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DX7 Serial Number info

Post by bigman2005 » Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:02 am

Is there any I can find out when my DX7 was made according to the serial number? My number is 96555, so I would guess around '85-86.
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by ted1986 » Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:34 pm

Same here. I would like to know when mine was made. My serial no. is 31602
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by zukskywalker » Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:10 pm

DX7 serial numbers?
Really?
I don't mean to be snotty or anything but this strikes me as an all time low.
Why? Because they cranked 'em out by the thousands. My DX serial is probably 3,789,236,014.
Not much difference in the builds. A 7 is a 7.
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by deeplow » Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:16 am

the early dx7 from sn 11111 to 25678 produce warmer/fatter sound
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by ryryoftokyo » Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:29 pm

zukskywalker wrote:DX7 serial numbers?
Really?
I don't mean to be snotty or anything but this strikes me as an all time low.
Why? Because they cranked 'em out by the thousands. My DX serial is probably 3,789,236,014.
Not much difference in the builds. A 7 is a 7.
Because who gets curious about things?
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by zukskywalker » Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:52 am

Curious? Not me.

(serial# 102926)
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by ryryoftokyo » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:17 am

zukskywalker wrote:Curious? Not me.

(serial# 102926)
You're just saying that because you're one of those 102,000 DX7 owners...nothing but trouble, the lot of you! :lol:
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by Alex E » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:34 am

deeplow wrote:the early dx7 from sn 11111 to 25678 produce warmer/fatter sound
lol, sure bud.

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I've had assorted Yamaha gear with a little sticker on the back that has two letters and then two numbers. It seems to indicate the year of production, and I think the factory.

Here's one on a DMP7:
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I've found them on both DX7IID's I've had, and both said "KM87". I also had an RX11 supposedly from 1984 and a TX81z from 1987. I don't remember seeing one on my old brown DX7 but I never checked.

On the flip side, I've seen a lot of Yamaha gear without that sticker as well. Wether it peeled off or was just never put on I don't know.
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by elsongs » Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:17 am

bigman2005 wrote:Is there any I can find out when my DX7 was made according to the serial number? My number is 96555, so I would guess around '85-86.
My DX7 is #108101, it was purchased new in Dec 1985, so it would have to be made sometime in 3rd or 4th quarter '85. Your DX7 would probably be between late '84 to mid '85.
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Re: DX7 Serial Number info

Post by Sweep » Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:22 pm

Mine's 17217, which would presumably make it about early 84? Maybe even 83, though I can't remember exactly when they came out. It spent it's early life belonging to an organist in the far north of Lancashire, where it presumably accompanied rousing renditions of the Bacup Black Pudding Song.
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