Enter your Gibson guitars 8 or 9 digit serial number in the box below to find the date of manufacture. This decoder currently supports Gibson guitars from 1977 to date (older guitars coming soon). The serial number can be found on the back of the guitars headstock.

How do you describe a guitar riff?

A guitar riff is a short repeatable idea used in a song. A guitar riff can be repeated over and over to form the main hook of a song, or it could be played only once in a song. A guitar riff can be made out of chords or individual notes.