Dating Fender Guitars

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Vintage Series excluded '52 Telecasters 1987 For U. Patent numbers Between 1960 and 1977, were added several patent numbers to the models. Date Range 76 + 5 DIGITS S6 + 5 DIGITS 1976 S7 + 5 DIGITS S8 + 5 DIGITS 1977 S7 + 5 DIGITS S8 + 5 DIGITS S9 + 5 DIGITS 1978 S9 + 5 DIGITS E0 + 5 DIGITS 1979 S9 + 5 DIGITS E0 + 5 DIGITS E1 + 5 DIGITS 1980 S9 + 5 DIGITS E0 + 5 DIGITS E1 + 5 DIGITS 1981 In 1982 the Vintage Series of guitars was introduced.

For Mexican Fenders made in the 1990s, the serial will start with an MN followed by a number that indicates the year of the decade. The serial number can only generalized the age of the instrument within a few years.

Dating Fender Guitars

The progress of this type of work is slow, hence the long hiatus, however, a lot of new data have been collected regarding Fender amplifiers, including production numbers. Advances have been made with regards to the production of 1960-67 tolex amps and it appears that much of this information can be applied to late 1950s tweed amps as well. In addition, the dating-by-serial number tables have been revised and are more accurate. The bad news is that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done on the silverface amps. Unfortunately, there is some sad news to report as well. Fellow Fender amp researcher, Greg Huntington, passed away June 5, 2007 after losing his battle with cancer. Greg kept his illness very private, even from this author. His passing is a great loss to this research team and the Fender amp aficionado community in general. Greg was passionate about Fender amps and his knowledge, insight and humor will be missed very much. Paul Linden has volunteered to fill in for Greg. Paul worked with Greg on their small box brown Twin myth busting research and is extremely knowledgeable about Fender amps in general with a specialization in the brown and blonde amps. Since 2002, more interesting factoids of interest have surfaced and are presented here. Interest in vintage Fender amps really took hold about 8-10 years ago. As a result, there are a lot of amps out there that may look original, but are not. Some things are very obvious such as non-original or reconed speakers, non-original transformers, replaced pots, re-tweed, re-tolex, re-grill, etc. But other changes may be meant to deceive. These modifications are making this research more difficult for a couple of reasons. The bottom line is to do your homework or enlist the aid of an expert. Do you have a silverface Twin Reverb Amp or Dual Showman Reverb Amp with the serial number A23373? The machine that stamped the serial number into the back of the chassis got stuck on number A23373 and a lot of pieces were stamped with this number. It would have been very costly to destroy these units so two remedies were implemented. First, a foil sticker containing a 4-digit serial number was affixed to the chassis over the A23373. The second thing that was done was the addition of another number stamped into the chassis as a suffix to the A23373 serial number, e. So how many of these chasses were made? Well, for the 4-digit serials affixed on a foil sticker, numbers as low as 0127 and has high as 3765 have been observed. Assuming they were all used sequentially and starting at 0100, there would be around 