i know the serial number label and front plates were changed to remove references to “made in Uk” or made in Scotland” but i was hoping there was some sort of serial number cheat sheet.
No idea if they changed it for China production, but the old scheme was generally:
{product + part number}{date stamp}{unique serial #}
The 1st part should be 8 digits. So for example, my Canterbury SE has serial: 80004930120920 532701
The 80004930 is for the Canterbury SE product, and 120920 means its production date was September 20, 2012, and 532701 is what makes it a unique serial # (I think that's right). This format should even hold for driver parts.
If they kept the same scheme, you can at least derive the date of production and make an educated guess on its country of origin. And if it’s a totally different scheme, well then you can probably guess it’s from China!
