And then you take off ther neck and find out it is 8 months or even a year off from the serial number! At least we have some reference to go! Also note the N9 serial numbers. Sometimes there are several prefixes found within a single year’s production, but generally, the system still gives a good guideline. Sometimes instrument production did not meet the levels for which decals were produced-thus there are some overlapping years. Interesting!) 1970s S (seen as) S8 - 1978 1980s E (seen as) E1 - 1981 1990s N (seen as) N2 - 1992 2000s Z (seen as) Z2 - 2002 While the idea seems rather simple, the reality often differed.
So whilst the MIJ was listed in dealer ads and review headings as the Fender Japan ‘Jerry Donahue’ Tele, it was normally referred to as the “JD”. The US Custom Shop version had the full “Jerry Donahue” signature on the headstock, but the MIJ model just said “JD”.
#Fender Japan Serial Numbers Jd serial number
Japanese Gretsch serial number prefixes JD=Dyna Gakki, JT=Terada, JF=FujiGen. Dyna also make some of the current Gretsch models. (I Do not know if you see what is happening here! Catch this: S = Seventies!, E = Eighties N = Nineties and then Z = zed?ĭyna also make some current Fender Japan solid body models and export some of them. Examples of the letter/digit code follow like this: S for the ’70s, E for the ’80s, N for the ’90s, Z for 2000+.
In 1977, the serialization went to a letter for the decade, followed by a single digit for the year and then 5 to 6 digits. The numbers appeared on the pegheads and for the remainder of 1976 they had a prefix of 76 or S6 preceding a 5 digit sequence.
Fender Serial Numbers from 1976 (For Japanese Serial Numbers, scroll down) In late 1976, Fender decided to move to a new numbering scheme for their serialization.