3700 non-master volume silverface Twin Reverbs and Dual Showman Reverbs out there. The amps that received the stamped suffix must also be added to this sub-total. The lowest suffix observed to date is A23373-39 and the highest is A23379-2916. Assuming the suffixes started with -01 and went to -3000, there would be around 3000 of these floating around. Of course, this is all hypothetical, but still plausible. In addition to A23373, it appears the stamping machine stuck on serial number A23378 as four distinct amps with this number has been reported. Could it be the machine also got stuck on A23374, -75, -76, and -77? These have not been observed or reported so the answer remains unknown. Fender had a big transitional year for their amps in 1960. But changes took place in 1961 as well. This was the first year for the blonde 6G9 Tremolux. The first Tremolux 6G9 used 6BQ5 power tubes and later in the year, the 6L6GC-equipped Tremolux 6G9-A took its place. To make things more interesting, there were two versions of the 6G9 6BQ5 circuit. The earliest version had 12 coupling caps. The best estimate is that about 100 of these were made before the circuit was revised. The revised amp had 14 coupling caps and there may have been upwards of 150 made. Since these amps are so rare, it is impossible to comment on the technical or tonal differences between the two circuits. Another anomaly was observed in 1961 with the 6G6-A Bassman. These examples all have the GZ34 rectifier tube as found in the 6G6 , yet the tube charts are 6G6-A. Rather than waste those 8-ohm output transformers in stock from previous 6G6 production, Fender used them up on the first 6G6-A with 4-ohm speaker cabinets. Yes, Fender went with a deliberate mismatch, not unlike the 3x10 brown Bandmasters that shipped with 8-ohm output transformers. Very few of these were and those who own one of these oddballs can either be happy with the fact that it is a rare amp or be sad that the mismatched impedance means the amp is less efficient. And now for an important update! The following charts are the revised dating tables for Fender tube amps. The revisions were made based on data collected since the tables were initially published. Some tables changed very little and others changed quite a bit. For some reason, folks are willing to poke their head into tweed, blonde, brown and blackface amps, but not into silverface amps. Eventually, the hope is to have enough info for a more detailed breakdown on the B series, A+6 digit and F+6 digit series. For now, the dating schemes for these series are: A6 + 5-digits — 1976-77 A7 + 5-digits — 1977-78 A8 + 5-digits — 1978-79 A9 + 5-digits — 1979-80 B + 5-digits — 1975, 1976 F9 + 5-digits — 1979-80 F0 + 5-digits — 1980-81 F1 + 5-digits — 1981-82 F2 + 5-digits — 1982-83 F3 + 5-digits — 1983-84 F4 + 5-digits — 1984 Finally, these tables are only a guide. There will be amps with serial numbers that lie outside of the listed ranges. This is no different with published dating tables for vintage Fender guitars and basses. For better or worse, this concept is common to this endeavor. Bandmaster 5C7, 5D7 tweed 0001 to 0800 — 1953 5000 to 5600 — 1954 Bandmaster 5E7 tweed S00001 to S00600 — 1955 S00500 to S01200 — 1956 S01200 to S01800 — 1957 S01800 to S02500 — 1958 S02500 to S03700 — 1959 Bandmaster 5G7, 6G7 brown 00001 to 01750 — 1960 Bandmaster 6G7, 6G7-A blonde 01750 to 02400 — 1960 02300 to 05200 — 1961 52000 to 57000 — 1962 57000 to 59400 — 1963 Bandmaster AA763, AB763 blackface A00590 to A01700 — 1963 A01700 to A07700 — 1964 A07700 to A17000 — 1965 A16000 to A22000 — 1966 A19700 to A27000 — 1967 Bandmaster AB763, AC568 silverface A26000 to A29000 — 1967 A28500 to A35000 — 1968 A33000 to A34000 — 1969 A34000 to A46000 — 1970-72 Bandmaster Reverb AA768, AA1069, AA270, TFL5005 silverface A30500 to A35000 — 1968 A35000 to A45000 — 1969 A45000 to A49000 — 1970 A49000 to A54000 — 1971 A54000 to A58000 — 1972 A58000 to A66000 — 1973 A66000 to A76000 — 1974 A76000 to A79000 — 1975 A79000 to A80000 — 1976 Bassman 5B6 tweed 0001 to 0350 — 1951 TV front 0250 to 0400 — 1952 Wide panel 0400 to 0650 — 1953 Wide panel Bassman 5D6, 5D6-A tweed 0001 to 0100 — 1954 0100 to 0900 — 1955 Bassman 5E6, 5E6-A tweed BM00200 to BM00550 — 1955 BM00550 to BM01200 — 1956 BM01200 to BM01600 — 1957 Bassman 5F6, 5F6-A tweed BM00001 to BM00450 — 1957 BM00450 to BM01500 — 1958 BM01500 to BM03100 — 1959 BM03100 to BM04600 — 1960 Bassman 6G6, 6G6-A, 6G6-B blonde BP00100 to BP01100 — 1961 BP01100 to BP05100 — 1962 BP05100 to BP08400 — 1963 BP08400 to BP12200 — 1964 Bassman AA864, AA165, AB165 blackface A00100 to A03800 — 1964 A03800 to A15000 — 1965 A15000 to A25000 — 1966 A24000 to A33300 — 1967 Bassman AB165, AC568, AA270, AA371 silverface A33300 to A40000 — 1967 A39000 to A49000 — 1968 A48000 to A58000 — 1969 A58000 to A60000 — 1970 A59000 to A64000 — 1971 Bassman 50 silverface A62000 to A67000 — 1972 A67000 to A70000 — 1973 Bronco AB764 silverface A19000 to A21000 — 1967 A21000 to A26000 — 1968 A26000 to A28500 — 1969 A28500 to A29000 — 1970 A29000 to A32000 — 1971 A32000 to A35000 — 1972 A33000 to A40000 — 1973 A40000 to A42000 — 1974 A42000 to A51000 — 1975 Champion 800 tweed 01 to 1000 — 1948-49 Champion 600 5B1 tweed 01 to 1300 — 1948-49 1300 to 1700 — 1950 1700 to 4200 — 1951-52 Champ 5C1, 5D1 tweed 4200 to 6600 — 1953 6600 to 8000 — 1954 8000 to 9300 — 1955 Champ 5E1, 5F1 tweed C00001 to C00800 — 1955 C00800 to C03100 — 1956 C03100 to C06000 — 1957 C06000 to C08900 — 1958 C08900 to C12400 — 1959 C12400 to C15400 — 1960 C15400 to C17200 — 1961 C17200 to C19800 — 1962 C19800 to C21000 — 1963 C21000 to C22900 — 1964 Champ AA764 blackface A00100 to A02000 — 1964 A02000 to A05100 — 1965 A05100 to A11200 — 1966 A11200 to A12500 — 1967 Champ AA764 silverface A12500 to A14600 — 1968 A14600 to A17800 — 1969 A17800 to A30000 — 1970 A30000 to A32000 — 1971 A32000 to A35000 — 1972 A32000 to A42000 — 1973 A42000 to A50000 — 1974 A50000 to A63000 — 1975 A63000 to A85000 - 1976 Concert 5G12, 6G12, 6G12-A brown 00001 to 02400 — 1960 02300 to 04900 — 1961 52000 to 57000 — 1962 56000 to 59300 — 1963 Concert AA763, AB763 blackface A00400 to A00900 — 1963 A02100 to A08500 — 1964 A08500 to A09800 — 1965 Model 26 Deluxe woodie 100 to 1500 — 1946-48 Deluxe 5A3, 5B3 tweed 001 to 800 — 1948 800 to 1800 — 1949 1800 to 3000 — 1950 3000 to 5400 — 1951 5400 to 6800 — 1952 6800 to 7500 — 1953 Deluxe 5C3, 5D3 tweed 0001 to 1600 — 1953 1600 to 3600 — 1954 3600 to 5300 — 1955 Deluxe 5E3 tweed D00001 to D01400 — 1955 D01400 to D02800 — 1956 D02800 to D04900 — 1957 D04900 to D06800 — 1958 D06800 to D09000 — 1959 D09000 to D10300 — 1960 D10300 to D10700 — 1961 Deluxe 6G3, 6G3-A brown