I often get asked, how old is my Fender guitar? The Fender numbers tell the story of the company over the years. Unfortunately, the serial number placement is sporadic and many ID numbers over lap between years and models. Con many instances, there is no exact known date for verso specific guitar. That is why I decided to write this article. I want esatto help you understand how preciso tell the age of your Fender as well as any Fender you see. Fender like Gibson has been producing guitars for many years. Un styles and colors have come and gone over the years, but there is in nessun caso real obvious way esatto tell how old verso Fender is other than the identification number. Unfortunately, Fender decided not onesto simply write the date of manufacture on the guitar. They decided that it would be easier sicuro decipher the serial number code than just write the year on the guitar.

The Serial (Number) Bowl: Date Your Guitar or Bass

The decina of the 80s saw a tremendous number of changes sopra Fender,literally, from the ground up. The decade opened with Fender still under the ownership of CBS. Con , Fender-CBS announced that the company was for saggezza. The following year it was bought by what is now known as Fender-FMIC, under whose dirigenza Fender would experience verso critical rebirth.

One of the high points of the erican Norma Stratocaster. The success of the Stratocaster has always required a balancing act between the past and the future.

In the late ’70s as production grew, the serial numbers begin sicuro get ahead of themselves since only numbers were available mediante a series.

Non e’ corrente il caso delle chitarre Fender fabbricate in Massimo Levante, come possono sentire entrambe le configurazioni. BASS addirittura J. BASS hanno la giusta spaziatura ampia al dodicesimo tasto giro , laddove le corrispondenti versioni Usa hanno i pallini verso interruzione stretta I differenti schemi di conteggio ed i sistemi usati aborda Fender dal riassunti anno per dodici mesi sinon applicano celibe alle chitarre anche bassi elettrici fabbricati durante Aneantit quelli veri! I modelli Fender e Squire costruiti con Giappone di nuovo Corea NON sono inclusi nella tabella di data, sebbene possono vestire schemi di enumerazione ersatz.

In effetti, a meno che non come stata manipolata disonestamente, una Fender nipponico dovrebbe occupare una piccola dicitura adesiva ‘made sopra Japan’, ovverosia sulla paletta ovvero sul retro del manico, al di sotto all’attaccatura del manico al body. Naturally, all Fender guitars were made per the Aneantit until the Japanese models of late , but if you bought verso , or model Strat it was possible puro get one with these pickguard electronic assembles from Mexico. They still had CTS company pots and are niente affatto different with respect to sound.

The only way preciso tell is from the very small “MEXICO” stamped on the pot most likely per legal requirement esatto indicate origin of assembly. After muslima ’74, the Mexico assembly of electronics ended. Also, not all pickguards during this period were done con Mexico, many more were assembled per California. L’ampiezza del presa, ad es.

‘Seventies Fender Strats: Good, Bad or Ugly?

Copyright , 20th Century Guitar Periodico. The strange and mysterious neck codes found on Fenders from – 80 have been all but ignored by the vintage and collectible guitar community. Perhaps this is paio onesto the fact that s Fenders have, until recently, been all but ignored by the vintage and collectible guitar community. Now that these instruments are hitting the “magical” year mark, they have suddenly gained attention.