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1. #FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 HOW TO#
2. #FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 SERIAL NUMBERS#
3. #FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 SERIAL NUMBER#
4. #FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 VERIFICATION#
5. #FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 CODE#

After the neck was finished, a Fender employee would either stamp or handwrite the date on the end of the guitar neck on its heel. Fender also dated the neck when it was manufactured.

#FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 SERIAL NUMBERS#

The serial numbers on the outside of the body are not the only way to date a Fender guitar however. True to form the reissue guitars have their identification numbers stamped in the neck plate. These guitars were replicas of the early 19s era guitars. In 1982 Fender decided to start making reissued vintage guitars. Modern Fender production guitars, 1976 to the present, have their ID numbers on the front or back of the headstock near the Fender decal.

#FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 SERIAL NUMBER#

From 1954 to 1976 Fender stamped its guitar’s serial number on either the top or bottom of the neck plate. From 1950 to 1954 Fender guitar unique numbers were stamped in the bridge cavity cover plate. The serial number location has changed a few times of the years. In order to tell how old your Fender is you will have to find the identification number or neck number. This article is intended to help you date your Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, and Precision Bass guitars all the way back to the early 1950s. First let’s take a look at where to find ID numbers on a Fender guitar. Most manufactures don’t actually write the production dates on the guitar in plain view.

#FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 CODE#

They decided that it would be easier to decipher the serial number code than just write the year on the guitar. Unfortunately, Fender decided not to simply write the date of manufacture on the guitar. Certain styles and colors have come and gone over the years, but there is no real obvious way to tell how old a Fender is other than the identification number.

#FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 HOW TO#

I want to help you understand how to tell the age of your Fender as well as any Fender you see.įender like Gibson has been producing guitars for many years. That is why I decided to write this article. In many instances, there is no exact known date for a specific guitar. Unfortunately, the serial number placement is sporadic and many ID numbers over lap between years and models. The Fender numbers tell the story of the company over the years. I often get asked, how old is my Fender guitar? Most of the time this question can’t be answered specifically.

#FENDER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP 2014 VERIFICATION#

Plus all it does is tell you that the format is what any company used you still have to contact the manufacturer (Fender, Gibson, etc.) for a verification of the instrument. In July 2010 the MIMs went to a similar format to the USA models - they began using an "MX10xxxxxx" format and stopped putting that extra "S" on the MIM Artist models.Īnd this is why people have fallen out of using sites like Guitar Dater Project - it won't recognize any legitimate Fender serial number after 2009. Plus on the MIMs the serial numbers seem to do their "changeovers" in June/July of a given year. On MIM Artist Models like the Jimmie Vaughan you used to see serial numbers like "SMZ1xxxxxx" for a 2001-2002 model - "S" for "Artist Series", "M" for "Made in Mexico", and "Z1" for "2001". Now the annual "serial number changeover" seems to happen in March of a given year - Fender used 2 different formats in 2010, settling on their current "USYYxxxxxx" format in April of 2010 (with "US10xxxxxx" as the April 2010-March 2011 format, etc.). Of course there are overlaps, but it seem like during the period from about 1995 through 2009 the "annual serial number changeover" for USA instruments happened in January of any given year. So an "SN6xxxxxx" serial number would be for an Artist Series model made roughly during 1996 (per the "N6" part). However, they stopped doing this in 2010 when they changed their serial number formats. Fender used to use extra prefix letters on some series - they used the "S" in front of the "normal" 2-character year code on Artist series guitars, and they used a "D" in front of the 2-character year code on American Deluxe models.