D00100 to D00900 — 1961 D00900 to D03800 — 1962 D03800 to D04900 — 1963 Deluxe AA763, AB763 blackface A00100 to A00600 — 1963 A00600 to A02800 — 1964 A02800 to A05600 — 1965 A05600 to A05900 — 1966 A05900 to A06500 — 1967 Deluxe Reverb AA763, AB763 blackface A00100 to A00300 — 1963 A00300 to A03900 — 1964 A03900 to A12800 — 1965 A12000 to A18400 — 1966 A18400 to A24000 — 1967 Deluxe Reverb AB763, AB868 silverface A24000 to A26000 — 1967 A26000 to A28500 — 1968 A28500 to A33000 — 1969 A32700 to A33000 — 1970 A33000 to A34500 — 1971 A34500 to A36000 — 1972 A36000 to A39000 — 1973 A39000 to A42000 — 1974 A42000 to A43000 — 1975 A43000 to A45000 — 1976 Dual Showman AA763, AB763 blackface A00100 to A01500 — 1963 A01500 to A01800 — 1964 A01800 to A04300 — 1965 A04300 to A07800 — 1966 A07800 to A12000 — 1967 Dual Showman AB763, AC568 silverface A12000 to A12500 — 1967 A12500 to A16000 — 1968 Dual Showman Reverb AA768, AA769, AA270, TFL5000 silverface A10600 to A16500 — 1968 A16500 to A22400 — 1969 A21700 to A25600 — 1970 A25600 to A37000 — 1971 A37000 to A50500 — 1972 A50500 to A68000 — 1973 A68000 to A99999 — 1974 A81000 to A99999 — 1975 B01000 to B15000 — 1975 B15000 to B68000 — 1976 Harvard 5F10 tweed H00001 to H00500 — 1956 H00500 to H01300 — 1957 H01300 to H02000 — 1958 H02000 to H02600 — 1959 H02600 to H03300 — 1960 H03300 to H03800 — 1961 Musicmaster Bass CFA-7010 silverface A00100 to A01000 — 1970 A01000 to A02500 — 1971 A02500 to A04100 — 1972 A04100 to A07900 — 1973 A07900 to A09500 — 1974 A09500 to A09800 — 1975 A09800 to A10500 — 1976 Princeton 5B2, 5C2, 5D2 tweed 2500 to 3600 — 1953 3600 to 4400 — 1954 4400 to 4800 — 1955 Princeton 5E2 tweed P0001 to P00375 — 1955 Princeton 5F2, 5F2-A tweed P0001 to P01100 — 1956 P01100 to P02500 — 1957 P02500 to P03100 — 1958 P03100 to P04300 — 1959 P04300 to P05300 — 1960 P05300 to P05600 — 1961 Princeton 6G2, 6G2-A brown P00100 to P00900 — 1961 P00900 to P05100 — 1962 P05100 to P07200 — 1963 P07200 to P09900 — 1964 Princeton AA964 blackface A00100 to A02500 — 1964 A02500 to A07000 — 1965 A05000 to A09900 — 1966 Princeton AA964 silverface A09900 to A11000 — 1967-68 A11000 to A15000 — 1969-70 Princeton Reverb AA1164 blackface A00100 to A02100 — 1964 A02100 to A07100 — 1965 A06500 to A14700 — 1966 A14700 to A18700 — 1967 Princeton Reverb AA1164, B1270 silverface A18700 to A19500 — 1967 A19500 to A22000 — 1968 A22000 to A25500 — 1969 A23000 to A25000 — 1970 A25500 to A26000 — 1971 A26000 to A27500 — 1972 A27500 to A30000 — 1973 A30000 to A32500 — 1974 A32500 to A34500 — 1975 A34500 to A36000 — 1976 Pro 5A5, 5B5, 5C5, 5D5 tweed 01 to 600 — 1948 600 to 1100 — 1949 1100 to 1800 — 1950 1800 to 2500 — 1951 2500 to 3500 — 1952 3500 to 4800 — 1953 4500 to 5900 — 1954 59000 to 6100 — 1955 Pro 5E5, 5E5-A, 5E5-B tweed S00080 to S00350 — 1955 S00350 to S01200 — 1956 S01200 to S01900 — 1957 S01900 to S02500 — 1958 S02500 to S03600 — 1959 Pro 5G5, 6G5, 6G5-A brown 00001 to 02000 — 1960 02300 to 05200 — 1961 53000 to 57500 — 1962 58000 to 58100 — 1963 Pro AA763, AB763 blackface A00170 to A01800 — 1963 A02700 to A06500 — 1964 Pro Reverb AA165 blackface A00100 to A02700 — 1965 A02700 to A06200 — 1966 A06200 to A10200 — 1967 Pro Reverb AA1265, AB668, AA1069, AA270 silverface A10300 to A12000 — 1968 A12000 to A13300 — 1969 A13300 to A14500 — 1970 A14500 to A15000 — 1971 A15000 to