How old is my strat

The serial number is N It is an American made Stratacaster. CY cheers Ian. I have a strat with the number S do you know any page where i can check it? Hello, my guitar is an fender E series It has a Khaler bridge spyder on it and string clamp by the headstock. It has made in Japan printed on the back of the neck near the body end, under the neck it said ST Can anyone help me to identify if this is original from Fender.

Any information would help. Many Thanks Mike. A long time guitar buddy of mine passed away a couple years ago and I acquired one of his Fender Telecasters. This one does not have any serial info on the head stock but I did find two different dates in , on the neck heel and one date on the body under the neck. Also located on the body there is a 5 digit serial number — no letters, just 5 numbers.

The twist is: along with the single coil at the neck it has a big humbucker in the bridge pickup location; not the diag single coil common to most telecasters. Along with this info I should add that the body seems to be made of Mahogany with what might be an overlay of a different wood on the front for the sake of the semi transparent candy apple red finish which shows off the wood grain underneath—which then feathers out to solid red around the edge.

There is a very slight metalic to the deep red finish. I ended up writing a small novel trying to explain this instrument… And thanks in advance for any advice… DWrightB. How can I find out in which year it has been produced?? And to find certificate about it?? Thanks in advance. The serial number is , the stamp on the heel of the neck looks like There is also a name stamp on the neck housing that looks like D. I bought it in Los Angeles in at a store called Guitar Guitar?

Any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Thank you. I have a Fender Strat — Serial No. It says it is Made in USA. Cherry Red with brass controls and bridge. White plastic pickups. The neck is amber colored wood and I bought it in London in the late 80s.

Can anybody tell me what year it is and what it might be worth? It is in very good condition but not in the original case. Only number I got is on the rear tag of the body and the fender F symbol. Found a fender thinking an esquire with the serial number on the back of the neck plate with NO F symbol.

Would this be a ? Or any other way to tell? Thanks so much for your time! I have a fender jaguar serial number I have a 25th anniversary with serial I have owned since and I do not have the Certificate.

Was this made in the USA? And do you know how I can get the Certification? Have someone got any idea how I can identify that guitar, please? I just purchased a fender thin line guitar thru Guitar Center New Orleans.

The ad said it was a fender thin line Telly!? I just received the guitar, in Cincinnati and first it does not say on the guitar were it was made? The add said made in the USA! The only serial number I can find is on the back plate for the neck. Vo is all that is there. It also has engraved Fender mirror neck adjustment and patent number The guitar looks to new to be a Please let me know what year this guitar actually is? Hi all, have a fender strat with serial number V Can anybody share any info with me regarding this.

I cannot find any info dating it. Many thanks. Hi Guys. I purchased my Strat somewhere around Serial number is S Very rough but good bones so I thought I would just tinker with it. No serial number on the back plate. Just the Fender F. No number on the headstock either. The heel of the neck big red L then FL a capital V near the screw hole and a red dot.

Date in pencil on the heel next to the truss rod screw written in pencil. In the neck pocket on the body the same FL So the body and neck numbers match. Any ideas? By the way. Plugged it in and sounds awesome! Z is my serial number Is this bass an American Vintage series reissue of a jazz bass? I have what was sold as a Fender Thin Line Telecaster. It has a Bigsby with pearl white pick guard. The serial number is Z It also has two string rollers on the headstock, two strings each roller assembly.

The tailpiece has nothing stamped on it. Looking into the cutout area of the guitar the routing seems to be a little rough and not finished at all.

I am beginning to think that this is not a true Fender. Anyone have any information on the serial number or thoughts on if this is a true Fender Thin Line Telecaster? That being said it frets great and sounds great.

How Old is My Fender Guitar? All Squires are made in the far east. They never made them in the US. Possibly but have no idea why you placed? Pete Reply. Thanks Keith Reply. Search Search. Use the Serial Number! Fender Serial Dating First, narrow it down by the country of origin. For US instruments, the serial number will start with a letter.

That letter indicates the decade. That number indicates the specific year. S9 means E4 means N8 means Z5 means US11 means The remaining digits are important for product identification, but the first few characters are all you need to determine the instruments age. Serial number coding for Mexican-made instruments is largely the same, except they will start with an M.

MN2 for in Mexico MZ8 for in Mexico Shop our selection of Fender Guitars Gibson Serial Dating Gibson serial numbers are even more interesting, because you can find out the specific date that your instrument was completed! Notice that there is quite a bit of overlap in numbers and years.

Fender was sold to CBS in January The charts below detail the most common Fender serial number schemes from to the present. Once again, there is quite a bit of overlap in numbers and years. As seen in the overlap of numbers and years, even these references to actual production dates are rather loose. The only way to definitively date U. CBS sold Fender in March The numbers and decals were produced far in advance, and some N9 decals denoting , were inadvertantly affixed to some instruments in Z0 denotes ; Z1 denotes , etc.

As always, there is typically some number prefix overlap and carryover from year to year. If you have what you consider an odd serial number, it might appear here. We highly recommend each of them. They are detailed reference resources with a wealth of information on determining the production years of various instruments and on Fender history in general.