Fender Stratocaster Serial Number Decoder
Fender's production methods from the early fifties had the effect the numbers may not be consecutive. Also overlap of serial numbers and dates come with regularity. Where to find the serial number The serial numbers on the guitar are provided through the years on various places. At the top of the neck plate, at the front or at the back of the head or on the cover plate of the vibrato. (Stratocaster) Between 1973 and 1981 there were periods that this is not consistently done. If you want to know the production year of your Fender guitar, you can calculate it with the serial number decoder, or find it in the tables below.
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Although a serial number is helpful for roughly determining the age of a guitar, this is often not the exact date. Usually, the production date is stamped or written is on the heel of the neck. To read this it is necessary to unscrew the neck from the body. Most specifications for the Fender guitars are hardly changed. Although there have been periods in which major changes occurred as the acquisition of Fender by CBS, and the transition from CBS Fender to the current owner (Fender Musical Instruments Corporation), most models are in general not changed.
At the Stratocasters from the early fifties the serial numbers were stamped on the back vibrato cover. On some Telecasters at the bridge between the pickup and the saddles. Patent numbers Between 1960 and 1977, were added several patent numbers to the models. These became in the head under the Fender logo stamped.
PAT, 2,573,254 2,968,204 3,143,028 2,976,755 DES 187304 2,573,254 for pickup and bridge combination. 2,968,204 for the single coil pickup patent awarded in 1961 under other for Jaguar, Stratocaster, Duosonic. 3,143,028 the patent granted in August 1964 for Fender's adjustable neck construction. 2,976,755 for the split coil pickup design. (Used since 1957 to the Precision Bass) The DES is the serial number. Esquires, Broadcasters and Telecasters 1950-1954. The serial number for these three models can be found at the bridge plate and is used until about early 1954.
Fender then switched to a serial numbering on the neck plate for all models. SERIAL NUMBERS PRODUCTION YEAR 0001 - 0999 1950 - 1952 1000 - 5300 1952 - 1954 Precision Basses 1951-1955. There is some overlap of serial numbers and dates. Until 1955, the serial number is applied to the bridge plate. Although Fender had already switched in 1954 serialized for all models on the neck plate, is the serial number at some Precison's still affixed to the bridge plate. SERIAL NUMBERS PRODUCTION YEAR 100 - 400 1951 - 1952 0001 - 0999 1952-1954 1000 - 2000 1953 - 1955.
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All models The table below shows the Fender serial numbers as they were used from 1950 to 1964. The serial numbers in principle chronological, but as already mentioned, as a result of Fender's production, there are a several serial numbers that overlap. The only way to try to figure out the date is to remove the neck from the body and check the butt end of the heel of the neck. If the date is unreadable, it can also be written on the body under the pickguard or cavity form the pickups. Do clipper 5.3. SERIAL NUMBERS PRODUCTION YEAR > 6000 1950 - 1954 > 10.000 1954 - 1956 10.000 1955 - 1956 10.000 - 20.000 1957 20.000 - 30.000 1958 30.000 - 40.000 1959 40.000 - 50.000 1960 50.000 - 70.000 1961 60.000 - 90.000 1962 80.000 - 90.000 1963 90.000 - L10.000 1963 L10.000 - L20.000 1963 L20.000 - L50.000 1964 January 1965 Fender was acquired by CBS Corporation. Although it is not be traced back directly to the serial numbers. CBS continued to make the guitars using the existing tools, parts, and the numbering system.
The table below shows the serial numbers as they were used from 1965 to 1976. Again, there are a several serial numbers that overlap. SERIAL NUMBERS PRODUCTION YEAR L50.000 - L90.000 1965 100.000 1965 100.000 - 200.000 1966 - 1967 200.000 1968 200.000 - 300.000 1969 - 1970 300.000 1971 - 1972 300.000 - 500.000 1973 400.000 - 500.000 1974 - 1975 500.000 - 700.000 1976 The next table shows the most common Fender serial numbers schemes from 1976 to the present. Here is the S first introduced as a prefix to the serial numbers. The S stands for the decade of the seventies. The E stands for the decade of the eighties, and was introduced in 1979.