A15600 — 1972 A15600 to A17200 — 1973 A17200 to A19700 — 1974 A19700 to A20000 — 1975 A20000 to A21200 — 1976 Quad Reverb CFA7104 silverface A34800 to A37000 — 1971 A37000 to A50500 — 1972 A50500 to A68000 — 1973 A68000 to A99999 — 1974 A81000 to A99999 — 1975 B01000 to B15000 — 1975 B15000 to B68000 — 1976 Reverb Unit 6G15 brown, blonde, blackface R00100 to R00900 — 1961 R00900 to R02600 — 1962 R02600 to R04800 — 1963 R04800 to R07400 — 1964 R07400 to R09800 — 1965 R09800 to R11000 — 1966 Showman 6G14, 6G14-A blonde 00001 to 00350 — 1960 00200 to 00800 — 1961 00800 to 01500 — 1962 01500 to 01900 — 1963 Showman AA763, AB763 blackface A00100 to A01500 — 1963 A01500 to A01800 — 1964 A01800 to A04300 — 1965 A04300 to A07800 — 1966 A07800 to A12000 — 1967 Showman AB763 silverface A12000 to A12500 — 1967 A12500 to A16000 — 1968 Super incl. Dual Professional tweed 01 to 400 — 1946-47 400 to 1300 — 1948-51 2000 to 5000 — 1952-53 5000 to 6000 — 1954 6000 to 6100 — 1955 Super 5E4, 5F4 tweed S00001 to S00300 — 1955 S00300 to S00800 — 1956 S00800 to S01700 — 1957 S01700 to S02500 — 1958 S02500 to S03500 — 1959 Super 5G4, 6G4, 6G4-A brown 00001 to 02600 — 1960 02600 to 04600 — 1961 04500 to 05200 — 1962 52000 to 57500 — 1962 57000 to 59400 — 1963 Super Reverb AA763, AB763 blackface A00100 to A00600 — 1963 A00600 to A06000 — 1964 A06000 to A13000 — 1965 A13000 to A20000 — 1966 A20000 to A27000 — 1967 Super Reverb AB763, AB568, AA1069, AA270 silverface A26000 to A29000 — 1967 A29000 to A35000 — 1968 A35000 to A45000 — 1969 A45000 to A49000 — 1970 A49000 to A54000 — 1971 A54000 to A58000 — 1972 A58000 to A66000 — 1973 A66000 to A76000 — 1974 A76000 to A79000 — 1975 A79000 to A80000 — 1976 B59000 to B60000 — 1976 Super Six Reverb CFA7106 silverface A33000 to A37000 — 1971 A37000 to A50500 — 1972 A50500 to A67000 — 1973 A67000 to A99999 — 1974 A81000 to A99999 — 1975 B01000 to B15000 — 1975 B15000 to B68000 — 1976 Tremolux 5E9, 5E9-A tweed 0001 to 00650 — 1955 00650 to 00950 — 1956 00950 to 01200 — 1957 01200 to 01800 — 1958 01800 to 02700 — 1959 02600 to 03300 — 1960 Tremolux 6G9, 6G9-A, 6G9-B blonde 00100 to 00950 — 1961 00950 to 04800 — 1962 04500 to 05900 — 1963 Tremolux AA763, AB763 blackface A00100 to A00500 — 1963 A00500 to A03700 — 1964 A03200 to A05700 — 1965 A05200 to A08100 — 1966 Twin 5C8, 5D8, 5D8-A, 5E8, 5E8-A tweed 001 to 600 — 1953-55 A00100 to A00725 — 1955-57 Twin 5F8, 5F8-A tweed A00001 to A00780 — 1957-60 Twin 6G8, 6G8-A blonde 00001 to 00100 — 1960 00100 to 00225 — 1961 00225 to 00400 — 1962 00400 to 00525 — 1963 Twin Reverb AA763, AB763 blackface A00100 to A01000 — 1964 A01000 to A04300 — 1965 A04300 to A07000 — 1966 A07000 to A10400 — 1967 Twin Reverb AB763, AC568, AA769, AA270 silverface A10400 to A10500 — 1967 A10500 to A16000 — 1968 A16000 to A21500 — 1969 A21500 to A25600 — 1970 A25600 to A37000 — 1971 A37000 to A50500 — 1972 A50500 to A68000 — 1973 A68000 to A99999 — 1974 A81000 to A99999 — 1975 B01000 to B15000 — 1975 B15000 to B68000 — 1976 Vibrasonic 5G13, 6G13, 6G13-A brown 00001 to 00350 — 1960 00200 to 00800 — 1961 00800 to 01500 — 1962 01500 to 01900 — 1963 Vibro Champ AA764 blackface A00100 to A01300 — 1964 A01300 to A09300 — 1965 A09300 to A16500 — 1966 A16500 to A20500 — 1967 Vibro Champ AA764 silverface A19000 to A21000 — 1967 A21000 to A26000 — 1968 A26000 to A28500 — 1969 A28500 to