Dec 09, 2018 Squier Classic Vibe series guitars/basses serial numbers start with CGS year of manufacture. 'C' is for China, 'G' is for Grand Reward (the name of the factory where the Classic Vibe and Fender Modern Player Series are built), and ’S' for 'Squier'. Information about serial numbers and year Fender guitars, encoder. Orville Gibson. Fender guitars. The table below shows the Fender serial numbers as they were used from 1950 to 1964. Fender/Squier guitars. (dating unclear) CA(5 digits) Gold Strat 1981, '82 and '83.
Fender's production methods from the early fifties had the effect the numbers may not beconsecutive. Also overlap of serial numbers and dates come with regularity.Where to find the serial numberThe serial numbers on the guitar are provided through the years on various places.At the top of the neck plate, at the front or at the back of the head or on the cover plate of thevibrato. (Stratocaster)Between 1973 and 1981 there were periods that this is not consistently done.If you want to know the production year of your Fender guitar, you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in the tables below.
Although a serial number is helpful for roughly determining the age of a guitar, this is often notthe exact date. Usually, the production date is stamped or written is on the heel of the neck.To read this it is necessary to unscrew the neck from the body.Most specifications for the Fender guitars are hardly changed.
Although there have beenperiods in which major changes occurred as the acquisition of Fender by CBS, and thetransition from CBS Fender to the current owner (Fender Musical Instruments Corporation),most models are in general not changed.At the Stratocasters from the early fifties the serial numbers were stamped on the back vibratocover. On some Telecasters at the bridge between the pickup and the saddles.Patent numbersBetween 1960 and 1977, were added several patent numbers to the models. These became in the head under the Fender logo stamped.Example:PAT, 2,573,254 2,968,204 3,143,028 2,976,755 DES 1873042,573,254 for pickup and bridge combination.2,968,204 for the single coil pickup patent awarded in 1961 under other for Jaguar, Stratocaster, Duosonic.3,143,028 the patent granted in August 1964 for Fender's adjustable neck construction.2,976,755 for the split coil pickup design.
If you can not find a serial number (unreadable, worn of),you can approximate the age of a semi/electric guitar on the basis of the potentiometers.The code on potentiometers gives information about the manufacturer and the year and week when it is made.See:The Fender logo that was used can also be an indication from which period the guitar originates.Whether it is an original model or a vintage (also the old logos are used again) depends on your own estimation of the age of the guitar.spaghetti-logo 1950-1965transition logo 1960-1967CBS era logo 1967. Fender has used 3 different logos for guitars. The original logo, also called 'spaghetti logo',the transition logo and the CBS era logo.The spaghetti logo was used in the 1950s and is so named for its thin silver-colored letter with a thin black line.This logo was used in the fifties until the mid-sixties.At the end of 1959 a new logo was designed by designer Robert Perine and Leo fender himself.The logo has fatter golden letters with a thicker black border. The logo was later namedtransition logo, because it bridged the period between the thin spaghetti logo and the CBS era.The first guitar to be branded with this new logo was the Jazz Bass in 1960. All new modelsgot the new logo from that moment on.In 1967 after the takeover of Fender by CBS, the design remained the same but the letters became black with onegold-colored border.