every Washburn guitar/bass series, 1978-2018

every Washburn guitar/bass series, 1978-2018 Feb 26, 2022 17:49:00 GMT -6

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Post by Tony Ravenscroft on Feb 26, 2022 17:49:00 GMT -6

{info I originally posted to Wikipedia}

Things to keep in mind:
1. Some lettered series had as little as one model.
2. These are sales years, not production years. Washburn ordered in runs of hundreds, and might have kept a model on their price list until the last few were sold, particularly higher-end instruments.

prefix	Series	a.k.a.	type	duration	comments
	Wing			1978-1985
A	Stage			1980-1986
HB		Hollow Body	semihollow archtop	1981-date
G	Force			1983-1988
FV	Tour	Flying Vee		1983-1988
B	Bantam		headless bass	1984-1986	no connection to 1990s Bantams
GB	Bantam		headless bass/guitar	1984-1986	no connection to 1990s Bantams
G	Bantam		headless guitar	1984-1986	no connection to 1990s Bantams
WT	Tour			1984-1994
HM	Tour			1985-1987
RR	Tour			1985-1987
AF	Tour	Ace Frehley		1987-1988	signature line
RS	Tour			1987-1988
WP	Tour			1987-1991	LP copy
EC	Extended Cutaway			1988-1991	Stephen's Extended Cutaway
KC	Chicago			1989-1991
J		Jazz	hollowbody archtop	1989-date
N	Nuno Bettencourt			1990-date	Stephen's Extended Cutway
SB	Wing Reissue			1991-1995
LS	Laredo	Legacy; Silverado	Strat copy	1992-1994
MG	Mercury			1992-1996
LT	Laredo	Legacy; Silverado	Tele copy	1993-1994
SS	Steve Stevens			1993-1994	signature line
WB	Lyon		Strat copy	1994-1995
BT	Bantam	Billy T; Maverick		1995-2002	all 24.75" scale
Dime	Dimebag Darrell		Dean ML style	1995-2004	signature line
MR	Magnum			1997-2000
CT	Centurian		carved-top	1997-2002
P	Centurian		carved-top	1997-2002
WM	Maverick			1997-2002	USA build; no connection to 2008 WM
CP	Culprit			1998-2000
PS	Paul Stanley			1998-2016	signature line
WI	Idol			1999-2010
CS	Hard Rock			2000-2002
PT		Poptop		2000-2002
RS	Hard Rock	Rogue Star		2000-2002
WG	Hard Rock			2000-2002
WR	Hard Rock			2000-2002
JB	Jennifer Batten			2000-2004	signature line
E	Centurian		carved-top	2001-2002	Row 41 column 6
NX	Nextar			2002-2003	Stephen's Extended Cutaway
X	X			2002-2010
NC	Nick Catanese			2005-2009
DD	Maya	Dan Donegan		2005-2010	signature line
SI	Scott Ian			2005-2010	signature line
	HM			2008-2010	Series, not a prefix
WM	HM			2008-2010	no connection to 1990s WM
WV		Wavepoint; Vee		2008-2010
TB	Tabu			2009
WIN	Idol			2010-2014
RX	RX			2011-date
XM	XM			2011-date
PX	Parallaxe			2013-date
PXL	Parallaxe			2013-date
PXM	Parallaxe			2013-date
PXS	Parallaxe			2013-date
S	Sonamaster			2016-date

prefix	Series	a.k.a.	type	duration	comments
	Wing	Scavenger		1980-1981
B	Stage			1981-1984
B				1983-1985
B	Force		P copy	1983-1986
B	ABT			1987-1989
S	Status 1000			1988-1993
AB	Festival	Acoustic	acoustic	1988-date
XS	Axxess			1990-1991
B				1992
MB	Mercury			1992-1993
XB	Bantam			1994-2006
WP	Shadow		P copy	1997-1999
WJ	Shadow		J copy	1997-1999
RB				1999-2003
DB				2000
M				2002-2003
MB	Mercury			2002-2006
	Bootsy Collins	Space Bass		2002-2006
	Force			2002-2010
T	Taurus			2002-date
AB				2004-2006
BB	Bantam			2006-2010
CB				2007-2010
WB	Idol			2007-2010
SHB	Stu Hamm			2012-2016	signature line
SB	Sonamaster			2016-date

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