A29000 — 1970 A29000 to A32000 — 1971 A32000 to A35000 — 1972 A33000 to A40000 — 1973 A40000 to A42000 — 1974 A42000 to A51000 — 1975 A51000 to A53000 — 1976 B64600 to B66200 — 1976 Vibrolux 5F11 tweed F00001 to F00300 — 1956 F00300 to F00900 — 1957 F00900 to F01600 — 1958 F01600 to F02800 — 1959 F02800 to F04000 — 1960 F04000 to F04400 — 1961 Vibrolux 6G11, 6G11-A brown 00100 to 00700 — 1961 00700 to 04200 — 1962 04200 to 05500 — 1963 Vibrolux AA763 blackface A00100 to A01300 — 1964 Vibrolux Reverb AA864 blackface A00100 to A00850 — 1964 A00850 to A03900 — 1965 A03600 to A08300 — 1966 A08300 to A10700 — 1967 Vibrolux Reverb AA864, AA964, AB568, AA270 silverface A10700 to A11000 — 1967 A11000 to A12000 — 1968 A12000 to A13600 — 1969 A13600 to A23400 — 1970 A23400 to A24500 — 1971 A24500 to A25000 — 1972 A25000 to A27000 — 1973 A27000 to A31500 — 1974 A31500 to A33000 — 1975 A33000 to A34000 — 1976 Vibrosonic Reverb silverface A43000 to A50500 — 1972 A50500 to A68000 — 1973 A68000 to A99999 — 1974 A81000 to A99999 — 1975 B01000 to B15000 — 1975 B15000 to B68000 — 1976 Vibroverb 6G16 brown 00100 to 00600 — 1963 Vibroverb AA763, AB763 blackface A00100 to A00400 — 1963 A00400 to A05300 — 1964 Here is another caveat about reading these tables. Given that people may refer to this information seeking specific production quantities of amps they are curious about, it should be pointed out that the serial numbers apply to chassis types, and not specifically to amplifier models. Since several models can share one chassis type for example, the early brown 5G7 Bandmaster, 5G5 Pro and 5G12 Concert , this kind of interpretation is inaccurate. Instead, there were approximately 2000 of these chasses produced, which then ended up as one of the three models in question. Thanks to everyone who sent information about their amp s. Many thanks to Andrew Waugh for his help with the 1982-84 tube amps. Andrew works in parallel with this research, but is specializing in the Rivera era blackface amps. Special thanks to Bassman specialist extraordinaire, Clarke Blanton for his assistance with updating the Bassman dating tables and providing other Bassman facts and figures. Not too many people know more about the Bassman than Clarke.

Another misconception about Fullerplast is it's color. Another anomaly was observed in 1961 with the 6G6-A Bassman. If you are trying to determine if a pre-CBS Fender custom color guitar is original, you should keep the following points in mind. Date Range 76 + 5 DIGITS S6 + 5 DIGITS 1976 S7 + 5 DIGITS S8 + 5 DIGITS 1977 S7 + 5 DIGITS S8 + 5 DIGITS S9 + 5 DIGITS 1978 S9 + 5 DIGITS E0 + 5 DIGITS 1979 S9 + 5 DIGITS E0 + 5 DIGITS E1 + 5 DIGITS 1980 S9 + 5 DIGITS E0 + 5 DIGITS E1 + 5 DIGITS 1981 In 1982 the Vintage Series of guitars was introduced. This new whitish-yellow bleeds through the translucent red making it more orangish. Starting at the end of 1962, Fender changed how they held the body when spraying it. It has 3 single coil I changed the bridge oneKahler bridge, whammy bar without the white plastic it's similar to Floyd Rose And, I don't know why, it wheight a lot. Please note that fender serial numbers tend to overlap by at least a year, and thereby the date of fender guitar serial number lookup guitar can only be approximated. The sealers Fender used including Fullerplast was clear, not yellow.