Squier guitar serial numbers
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Some early 90's examples held a serial number with the prefix M followed by 7 numerals, featured the a high gloss maple neck with a slimmer 40mm body made from plywood. There were also Korean Squier serials with no serial number prefix and 6 or 7 numbers and the first number is the year.
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#Squier guitar serial numbers serial numbers#
S = Samick, E = Young Chang, E letter serial numbers were used on Young Chang's Fenix brand guitars. Enter Serial Number Here Toggle navigation. S/E: The S and E serial number prefix Korean Squiers are from the late 1980s/early 1990s. The Squier Mini is manufactured in at least two different plants, both in Indonesia. KC and KV serial number prefixes are usually used on Crafted in Korea Squiers. Squier is a manufacturing company of various musical instruments but they’re popularly known for mass-producing guitars. "KV97" = made by Saehan(Sunghan) in 1997.Some Chinese made Gretsch guitars also have a CY serial number. CY, COS, or COB serials are usually used on Crafted in China Squiers. "KC97" = made by Cor-Tek (Cort) in 1997. CY: C China, Y Yako (Taiwan), the serial number prefix is followed by a 2 number year.KC/KV: KC (Korean Cor-Tek (Cort)) and KV (Korean Saehan(Sunghan)), the serial number prefix is followed by a 2 number year. "VN5" = made by Saehan(Sunghan) in 1995."CN5" = made by Cor-Tek (Cort) in 1995.Tokai was seriously considered to start building the first Japanese made Fenders, but after a breakdown in negotiations, FujiGen Gakki was chosen instead.CN/VN: C = Cor-Tek (Cort), V = Saehan(Sunghan), S was already taken by Samick so Saehan(Sunghan) used V instead (Saehan(Sunghan) made the Vester guitars), N = Nineties (1990s), the first number following the serial number prefix is the year. Further negotiations between Fender and Japanese guitar factories took place. 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. This arrangement benefited Fender because it removed the Greco Fender copies from the Japanese market, which were selling in Japan at much lower prices than the American made Fenders and it also benefited Kanda Shokai because Kanda Shokai could then distribute Japanese made Fender branded guitars in Japan. Before 1976, frustratingly they often randomly assigned serial numbers. Kanda Shokai owned the Greco brand name and one of the conditions of the Fender Japan agreement was that Kanda Shokai cease production of its own Greco Fender copies. The prefix ‘Z’ stands for guitars made in the noughties (2000 2010) Note that made in Mexico Fender guitars (MIM) and made in Japan guitars (MIJ) have their own unique serial number system. Yamano Gakki was known for once being part of Epiphone Japan. Fender began negotiations with several Japanese musical instrument distributors and reached an agreement with Yamano Gakki and Kanda Shokai to establish Fender Japan. Here's the breakdown of Post-1976 American-made Fender serials: 76 + 5 digitsįender was also losing sales in Japan to Japanese guitar brands such as Tōkai, Greco and Fernandes and the establishment of Fender Japan would benefit Fender sales in Japan, as well as overseas.