#Fernandes guitar serial number lookup serial numbers#

In 1982 Fender decided to start making reissued vintage guitars. Modern Fender production guitars, 1976 to the present, have their ID numbers on the front or back of the headstock near the Fender decal. From 1954 to 1976 Fender stamped its guitarвЂ™s serial number on either the top or bottom of the neck plate. From 1950 to 1954 Fender guitar unique numbers were stamped in the bridge cavity cover plate. The serial number location has changed a few times of the years. In order to tell how old your Fender is you will have to find the indentification number or neck number. This article is intended to help you date your Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, and Precision Bass guitars all the way back to the early 1950s.

#Fernandes guitar serial number lookup serial numbers#

They 'assured' me that the vintage team looked at pictures of it and said it was a vintage 80's model made in japan, doesn't look it to me and from the info I gathered the FG serial numbers are all made in China. Wiring and no name pickups look like it could be China/Korea. Priced pretty cheap as it had a couple finish cracks on the neck, Was wondering if anyone had some insight on it. I went into a guitar center and they had this Burny saying it was a 'vintage' 80's model, Felt OK (needs new strings) but I wasn't 100 percent it was from the 80's, seems newer. Is also a great resource for Japanese made guitars. Serial numbers were stamped on headstocks prior to the '82 or '83 and again during the mid 90s. I've been told that Burny didn't use serial numbers during the mid 80s to early 90s. Mid 80s models had brass baseplates and grey hookup wire for the pickups with either green or yellow ceramic caps. Electronics and pickups can help to identify certain eras as well. Allegedly the quality isn't on par with the older models or even other Japanese brands like Tokai. I was always told the no serial number guitars were 90's.Д«ut who knows? That's half the fun of collecting MIJ guitars, most of the 'history' is really hard to prove. Not bad though.My advise? Go over to the Japanaxe forum and post.

You can buy a brand new one in Japan but they are MIC. As a rule the MIJ's will have a 2 screw TRC.Д«urny (Fernandes) never stopped making guitars. Nice guitars but the necks were a little too wonky for me. Pretty sure both of mine, an 86 an 87 had the long tenon. As a rule I don't buy any MIJ guitars without serial numbers. I've owned several small guard Burny SG's. Don't know if the price of the SGs have gone up, but I purchased my 80s SG for $350 off Ebay a couple of years ago.

Here are a couple of articles that may help. My suggestion would be to unscrew the cover to make sure there aren't 3 screw holes for the cover. Late 90s to present have a 3 screw truss rod cover as do the MIC and MIK models. Mid 80s to early 90s models have the modified Gibson style cover like this one. Generally though, the older 70s to early 80's models sport the Gibson style trussrod cover. Burny's can be pretty difficult to determine their country of origin. And also, how does $500 sound for a very played Burny SG 61 Reissue, if indeed it's MIJ? The store owner just said he got it in a trade-in and doesn't know the origin. Is there any way I can make sure that it's definitely a MIJ Burny, as opposed to a MIK Burny? It plays nice, and I'm real interested but I don't want to spend that amount on a Korean Burny. Here is an excellent article on the serial numbers, and what they all mean. Some good info on Tokai, Greco, Burny, OBG and other MIJ guitars!. There is no serial number on back, and from what info I've been able to dig up that is not uncommon but the norm with Burny. It's got it's fair share of dings an scrapes, and the frets have some real play on them but plenty left, I think. A local store has a Burny SG, looks like a 61 Reissue with the smaller half guard.