Guitar and amp serial number lookups
Choose the brand on the headstock or the amp. Each page decodes the formats that manufacturer publishes and says plainly what the serial can’t tell you.
- FenderDecode a Fender guitar or bass serial number from the U.S., Mexico, Japan, Korea or Indonesia, using the prefixes and year rules Fender itself publishes.
- SquierWhat Fender publishes about Squier serial numbers: the Japanese SQ and JV prefixes and the Korean prefixes, and why most newer Squier serials can’t be dated here.
- Fender ampsDate a Fender amplifier from the two-letter code on its QA sticker or tube chart, or from the EIA code on a transformer, following Fender’s own tables.
- Fender acousticsFender says its acoustic serial numbers can’t date a guitar. Look up your Fender acoustic by model name to see the catalog years and construction Fender lists for it.
- GibsonDecode a Gibson serial number from 1975 on: the year, day of production and rank, using the formats Gibson itself publishes for each era.
- EpiphoneRead the year and month from an Epiphone serial number using the layouts Gibson publishes, and why the factory letters can’t be decoded from Gibson’s guide.
- MartinFind the year a C. F. Martin guitar was made from its serial number, using Martin’s own list of the last number used each year since 1898.
- TaylorDecode a Taylor guitar serial number: factory, the date work began and the series, using Taylor’s published 9-, 10- and 11-digit layouts.