active pickups, locking tuners, and a suhr style headstock.

I cant seem to find many Blades with the suhr style headstock online, and the ones I do find dont have the model listed and or dont have the active Levinson pickups.

Levinson Blade Guitar S Serial Number Has Been

Possibly this is a late 80searly 90s model The serial number has been of no help.

Ive taken it apart multiple times, and I cant find a manufacturing date.

The neck heel is stamped K009 or KOO9, but I have no idea what that means either After playing it a bit, Im assuming this is a higher end Blade model.

Love the fretboard, and the active pickups have a rather nice tone to them.

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It seems if the serial number is below 130xxx then its one of the swissJapanese ones.

Ive been aware of Blade guitars for about 15 years, but hadnt seen that headstock before.

But I did find one just now, which--if you can believe this whats said on this page--is a model RH-4, from 1995: But the pics on the page above were obviously taken from the site selling the guitar, which Ive linked below.

They make no claims about it being a 1995, so I dont know where the first guy gets his info: Note that the above guitar seems to have Levinson pickups (the printing is a bit worn).

The seller claims it is a 1990: And the Blade in post 13 of the following page claims to be a 1991, with that headstock: This Blade doesnt have a claimed year of manufacture, but does have a serial number, which I thought would be interesting info: Im posting this 1992, which has a Fender-correct type headstock because I suspect that it was a European-market guitar, and that another headstock (like OPs) might be a USA-market guitar.

Also, it has a serial number that is sort-of close to the OPs, and is said to be a Japan-made guitar: This guitar--said to be from 1993--has a serial number that is not very close to OPs: Post number 5 7 on the page below show a Tele-type guitar with OPs headstock, said to be made in Japan, in 1993 (includes a pic of a 1993 catalog): Heres a 1988 (supposedly) with OPs pickups, but, sadly, no headstock or serial number pic: No year model is given for this headstock-match to OPs, but I have a feeling its a much newer guitar.

It seems to have a 6-digit serial number: This headstock-match is said to be from the early 90s, but has no serial number info: I also saw a said to be 1993 model with OPs pickups (Fender-correct headstock) Hope this helps 1 Share Report Save View Entire Discussion (2 Comments) More posts from the guitars community Continue browsing in rguitars rguitars This is a place where fellow guitarists are encouraged to share their gear, playing, and opinions in a casual setting, as well as partake in discussion to cultivate further interest in the passion we all share.

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Levinson Blade Guitar Serial Numbers