Members harvey metcall Posted November 25, 2005 Members Share Posted November 25, 2005 Does anyone know of a link or website were you can type in a serial number of a old Fender Tele and see what year it was made? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted November 25, 2005 Members Share Posted November 25, 2005 You can make a guess of date for anything US made after mid 1976, which is when Fender introduced their current dating system where a letter indicates the decade and the first number indicates the year of the decade. S=1970s, E=1980s, N=1990s, and Z=2000s. But to be sure of the age you need to consider things like the features on your instrument, and if at all possible check out things like date markings on the body end of the neck, pot codes, and so on. Fender tends to use up serial number decals until they're gone, so an instrument can be months or even years newer than the serial may indicate ie Fender apparently used S9 serial numbers into 1981, and E3 and E4 serial numbers turned up on early American Standard and Plus instruments made in '87 and '88. Not to mention that mistakes happen, like some 1990 instruments that have N9 serial numbers due to a printing error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seaofstrings Posted November 25, 2005 Members Share Posted November 25, 2005 http://www.guitarnucleus.com/fenderserial.html http://www.superiormusic.com/page201.htm http://www.fender.com/support/dating/fender_us_dating.php http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html Google is a handy tool, these four are just from the first page of results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harvey metcall Posted November 25, 2005 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2005 Thanks Tim. It's a tobacco sunburst tele custom with a maple neck. 1 humbucker looking pup in neck postion and a single at the bridge. Only bad thing is the wiring is screwed up so I can only use the bridge pup. the only thing on it is the serial number- 515622. Cant find anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harvey metcall Posted November 25, 2005 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2005 Thanks seaofstrings. That's what I needed. My brother bought the guitar from his music teacher in 82 to 86 and he said he thought it was a 70s model. Looks like it's a 76 model. By all the dents and scatches I would say it's that old. But it plays like butter and holds a tune very well. Not bad for a "begining all over" guitar. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members uitar9 Posted January 6, 2006 Members Share Posted January 6, 2006 How about a specific model. I am going to look at a used mexican 50's classic tomorrow I know how to date from the serial number but is there anyway to tell if it is a 50's classic from other than the features Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted January 6, 2006 Members Share Posted January 6, 2006 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members anson.c Posted May 24, 2009 Members Share Posted May 24, 2009 Someone selling a '86 Strat. He doesn't know where is it make but he provides a serial number FO 28952. I can't find any info about a SN starts with FO. Anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members itieu Posted May 24, 2009 Members Share Posted May 24, 2009 From Fenders site Japan F + 6 digits 1986-1987 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted May 24, 2009 Members Share Posted May 24, 2009 Someone selling a '86 Strat. He doesn't know where is it make but he provides a serial number FO 28952. I can't find any info about a SN starts with FO. Anybody? F prefix is a made in Japan strat from the 80s. Click on the first link in the post from seaofstrings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boxofrocks Posted May 24, 2009 Members Share Posted May 24, 2009 I didn't see MZ6+6 for MIM on any of those sites. Anybody know what it is? Edit: Nevermind it's 06-07 found it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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