Aria Made In Japan Serial Numbers

Hello all, I recently purchased a MIK Sunburst Archtop guitar off of craigslist. There is a small sticker on the back of the head under 'Made in Korea' with a serial number (9802407) printed below, but the serial number does not seem to follow the numbering system I have seen posted here and other places. I am assuming that they utilized a different numbering system for the Korean guitars than the American but I have not been able to find out anything confirming that. Does anybody here know more about this?

The Aria brandname was changed to Aria Pro II in late 1975, though this has been used mostly (but not exclusively) for electric guitars and basses. All guitars were made in Japan until 1988, when production of less expensive models (Magna MAB/MAC and Integra IGB series) was switched to Korea.

I was mainly just curious to find out how old the guitar is. Thanks, Kurt ---------------------------------UPDATE 6/7------------------------------ Thanks for the responses! Sounds like there is not much to learn from this serial number, whether it is a meaningless number from Hamer or some stocking/inventory number from elsewhere.

Sorry to the curious, myself included, but I think I will leave the sticker on. Guitar plays great and is really in fantastic condition, I think it had just been sitting around in storage for a while because there was basically no fret wear and the guy who sold it to me was a musician who came across it but said he didn't play guitar.

Some thoughts for anyone else who comes across this and is curious: I have seen a couple other Hamer imports on CL(Bay Area) with this same type of sticker, which supports that it may have came on the guitar originally. That doesn't mean Hamer put it on as it could have come from the original distributor or shop that sold the Hamer new. My guitar had unbranded tuners, bridge. Duncan Design PUPs If I ever change my mind and take off the sticker I will update this post!! Dean says the same thing about it's korean made guitars.

Adobe photoshop cs6 activation key. The numbers are meaningless in dating them to us. They were for the company making them. If you had access to the original makers idea for the numbering it might be possible. I have never heard what company made these. My serial number on my korean made Hamers were all imprinted. Knowing when they switched would help.

Also the Hamer Slammer Series were imported before the plain Hamer labelled headstocks. What does the front of that headstock look like?

Dean says the same thing about it's korean made guitars. The numbers are meaningless in dating them to us. They were for the company making them. If you had access to the original makers idea for the numbering it might be possible. I have never heard what company made these. My serial number on my korean made Hamers were all imprinted.