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Hi to all im gonna buy a fender mustang bass, its relative new the one who gonna sell me to it is a friend he really dont know the year the bass come out, well i want to know if is a Original FENDER Mustang Bass the serial number is JD+8 digits: JD13008508 Oh and the bass says Made in Japan Thanks for the help. Plus all it does is tell you that the format is what any company used; you still have to contact the manufacturer (Fender, Gibson, etc.) for a verification of the instrument. Some of the fakers out there do use legit serial number formats so they pass the serial number search test.
The following chart came from Fender Japan official Homepage (Japanese only) Fender Japan never announced the manufacturers detailed. 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.
Accurate dating of musical instruments is a very easy and useful skill to learn. Whether the instrument was found at a yard sale or a museum, there are several signs that can confirm the authenticity of an instrument. Fender bass guitars are no exception.
Birth Range
Fender has grown substantially since its establishment in 1946. The company has employed several serial number policies over the years. While these policies offer an indication of what year they refer to, they are typically specific to the component they are attached to. Removal of the neck of your bass might show a stamped date on the heel of the neck, but the neck might have been stored for sometime before it was actually attached at the plant and shipped for sale. It's likely that your bass can be given a birth 'range' rather than a date.
Bridge Plates and Neck Plates
Fender stamped its bridge plates and neck plates in the early years. The Precision Bass models, for example, had bridge plates that were marked from 100 to 2000 between 1951 and 1955. The range 100-400 was used specifically between the years of 1951 and 1952. Numbers 0001 through 0999 were used between 1952 and 1954. Numbers 1000 to 2000 were used between 1953 and 1955. Again, these numbers are specific to the bridge plate, which could have been removed and installed on your guitar at some point, or stored a time before installation at the plant. Notice that there is also overlap in serial numbers between different years.
Neck plate stamping was employed from 1954 to 1976 on all models. Especially unique neck plate stamping includes those serial numbers that start with a 'o' or '-' sign (1957 through 1958), stamping at the bottom of the neck plate (1959 through 1960), double stamping and overlapped stamping. Number sequences ranging from four to six digits represent neck plates that were stamped between 1954 and 1963. Number sequences starting with an 'L' are considered to have been stamped between late 1962 and 1965 prior to Fender being bought by CBS. If your neck plate has a large scripted 'F', it is considered to have been stamped between late 1965 and 1976 if it includes a number sequence starting from 100000 through 750000.
Serial Numbers At the Headstock
Serial numbers where put on the headstock of guitar necks somewhere near 1976. Alphanumeric characters offer a faster way to identify the decade the neck was built. Necks built in the seventies started with an 'S'. 'E' started the units that were made in the 1980s. 'N' refers to necks made in the '90s. Both 'N' and 'E' series instruments could potentially have been created in Japan. Between 1985 and 1987 Fender instruments were only constructed in Japan while a recent new owner took over Fender and was building a new plant in America. Most Japanese-built instruments were marked with a 'J'. 'DZ' or 'Z' numbers were printed after 1999.
Special Years
'FN' serial numbers are intended for export. 'CB' serial numbers were put on Jazz basses from 1981 to 1982. These are considered 'Gold Jazz Basses'. 'CD', 'CE', 'CO', 'GO' and 'CB' serial numbers are on special Precision Basses from 1981 and 1982.
Although a serial number is helpful for roughly determining the age of a guitar, this is often not the exact date. As a result of the overlap between years, Fender serial numbers are also not by definition chronological.
In the past (we are talking about before 1976) the serial numbers were often randomly assigned.
To approximate the correct year of construction before this period (1976) is to also check the dates of the neck and potmeters. 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.
In the past (we are talking about before 1976) the serial numbers were often randomly assigned.
To approximate the correct year of construction before this period (1976) is to also check the dates of the neck and potmeters. 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 been periods in which major changes occurred as the acquisition of Fender by CBS, and the transition 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 vibrato cover. On some Telecasters at the bridge between the pickup and the saddles.
Patent numbers Between 1960 and 1977, there were added several patent numbers to the models. These became in the headstock under the Fender logo stamped. | Example: PAT, 2,573,254 2,968,204 3,143,028 2,976,755 DES 187304 2,573,254 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. (Used since 1957 to the Precision Bass) The DES is the serial number. |