Fender Guitars – Fender Serial Numbers
Thursday, January 1st, 2009 at
10:47 pm
Like Many manufacturers – Fender place a serial number on their instruments to identify the finished article. Over the years the serial number has changed a few times.The Serial Number is accompanied by thepart number.Modern fender part numbers are in the format PPP-MMMM, where PPP is the code for the manufacturing plant and MMMM is the number. On Fenders the serial number traditionally appears at the butt end of the heel of the guitar neck. Fender, however, have not always been consistent and there are examples where it has been placed in different areas or simply omitted. Because of this, neck dating is useful in roughly determining the age of a guitar, but it is certainly not definitive.
There’s some excellent information out on the web when trying to decipher Fender Guitar serial numbers, for starters try Fender.com followed by http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html which has put together an awesome article on the variations Fender have used with their serial numbering over the years. For starters take a look at the following table which illustrates some of the serial numbers used by Fender.
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SERIAL NUMBERS
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PRODUCTION DATES
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Up to 6000
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1950 to 1954
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Up to 10,000
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1954 to 1956
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10,000s
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1955 to 1956
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10,000s to 20,000s
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1957
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20,000s to 30,000s
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1958
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30,000s to 40,000s
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1959
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40,000s to 50,000s
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1960
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50,000s to 70,000s
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1961
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60,000s to 90,000s
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1962
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80,000s to 90,000s
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1963
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90,000s up to L10,000s
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1963
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L10,000s up to L20,000s
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1963
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L20,000s up to L50,000s
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1964
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L50,000s up to L90,000s
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1965
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100,000s
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1965
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100,000s to 200,000s
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1966 to 1967
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200,000s
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1968
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200,000s to 300,000s
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1969 to 1970
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0,000s
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1971 to 1972
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300,000s to 500,000s
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1973
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400,000s to 500,000s
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1974 to 1975
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500,000s to 700,000s
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1976
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76 + 5 DIGITS
S6 + 5 DIGITS |
1976
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S7 + 5 DIGITS
S8 + 5 DIGITS |
1977
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S7 + 5 DIGITS
S8 + 5 DIGITS
S9 + 5 DIGITS |
1978
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S9 + 5 DIGITS
E0 + 5 DIGITS |
1979
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S9 + 5 DIGITS
E0 + 5 DIGITS
E1 + 5 DIGITS |
1980
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S9 + 5 DIGITS
E0 + 5 DIGITS
E1 + 5 DIGITS |
1981
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EI + 5 DIGITS
E2 + 5 DIGITS
E3 + 5 DIGITS
V + 4, 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1982
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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E2 + 5 DIGITS
E3 + 5 DIGITS
V + 4, 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1983
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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E3 + 5 DIGITS
E4 + 5 DIGITS
V + 4, 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1984
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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E3 + 5 DIGITS
E4 + 5 DIGITS
V + 4, 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1985
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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V + 4, 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster)
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1986
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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E4 + 5 DIGITS
V + 4, 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1987
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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E4 + 5 DIGITS
E8 + 5 DIGITS
V + 4, 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1988
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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E8 + 5 DIGITS
E9 + 5 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1989
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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E9 + 5 DIGITS
N9 + 5 DIGITS
N0 + 5 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1990
(For U.S. Vintage Series, check neck date for specific year) |
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N0 + 5 DIGITS
N1 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1991
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N1 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
N2 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1992
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N2 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
N3 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1993
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N3 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
N4 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1994
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N4 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
N5 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1995
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N5 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
N6 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1996
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N6 + 6 or 6 DIGITS
N7 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (U.S. Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
1997
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N7 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
N8 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Vintage Series) |
1998
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N9 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster)
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1999
1999 |
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N9 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
Z0 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
DZ0 + 5 or 6 DIGITS (Am. Deluxe)
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster)
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2000
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Z0 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
Z1 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
DZ1 + 5 or 6 DIGITS (Am. Deluxe)
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster)
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2001
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Z1 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
Z2 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
DZ2 + 5 or 6 DIGITS (Am. Deluxe)
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
2002
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Z2 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
Z3 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
DZ3 + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Deluxe Series)
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster) |
2003
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Z3 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
Z4 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
DZ4 + 5 or 6 DIGITS (Am. Deluxe)
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster)
XN4 + 4 Digits |
2004
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Z4 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
Z5 + 5 or 6 DIGITS
DZ5 + 5 or 6 DIGITS (Am. Deluxe)
V + 5 or 6 DIGITS (American Vintage Series except ’52 Telecaster)
XN5 + 4 Digits |
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