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Can someone point me to a web page that explains how to read a Fender chassis or transformer number date code? Thanks! David
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>Can someone point me to a web page that explains how to read a Fender >chassis or transformer number date code? >Thanks! >David
Shit…. I had a post-it note on the wall for years that sort of outlined Fender’s date code, but it was stuck to something I threw out! The first three numbers (I think 606) can be ignored. The next number is the year, but it won’t tell you the decade, and the last two numbers are the week of the year. So, 606832 would mean that it was made on the 32nd week of ‘58, ‘68, ‘78… you should be able to guess which decade. Don’t know about chassis numbers. Pete — There is a TV behind the el Greco. Sadly, the remote has vanished from the material sphere! So it’s stuck on Animal Planet. –Dr. Orpheus
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@corp.supernews.com: > Can someone point me to a web page that explains how to read a Fender > chassis or transformer number date code? > Thanks! > David
http://www.tcguitar.com/articles/gagliano.html This article isn’t very conclusive, but it helped me figure a date using production numbers recently.
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Hi David, Try www.unclespot.com/transformerEIAcodes.html for EIA codes. www.tcguitar.com/pages/fendamp5.htm for dating by serial number. www.unclespot.com/FenderXFMRs.html for Fender output transformer specs. www.superiormusic.com/page195.htm for serial number dat coding. I am assuming that the URLs above are correct and that the sites are still active. Regards, Ed
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> Can someone point me to a web page that explains how to read a > Fender chassis or transformer number date code? > Thanks! > David
David– The serial number on a typical Fender chassis isn’t a date code per se, but it has been established that the year of manufacture can usually be determined from this serial number. (The tcguitars article that fretwired mentioned is great for that.) As for Fender transformers, you will usually see two numbers. Schumacher made most of these transformers, and the first number beings with 606, which is Schumacher’s EIA code. The next three digits after the "606" are the year and week of manufacture. So 606-534 would be the 34th week of either 1965 or 1975. (Transformers made in the ’70s often have a 2-digit year code: 606-7534.) If you see an EIA code other than "606", it was made by a manufacturer other than Schumacher. (Better Coil & Transformer also made parts for Fender; their EIA code is 831.) Now for the second number code on the transformer: That’s the part number, and in Fender amps, it usually begins with 022 or 125. For example, the Pro Reverb output transformer will usually bear the code "125A6A" or "022848". (The 125- designations were the earlier ones.) Here’s a chart of various Fender transformers: http://www.unclespot.com/FenderXFMRchart.html You can also compare this replacement price list: http://www.vibroworld.com/parts/tech5.html Hope that helps. Regards, –E
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Here’s a write-up and some chassis codes for you, regards, Christopher DATING FENDER AMPS BY SERIAL NUMBER, PART V by Greg Gagliano Copyright 2002, 20th Century Guitar Magazine They said it couldn’t be done! Over 6 years in the making! Finally, what everyone has been waiting for! How to date Fender amps by serial number!! Okay, I know you’re all just dying to skip ahead to the serial number tables but try to contain your excitement and read through the article first. I promise the tables will still be there after you finish reading. Besides, no article in the Dating Fender Amps by Serial Number series would be complete without some interesting information, n’est ce pas? FUN FACTS Oddlings – Yet another printing error has surfaced, this time from the FEI (pre-CBS) days. A 1957 tweed Vibrolux was reported with a tube chart printed with circuit "5E3" (tweed Deluxe) instead of the correct 5F11 (see photo). Clearly Fender wasn’t afraid to use incorrect parts when they were in a bind. We also received a report of a tweed 5G12 Concert. The 5G12 Concert is the earliest version from very late 1959 and early 1960 so the existence of a tweed example, while extremely rare, is certainly plausible since Fender was making lots of tweed amps during the same time period. It