

We have opened a discussion thread in the Pub section discussing this. We will include a very detailed password checklist. We want to highly recommend that members turn on and use TGP's two-factor authentication option. You can search for serial number using the Search Thread function above the top post.

This old thread is being locked from further posts but is retained as a database. We highly recommend every member reading this change their passwords as a precaution. For pre-EBMM serial numbers, You can check this site for more info on the early Music Man instruments (This site is not run by the Ernie Ball company): musicmanbass.global. We have forced email revalidation for all members that have not signed on for a while. None of the accounts compromised were using two-factor authentication. First two digits are the year, second two are month, third two are day, and then the last is the number of the guitar that was produced on that day. Talking to one member as I am working through getting his account back in order, he informed me that his Apple password manager had been compromised and made available on the dark web. The serial number contains the date of manufacture. In today's world, that is false confidence you can no longer afford.Įvery account that I've restored so far to the original owner was using compromised passwords. It is heartbreaking to see that the lure of saving some money will still fool people into using those methods to save a few dollars. Unfortunately, we cannot control how members do deals. However, the best way to prevent this is for members to exercise proper password hygiene (which I'll detail below), turn on two-factor authentication, and - I implore every single person here - only use payment methods that have buyer protection. We've made security changes that I don't want to detail here to stop them. Ranking number (when the guitar was built in the run of 40). Blue Book of Electric Guitars Sixth Edition In addition to the above serial number information, Gibson also used Factory Order Numbers.

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They have scammed members in the Emporiums by creating ads with stolen photos and requesting Paypal F&F or Venmo exclusively for payment. For example, serial number 46090002 indicates a guitar built in 2008 (1962 plus 46 years), in September of that year (09). Some fraudsters have compromised TGP accounts have in the past few days.
