Should've known better than to post something before 2nd cup of coffee.
Fender stratocaster serial numbers serial numbers#
The old serial numbers were just V+6 digits.Īh, thanks.
Not the case, Wes, since they added a digit to the serial numbers since 2012 - so, the new ones would be V+7 digits, of which the first two signify the year of production. neck dates on and off and see how well my rule of thumb continue to hold. It's actually been a lot of fun figuring all of this out! I'll probably continue to collect serial numbers vs. Here are the serial numbers and years of production for the '98 through '11 period:Īnyway, just thought I'd share this stuff with anybody that might be interested. Since then the serial numbers start with the last two digits of the year of manufacture, making it much easier to date without taking the neck off. From '98 until the end of '11 - a total of 14 years - the serial numbers made it nearly up to V200000 (14 x 7000 = 98,000), at which point Fender once again revamped their AVRI line in early '12. serial numbers, and came up with the following rule of thumb for the correlation between serial numbers and years of manufacture (understanding that there is going to be some variation due to neck plates being used in production somewhat at random rather than consecutively):įender revamped their reissue line in early '98, coinciding with the serial numbers reaching V100000. I thought I'd extrapolate from there, for the Corona-era instruments, checking it against the data I was able to find on the neck dates vs. They were able to come up with the rough rule of thumb for the serial numbers and the early reissue instrument production (Fullerton-era Strats, Teles, Precicions, Jazz Basses):
I think I've put together some interesting info.Īn important clue came from this website: So, when taking breaks from work over the past several days, I've let my OCD side run wild, and have been looking online at the serial numbers of Fender's reissue instruments going back to 1982 and comparing them against their neck dates.
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