Serial Number & Dating Guides
How To Date A Fender Mustang
Date your vintage Fender Mustang by headstock, pickups, vibrato, guards and Competition finishes, with photographs and year-by-year identification clues.
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How To Date A Fender Precision Bass
Date a vintage Fender Precision Bass from what you can see: slab or contoured body, single or split coil and the gold anodized guard, 1951 to 1975.
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How To Date A Fender Jazz Bass
Date a vintage Fender Jazz Bass from what you can see: stack knob or three knob, the binding, the inlays, the pickguard and the pickup bottoms, 1960 to 1975.
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Gibson Pot Codes
Read the maker and date code on a vintage Gibson’s pots: Centralab and CTS codes, where the stamp sits, and what a pot date can and can’t prove.
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Gibson Headstock Logo Chronology
Date a Gibson by its headstock logo, from the slanted “The Gibson” script and wartime banner to the missing dot over the “i” and today’s logo.
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Gibson Tuner Dating Guide
Date a vintage Gibson by its tuners: single-line and double-line Klusons, one or two button rings, Gibson Deluxe stamps, wafflebacks and Grovers.
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Gibson Knob Dating Guide
Date a vintage Gibson by its knobs: barrel, speed, bonnet, reflector and witch hat styles, the years each appeared, and how to spot a replaced set.
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Gibson Physical Features And Hardware
Date a vintage Gibson from its parts: the volute and Made in USA stamp, neck wood, pancake body, bridge, tailpiece and plating, and the years each changed.
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Gibson Les Paul Dating Guide
Date a vintage Gibson Les Paul by model and year: Goldtop and Burst changes, Custom, Junior, TV and Special tells, plus Deluxe, reissue and serial checks.
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