Fender Serial Dating. First, narrow it down by the country of origin. Serial dating is easiest for instruments made in the USA or Mexico, but is also possible for those made in Japan, Korea, China, and Indonesia. For US instruments, the serial number will start with a letter. That letter indicates the decade. S for 1970s; E for 1980s; N for. Ibanez serial numbers are unique identifiers placed on instruments sold under the Ibanez brand. Ibanez guitars have used serial numbers since the mid 1970s. The first serial numbers on Ibanez acoustic guitars appeared in October 1974 Serial numbers on solid body guitars came a bit later with the first appearing on the neck plate of bolt-on neck models around August 1975. Phone Orders: 877-860-5903 7 Days a Week/7am to 11pm CT. Peavey Learning Center Email Sign Up Customer Service & Support. If you look on the Peavey forums, they have a list of all the serial numbers and how to read them, after (IIRC) 1977 or so. If yours has a dot-matrix printed serial number and say a barcode, it's definitely recent enough to be in the database. Prior to the 80s, you gotta do a little digging.

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