How to Identify Fender Year of Manufacture by Serial Numbers, 1950 to Present
Written by drbob on August 21, 2010 – 11:41 am -Fender Serial Numbers, 1950 to Present (Identifying the Year). Serial numbers compiled from several sources including the vintage guitar info guy, Gruhn, and Duchossoir. Pre-1977 Fender guitars have a serial number on the bridgeplate or neckplate. Serial numbers are basically chronological, but there is some overlap amoung years. Fender serial numbers were assigned like this: bin with serialized plates/bridges. Assembler reached in and grabbed one (or many). Put them on the instrument(s). As you can see from this over-simplified example, serial number assignment was fairly random. Just keep this in mind. The only truely definitive way to date a pre-CBS fender is to look at all the dates on the instrument (body date, neck date, pot dates). The... more
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Fender Guitars and Amplifiers: A Brief History
Written by drbob on July 23, 2010 – 11:17 am -Fender Guitars and Amplifiers Redrum Fender Guitars and amplifiers revolutionized the music industry. Many guitar players dream of playing a Fender Stratocaster (or Strat) and many musicians, famous and not famous, do play them. Some well-known guitar players who play or have played Fenders include John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Mike Einziger of Incubus, Tom De Longe of Blink 182, Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell of Weezer, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, and John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers[i]. Fender guitars made a serious impact on music, defining many styles of music like jazz, rock, and metal. It all started in the early 1940's. Clarence Leo Fender, a Californian inventor, looked... more
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