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Post subject: Fender Japan FSR Jazz bass serial number query
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:34 am
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Hi people

I am looking at such a bass and the serial number is JD 13009372. This looks a bit unusual so please could anybody advise if this is legit as I can't seem to get it to register on the usual sources of this kind of information?

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Post subject: Re: Fender Japan FSR Jazz bass serial number query
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:59 am
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Hi people

I am looking at such a bass and the serial number is JD 13009372. This looks a bit unusual so please could anybody advise if this is legit as I can't seem to get it to register on the usual sources of this kind of information?

Many thanks in advance

Good Luck with that! Japanese serials are all over the place and follow no known rational protocol at all.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Japan FSR Jazz bass serial number query
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 4:36 pm
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Try looking into this site: http://www.21frets.com/ It mostly starts with Japanese Squier, which did eventually become Fender Japan, but there might be something in there.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Japan FSR Jazz bass serial number query
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 4:42 pm
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I looked a little bit on that site and I did find this: http://www.21frets.com/squier_jv/serial ... ddates.htm

It says with your serial number, it was made from August to October 1982. At least you can know this much. There might be more info there, as well.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Japan FSR Jazz bass serial number query
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 6:22 am
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Thanks PaulLF. I believe this to be a more modern bass and part of a limited production run of 140 or so basses from 2013. I have seen pics of a couple of others bearing the same style of s/n so probably genuine but want to be sure before I pull the trigger.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Japan FSR Jazz bass serial number query
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:44 am
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Look here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=101985


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Post subject: Re: Fender Japan FSR Jazz bass serial number query
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:50 am
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Fender Japan started reusing same serial format about 2013 that they have already used 30 years before. Crazy. Pics might help. If someone was going to the trouble to forge something, why not forge a USA Fender?


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