Guitar Manufacturer Serial Number Database Search

[DustyCat]

You know what would be rad.

Is if lets say, on the Fender Website, there was a clearly visible option for "Enter Your Guitar's Serial #_________)
And you enter your guitar's serial number and click search, and takes you to a page full of all the information about that guitar at the time of its release from the factory.

Obviously useful information might be Model (specifically, they have all kinds of deluxe, and squier, and bullet, and who knows what else), types of wood used in the body and neck, pickups, year etc.

I am actually trying to get some info on a Heritage LP and I have tried contacting the company several times with no response. Warmoth might be able to do something like this, idk, maybe its overkill

 

[swarfrat]

Warmoth doesn't sell guitars. They sell guitar parts. As such, the serial number is issued by the manufacturer, whether this is Fender (two new necks, three new bodies, same guitar), or yourself, if you assembled it from parts. So if you want to know the serial number of your Warmoth, get out a sharpie, write it on the back of the headstock. Write it down in a safe place. VOILA!

 

[Wyliee]

This presumes the manufacturers have accurate records to start with.  That presumption is fraught with peril.

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Anyway - Warmoth parts are not to be recognized by numbers but by their awesome unique appearance and quality.

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[Hbom]

I am actually trying to get some info on a Heritage LP and I have tried contacting the company several times with no response. Warmoth might be able to do something like this, idk, maybe its overkill

Have you tried The Heritage Owners site?
They might be able to help, bunch of really nice guys.
http://www.heritageownersclub.com/forums/

:rock-on:

 

[line6man]

This presumes the manufacturers have accurate records to start with.  That presumption is fraught with peril.

First thing that came to mind for me. Serial numbers are often inaccurate and subject to be repeated several times.

 

[Cagey]

There are some sites who've tried to do this, with some success. For instance, there's "The Guitar Dater Project".

Don't get too excited, though. Guitar manufacturers come and go, as do parts suppliers, management, business models, owners, policies, practices, etc. so serial number schemes change over the years, get repeated, counterfeited, etc.

Why do you suppose there are many times as many "vintage" guitars as were ever built in the first place? Reading the advertisements in Vintage Guitar magazine would lead you to believe Fender was making millions of guitars a year back in the '50s.