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Question:
My stepdad saw an Epiphone Sheraton II VS in a pawn shop anyone know the year by the SN? SN R03B0586. I can't find anything that tells me the year it was made on line. Anyone can help?

Answer:
Here you go courtesy of the following link: http://www.guitardaterproject.org/ Guitar Info Your guitar was made at the Peerless Plant, Korea February 2003 Production Number: 0586 Peerless Korea Co., Ltd. Peerless Korea Co., Ltd. is a Korean-Japanese joint venture company headquartered in South Korea and has been in the guitar-manufacturing industry since 1970. With the core expertise in guitar manufacturing initiated from Japan, Peerless has provided 2.9 million pieces of guitars in the worldwide market so far. Peerless had once manufactured 30,000 pieces of guitars per month in the past in order to meet the order quantity, however have gradually changed their focus from quantity quality. With this in mind they have cut down their manufacturing capacity to 2,000 pieces per month just to ensure the high quality of our products. Peerless produces guitars via OEM for brands such as Epiphone by Gibson, Alvarez, Hoyer and Gretsch by Fender. Note: While not explicitly stated it is believed that Peerless is part owned by Aria of Japan.