Alessandro Melotti
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How can I find out how old my instrument is if it uses an odd or non-standard serial numbering scheme?
DATING FENDER INSTRUMENTS WITH ODD AND NON-STANDARD SERIAL NUMBERSThe “odd” serial numbers on the chart below exist somewhat outside the more well-known Fender serial number schemes. If you have wh...
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How can I find out when my old Fender® banjo was manufactured?
DATING OLDER FENDER BANJOSWhile our records are not complete enough to provide precise dating information on the earliest Fender banjos of the 1960s, the table below has been researched as thorough...
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How can I find out when my acoustic instrument was manufactured?
DATING FENDER ACOUSTIC GUITARSUnfortunately, our records are not complete enough to provide precise dating information for many Fender acoustic guitars from the early 1960s through the 1970s and 19...
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How can I find out how old my amplifier is?
DATING EARLY FENDER AMPLIFIERSDating early Fender amplifiers is sometimes quite challenging. While dating Fender amps made before 1994 by serial number is all but impossible (as records of these nu...
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How can I find out when my Indonesian-made instrument was manufactured?
Fender moved production of some Fender-branded instruments from Korea to Indonesia in 2008. The serial numbering scheme for these instruments initially used the letters “IC” as a prefix indicating ...
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How can I find out when my Korean-made instrument was manufactured?
Although Fender began producing Fender and Squier instruments in Korea in 1988, its digital records only go back to mid-1993, with little if any information available on serial numbering from 1988 ...
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How can I find out when my Mexican-made instrument was manufactured?
DATING YOUR MEXICAN-MADE FENDER INSTRUMENTFender began producing instruments in its Ensenada, Mexico, factory in 1990. Instruments made between 1990 and 2000 carry “MN” prefix serial numbers, with ...
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How can I find out when my Japanese-made instrument was manufactured?
DATING JAPANESE-MADE FENDER INSTRUMENTSRecords on early Japanese-made Fender instruments are not complete and are therefore not completely definitive for dating purposes. As always, serial numbers ...
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Fender Tone Master ’59 Bassman Firmware and IR Manager App Update
Version Information 6/25/2025Tone Master 59 Bassman Firmware – v2.0.7 download link Firmware update for Tone Master ‘59 Bassman using Jensen P10R speakers. Added IR Manager app support and addition...
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How can I find out when my American-made instrument was manufactured?
DATING YOUR U.S.-MADE FENDER STRINGED INSTRUMENTFor most of Fender’s U.S. instrument production history, production dates have been applied to various components.Most notably, production dates have...