Private Stock certificate question

[imalrightjack]

When did Private Stock certificates get introduced? Were they always a thing?

 

[Alnus Rubra]

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[JMintzer]

I have one from 12/2020...

 

[veinbuster]

The early ones had a different form of paperwork. The current form has been in place for at least 15 years and covers about 10k guitars.

 

[Bogner]

The Key Is To Never Lose Your Certificate. All of My PS Guitars Have Certificates. I Need To See Dates On Them As I Forget What year Some Fo Them Are. I Do Have Some Knaggs Era Builds That I Think Go Back More Than 15 Years Or Thereabouts.

 

[MoggyMel]

The original Private Stock document was printed on regular paper with a list of specs and signatures. The latest one I have found is from 2004. 2006 is the earliest certificate I have found that is printed on cardstock and with the fancy border much like the current style. The Private Stock program started in 1996.

 

[imalrightjack]

My guitar is from 2000.

 

[JMintzer]

The Key Is To Never Lose Your Certificate. All of My PS Guitars Have Certificates. I Need To See Dates On Them As I Forget What year Some Fo Them Are. I Do Have Some Knaggs Era Builds That I Think Go Back More Than 15 Years Or Thereabouts.

Um... Isn't the date written on the back of your headstocks? And the serial # gives you the year...

 

[Bogner]

Um... Isn't the date written on the back of your headstocks? And the serial # gives you the year...

This Is True But You Still Never Want To Lose Your Certificate Because Getting A Replacement Is Impossible. I Would Have To Dig Mine (The Guitars I Mentioned Previously) Out Of Their Cases To See Dates As I Don't Have Them Memorized.

 

[JMintzer]

 

[Bogner]

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That's Nice!

 

[László]

The Key Is To Never Lose Your Certificate.

I might have thrown mine away inadvertently the last time I organized the black hole I refer to as a 'storage room' a few years ago. Whether they're still around or not, I don't miss them.