Korean Fender Showmaster Serial Number Decoder To

Korean Fender Showmaster Serial Number Decoder To

You can use this Fender serial number decoder to date a Fender guitar.

The tool works for most Fender electric guitars including the Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Fender bass guitars, Fender Squier models and many custom shop and reissue models (although some cannot be dated by serial number).

If this tool fails you can also get the date by using my pot decoder.

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.

If I go by the serial on mine it says it was made in 93 but Im almost 100 certain I bought it in 89 or 90.

Discussion in Stratocaster Discussion Forum started by JAckal66, Jan 20, 2015.

It had a CN before the numbers I tried looking it up and found, made in Korea, USA custom, first edition Squier Korea, and Squier made into fake regular strat.

CN would normally mean Cort (C) built and Nineties (N) manufacturing date.

The first number after the N would be the specific year in the 90s, so a CN3 would be a 1993 model.

Cort and Samick are two of the biggest guitar manufacturers in the world and were both built guitars to Fenders specs.

Obviously, the numbers on the neck only date it and the body could be who knows what.

The photo is my Fender Korea (Cort) built 1993 Tele, so you can see the serial number configuration.

Thanks Michael. What are the value on these I know condition determines real price.

But to Mexican made in same condition Japan - same cond Squier,etc.

However, as a general rule, the values of equivalent models from the various countries of production would be as follows (from highest to lowest) USA Japan Mexico Korea IndiaIndonesiaChinaVietnam This is only speaking very broadly.

You can buy brand new Squier Bullet models from Guitar Center for 90, but there are other Squiers that new will be 300.

If you can supply a link to the exact model you are looking at, then Im sure others here can give you an idea of a good price to pay.

You can also look at Completed Listings on ebay to see what the model in question has sold for and which ones went unsold at the asking prices.

Michael.

Thanks for the info.

The asking price of the guitar I looked at is too high.

And they are heavier because the bodies are made of laminated plywood so its easy to fool someone in to thinking its a better quality guitar than it is.

The original bridges had the word Fender double stamped on the saddles from what I gather reading on line.

Ive also heard that you cant always go by the serial for dating.

I havent played it in years so this past weekend I decided to put strings on it and set it up.

Still plays like a dream, intonation still sets up dead on, no fret buzz, the neck and frets are still in great shape.