Fender serial number china

Register now for easy access to up-to-date product info. COS (“Crafted in China”) – The first numbers following the prefix is the year. The plant from which the COB serial number prefix models originate remains a mystery.

Other low-budget countries followe like China , Indonesia and India. The serial number registration of these countries also leaves sometimes to be desired. Serial numbering didn’t change immediately because instruments continued to be made using existing, tooling, parts and serial number schemes.

Notice that there is quite a bit of overlap in numbers and years. Obviously, the numbers on the neck only date it and the body could be who knows what. You will need to post a photo.

Seller has a made in China Squier Strat with serial beginning in CXS which the page has this to say of it. Please note that fender serial numbers tend to overlap by at least a year, and thereby the date of your guitar can only be approximated. Also overlap of serial numbers and dates come with regularity.

Miscellaneous Chinese serials: C CT, CJ, NC: C = China , the first number following the serial number prefix is the year. Fender Guitar Serial Numbers.

An inexact science to be sure. It helps narrow things down, but in most cases is an inexact science. Lately it seems a majority of guitar companies date their guitars using the 1st digits of the serial.

I would read it as C= China XS= Factory Xiong Sun something I think? In China they normally specify model number for mim, mia, etc. I bought in taobao which is notorious for fake fender , now they do clean up those fake fender not allowing seller use fender name. Hi Caroline, do you have a picture of the headstock?

I am puzzled by the serial - the first two letters mean it is indeed made in China (C) at the “Grand Reward” factory (G) - has to be good coming from there, right? Save fender serial number to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. Unfollow fender serial number to stop getting updates on your eBay Feed. A wide variety of fender guitar options are available to you, such as free samples.

There are 3fender guitar suppliers, mainly located in Asia. The top supplying country or region is China , which supply 1 of fender guitar respectively. Neither the date nor the value can be determined from the serial number. For newer model guitars, most are listed based on their serial number rather than the model type. Trending price is based on prices over last days.

The H at the start of this serial number denotes a piano manufactured in Hangzhou, China for the United States market.

According to Yamaha, the last listed serial year for production from this. CY appears on most models produced in China , and is by far the most common form. Squire Strat (use coming in the mail next week) and i have a question about the serial number. Bullets have 2 afaik) and a vintage trem (Bullets are hard tail, afaik).

If you benefit and learn from the FDP and enjoy our site, please help support us and become a Contributing Member or make a Donation today! I just joined the Owners Group. I went with late sixties because of the slim neck and ball-top reso screws. These instruments have a “V”-prefix serial and the only way to definitively date these is, like with the earliest serial numbered guitars, by removing the neck and checking the butt of the neck for a production date, which may be stamped or written there. Someone did scratch off somthing above the seral number which could of said squire.

Came across an online ad for a Squier I might be interested in. This doesn’t seem to correspond to any serial number style for Squires I can find online. Everything looks Squier other than that. Also there are no markings denoting country of manufacture.

My chart will help you determine those specifics. Later, If your headstock logo says Squier, here is how to read your serial number. The next numbers are the month.

The rest of the numbers are the production number.