Date AD140HTC

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Date AD140HTC

Post by iamjoe! » Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:13 am

Given the serial number AD140HTC-1351-08-04, can somebody please date this amp?

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Re: Date AD140HTC

Post by Randy Bass » Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:21 am

That should be August 2004, though it could be April 2008. I'm pretty sure the last two digits are the year code in that format though.
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Re: Date AD140HTC

Post by a.hun » Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:22 pm

Welcome iamjoe! Yep your amp is August 2004 vintage.
Randy Bass wrote:That should be August 2004, though it could be April 2008. I'm pretty sure the last two digits are the year code in that format though.
They are. By then Orange had actually got their serial numbers sorted, and the last four digits are MM-YY. British amp you see. Unlike in USA-land, British dates are always done that way round.

(Now how the serial numbers of any US made Orange cabs amps etc work I don't know...) :?


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Re: Date AD140HTC

Post by Sooner » Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:38 pm

a.hun wrote: the last four digits are MM-YY. British amp you see. Unlike in USA-land, British dates are always done that way round.
I've never seen a USA-land month and year format other than MM-YY. The only difference I've seen is when the day is included:
British: DD-MM-YY
US: MM-DD-YY
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Re: Date AD140HTC

Post by Randy Bass » Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:43 pm

YYYY-MM-DD is logically superior to all other formats, in case any amp manufacturers are reading this :D .
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Re: Date AD140HTC

Post by a.hun » Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:51 pm

Randy Bass wrote:YYYY-MM-DD is logically superior to all other formats, in case any amp manufacturers are reading this :D .
Of course they are Randy. All of them... :wink:


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