Dates - Best Effort !!

It seems like which ever book, article or Web site you choose to look at then you come up with a different date..

Some of the confusion occurs due to different reference points.

The difference between model introduction [production, advertising] and the time when the guitars actually reach the stores is often different.  At the other end is the difference between end of production of either parts or complete guitars.  There is one date for the time when production of parts ceased and another for the end of the assembly of complete guitars -  and yet another for the end of sales to retailers [who of course continued to sell the guitars long after production ceased].   Unlike the excellent reference for the acoustic guitars the  serial numbers for the solids give very little indication of the production date, so these are of little help.

This chart is offered as nothing more than my own attempt to clarify and is at best an approximate guide.

68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

Tornado

Thunderhead

Hurricane

Typhoon 1

Typhoon 2

Typhoon 3

Typhoon 4

Typhoon 5

Eclipse

Breadwinner

Deacon

Deacon 12 String

Breadwinner Limited

Magnum 1 & 2

Magnum 3 & 4

Preacher

Preacher DeLuxe

Preacher 12 String

Viper

Viper 3

UK 2