Fender squier made in korea serial number

It does stand for the year of production in a way. The s numbers were written in black. They just had six, seven, or eight digits with the first number representing the year. Some of these no prefix serial numbers have been found on guitars produced all the way through Fender did some crazy stuff back then.

Watch out for these! After , Fender really cleaned up their serial number process. Since Fender was using new plants to build their guitars, they decided the change the numbering system again, but this time they changed it to something more like the American guitars. Both the Cort and Sungham plants used unique numbers. This is similar to the American Fender serial numbers. So a guitar produced by Cort in would have a serial number of CN2 followed by five digits.

These serial numbers were used until when Fender stopped producing guitars at the Sungham factory. Since all guitar production was moved to the Cort factory, Fender decided to change its numbering system again.

The serial numbers were a little messed up. As you can see, the Korean made Fender Squier serial numbers are no less confusing than any of the other guitars. In some ways, it helps to know the story behind the numbers to understand their meaning.

I hope this article helped you figure out how old your Korean Fender guitar is. You can also find more information on the Fender site. Hi, nice write up, but I own a Sungham made Squire Precision bass and its serial number starts with VN7 with 5 digits while your chart only goes up VN6. Hi there. Any way to know which year approximately was my fender made? I have an 8 digit serialnumber starting with but i cant see any other marks on the guitar itself.

Not on the neck or back, anywhere. The instrument itself is an electro-acoustic guitar. Please if you have any info, help me out. Thank you. I found a korean squier with e1 and 5 more digits. What can you tell about it. So yes you do have a correctly marked VN7 made in I have a Fenix Stratocaster in metal blue with a Fenderlike headstock. There is a number E and C. Age: 59 5, Made in the Samick guitar plant in Korea. S for Samick. I believe. I love all of my Korean built guitars. Angry Possum , Jun 8, ToneChaser77 , Kenneth Mountain , Eddie and 1 other person like this.

Kenneth Mountain , Eddie and mb doug like this. Kenneth Mountain likes this. Age: 57 Shaman , Jun 8, Angry Possum , ToneChaser77 , beanzforbrainz and 2 others like this. Welcome to Squier Talk! Kenneth Mountain , Jun 8, Age: 48 1, Welcome to the forum, Samick made some great Squiers. Those models are known for their great necks.

How about some pics? In addition, sometimes the serial number of the Korean guitars was composed by only numbers, without letters, and some rare Stratocasters released by Young Chang in the first years of production had the serial numbers E7 or E9! In conclusion, a great confusion! In the serial number of the "standard" Squier Stratocasters moved to the neck plate. Other Korean serial numbers.