Guitar Date?

[pak452]

How do you tell the date of a guitar? I have an acoustic, and an electric and would like to know the dates.

Thanks in advance, Rick

[richardk]

Depends on the brand of the guitar. Often the year is encoded in the serial number but every manufacturer does it differently.

[pak452]

richardk wrote:

Depends on the brand of the guitar. Often the year is encoded in the serial number but every manufacturer does it differently.

Yeah that's what I thought. Can I go to the companys website and find out? Do you or somebody else here know how to decode the serial#.

[rcsnydley]

You could try their website, some companies have that information on their sites some don't. You could get the companies customer support number and give them a call. You could also try a local music store or luthier.

Keep Playing
Ric

[Chasplaya]

pak452 wrote:

Yeah that's what I thought. Can I go to the companys website and find out? Do you or somebody else here know how to decode the serial#.

If we knew the brand and serial number I am sure someone can assist.

[Chasplaya]

I note one of your guitars is a Yamaha, try the following link, I think it is still active

http://www.yamaha.com/apps/guitararchiv ... serial.htm

[pak452]

Chasplaya wrote:

pak452 wrote:

Yeah that's what I thought. Can I go to the companys website and find out? Do you or somebody else here know how to decode the serial#.

If we knew the brand and serial number I am sure someone can assist.

Acoustic is a Yamaha Fg365S serial# 1278312
Electric Is a fender Strat Serial# MZ3125837

Thanks in advance, Rick

[Chasplaya]

Your fender guitar was made at the
Ensenada Plant (Fender), Mexico
in the Year(s): 2003 - 2004

Is that the full number for the Yamaha any letters before. Yamaha apparently recycled numbers every ten years so that causes confusion.

[6string]

Go here, http://www.giles.com/yamaha1/pdf/brochu ... G_sogo.pdf its a PDF and on page 3 or 4 'zoom in' it gives a history of the FG model
I think its saying 1977=1979

[pak452]

Chasplaya wrote:

Your fender guitar was made at the
Ensenada Plant (Fender), Mexico
in the Year(s): 2003 - 2004

Is that the full number for the Yamaha any letters before. Yamaha apparently recycled numbers every ten years so that causes confusion.

Thanks for the info on the Fender. That's all the numbers on the Yamaha no letters.