4-string-thing Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hi All, I'm fairly new here, so forgive me if this has been discussed before. I bought my Fender Precision S/H in about 1979 (I wasn't old enough to drive to the shop, so it was before July 1980, this much I can remember) and I'm not really sure exactly how old it is. Is there an accurate way to date the old girl? From what I've read elsewhere, serial numbers seem to be a bit hit and miss (its S861577, if that helps) Cheers, Mark kinton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2x18 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 [quote name='4-string-thing' post='471084' date='Apr 23 2009, 09:03 PM']Hi All, I'm fairly new here, so forgive me if this has been discussed before. I bought my Fender Precision S/H in about 1979 (I wasn't old enough to drive to the shop, so it was before July 1980, this much I can remember) and I'm not really sure exactly how old it is. Is there an accurate way to date the old girl? From what I've read elsewhere, serial numbers seem to be a bit hit and miss (its S861577, if that helps) Cheers, Mark kinton.[/quote] Hi Mark Its supposed to be "S" for the seventies and the first No for the year so yours should be a 78, but you do find a fair amount of variation depending on when the parts were actully assembled etc. Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Check out [url="http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html"]http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookus Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Serial Number on Peghead Decal. U.S. made Fenders, starting in mid-1976 has the serial number on the peghead. Note the following number could be off as much as two years. Generally speaking, a "S" prefix equals the 1970's, "E" prefix equals the 1980's, and "N" prefix equals the 1990's. Note "E" and "N" prefix models are sometimes also Japanese-made (see below). 7600000 ("76" in bold) = 1976-1977 800000s = 1979-1981 1000000 to 8000000 = 1976-1981 (7 digits) S100000's-S600000's = 1979-1982 S700000's to S770000's = 1977 S740000's to S800000's = 1978 S810000's to S870000's = 1979 S880000's to S980000's = 1980 Yours could be a '79 (a fine year!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4-string-thing Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Thanks for the advice guys, just as I thought, Fenders numbering system was vague at best! I guess it's not really important, as I'll probably never sell the thing anyway! Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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