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dating a fender

  • 27-03-2009 06:40PM
    #1
    dolittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭


    i have a fender music master guitar that i bought 2nd hand in 1982 and my son wants to play it now and we were both just wondering how we could date it, i have followed guides that i have googled but can make no sense of the number i found.
    thanks


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  • #2
    68 lost souls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,020 ✭✭✭68 lost souls


    Have you tried using this serial number decoder?

    http://www.guitardaterproject.org/fender.aspx


  • #3
    dolittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭dolittle


    have just tried that but my serial number is an 8 digit number but it tells me the number is unrecognized, i got the number by removing the neck from the body


  • #4
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,530 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    I tried dating a fender once. It slept with me, and then never called. I was heartbroken.


  • #5
    jimmy99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭jimmy99


    Can you post the serial number,on the back plate up to 1975 and on the headstock after.


  • #6
    68 lost souls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,020 ✭✭✭68 lost souls


    Serial number would helpl indeed. Handy thing on Fenders site for helping decode it.

    http://www.fender.com/support/product_dating.php


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  • #7
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    try maybefriends.com


    Awww yeah i did it


    eh, the serial number i guess should have the date in there somewhere


  • #8
    dolittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭dolittle


    the number on the neck when removed from the body is 49005133
    the number on the back plate is 551157


  • #9
    dolittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭dolittle


    i think that makes it 1975-1976


  • #10
    dolittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭dolittle


    just found it now on http://www.guitardaterproject.org/fender.aspx
    thats great thanks for all your help guys


  • #11
    Sofaspud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭Sofaspud


    Cut the neck in half and count the rings?

    Dinner and a movie never fails though.


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  • #12
    jimmy99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭jimmy99


    That serial number narrows it down to 1974.Would need the pot codes to make 100%.But back plate would mean 74


  • #13
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Blisterman wrote: »
    I tried dating a fender once. It slept with me, and then never called. I was heartbroken.


    Exactly what i thought, was hoping no one had said it yet. :rolleyes:


  • #14
    Ravelleman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    A classic.

    Shouldn't there be a date of manufacture at the base of the neck? Or is this just for an earlier period of production?


  • #15
    jimmy99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭jimmy99


    Date of manufacture on neck up until 1973.


  • #16
    OK-Cancel-Apply
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,528 ✭✭✭OK-Cancel-Apply


    Take it out for dinner and a setup. :p


  • #17
    Ravelleman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    jimmy99 wrote: »
    Date of manufacture on neck up until 1973.

    Ah, I see.


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