Fender Japan Serial Number

The OEM contractors for Fender Japan are Fujigen, Dyna, Terada and Tokai. We are sure that JV and E serials are Fujigen made. Early production lot have the serial number on head under Fender logo mark. Made in Japan- Crafted in Japan. Richie Kotzen Japan Fender, which is a 'JD' serial number (seemingly then its a Gyna Gakki made Fender). Example: A serial number of JT04021010 tells us the guitar was made at the Japan Terada factory (JT) in 2004 (04) during the month of February (02) as the 1,010th Gretsch guitar made at the factory that year. The two-letter factory code prefixes include: CS: US, Custom Shop CY: China, Yako KP: Korea, Peerless KS: Korea, Samick/SPG JD: Japan. To date a Fender acoustic guitar try my Fender acoustic guitar dater. There are a number of possible locations for the serial number on a Fender guitar. These include the top of the neck plate, somewhere on the headstock, on the bridge plate or the back of the neck near the body. Enter the Fender's serial number and select if your guitar was.

Fender Japan Serial Numbers Jd 3020

Fender Japan Serial Numbers Jd 455

Fender Japan Stratocaster Serial Numbers

Fender was sold to CBS in January 1965. Serial numbering didn’t change immediately because instruments continued to be made using existing, tooling, parts and serial number schemes. The chart below details Fender serial number schemes used from 1965 to 1976. Notice that there is quite a bit of overlap in numbers and years.