Squier serial numbers korean

He wired the pickguard with pickups, so all the wiring could be finished before the body was even dry from finishing. The number and date on the neck is simply the date that the neck was finished—not the date that the guitar was completed. Necks could sit for days, weeks, or even months at a time before being matched with a body. After the entire guitar was assembled, the identification number was stamped in place.

Being many months later, the serial number date and the neck date might not match. Remember, these serial and neck numbers were never really intended for historical dating.

They were simply internal numbers to help with production. Now that we have talked about where to find your Fender guitar ID number and what it means, here is the Fender serial number database that I have compiled. It includes most of the Fender serial numbers issued along with the corresponding dates and a short history of Fender Guitars through the years. When Leo first started putting identification numbers on his guitars, he segregated them by model.

Each models unique numbers started at 1 or a number close to it. That means that there could be a Tele, Strat, and Precision bass with the exact same serial number. At some point in , Fender decided to stop grouping the guitar ID number by model. He started using one sequence of serial numbers for all the guitars coming off of the Fender production lines including Teles, Esquires, Strats, and P-basses.

Some of these identification numbers are still out of sequence, jumbled up, or missing. You may notice that there is a great deal of over lapping numbers in these nine years. The only way to verify an over lapping date is to check the corresponding neck date and body date. This list is a little convoluted because there are so many over lapping serial numbers. The number column represents the general number grouping that Fender and most experts agree on.

The low and high columns show the range of identification numbers that have been positively matched to specific years. As you can see, there is quite a bit of overlap. For some reason during , , and Fender decided to place zero or a dash in front of ID numbers periodically.

He was nearing his ,th guitar. This time all the identification numbers under 10, fill the empty digits with zeros. It was L A lot of changes happened to the company as well as the guitars themselves under the new ownership. The identification number sequences were no exception. Since Fender was using new plants to build their guitars, they decided the change the numbering system again, but this time they changed it to something more like the American guitars. Both the Cort and Sungham plants used unique numbers.

This is similar to the American Fender serial numbers. So a guitar produced by Cort in would have a serial number of CN2 followed by five digits. These serial numbers were used until when Fender stopped producing guitars at the Sungham factory.

Since all guitar production was moved to the Cort factory, Fender decided to change its numbering system again. The serial numbers were a little messed up. As you can see, the Korean made Fender Squier serial numbers are no less confusing than any of the other guitars. In some ways, it helps to know the story behind the numbers to understand their meaning. I hope this article helped you figure out how old your Korean Fender guitar is. You can also find more information on the Fender site.

Hi, nice write up, but I own a Sungham made Squire Precision bass and its serial number starts with VN7 with 5 digits while your chart only goes up VN6.

Hi there. Any way to know which year approximately was my fender made? I have an 8 digit serialnumber starting with but i cant see any other marks on the guitar itself. Not on the neck or back, anywhere. The instrument itself is an electro-acoustic guitar. Please if you have any info, help me out. Thank you. I found a korean squier with e1 and 5 more digits.

What can you tell about it. So yes you do have a correctly marked VN7 made in I have a Fenix Stratocaster in metal blue with a Fenderlike headstock. Squier-Talk Forum. Fender Squier made in Korea serial number Discussion in ' Squier Stratocasters ' started by beanzforbrainz , Jun 8, Age: 36 If anyone could help that would be great. ToneChaser77 , cool gouhl , Kenneth Mountain and 2 others like this. Age: 59 5, Made in the Samick guitar plant in Korea. S for Samick.

I believe. I love all of my Korean built guitars. Angry Possum , Jun 8, ToneChaser77 , Kenneth Mountain , Eddie and 1 other person like this. Kenneth Mountain , Eddie and mb doug like this. Most silver logo models will have full width laminate. The exceptions to this are the 87' E7 and E10 models built by Young Chang. The Squier II models also came with silver headstock logos. They include strats with E9, S9, M1 and J1 serial numbers.

The Squier IIs were the only silver logo Squiers to come with a thin laminate body. Gold logo Squiers were built stating in mid All have full width wood bodies. Stagemaster and Showmaster models where built from to The 24 Series models were built from to The Master Series models where built from to