Squier Wikipedia. The V. C. Squier Company manufactured strings for violins, banjos, and guitars. It was established in 1. Victor Carroll Squier in Battle Creek, Michigan. Samick Guitar Serial Numbers' title='Samick Guitar Serial Numbers' />In 1. Fender. By 1. 97. Squier became defunct as a manufacturer and a brand name for strings, as Fender opted to market its strings under the Fender brand name. In 1. 98. 2, the Squier brand was reactivated by Fender to become its brand for lower priced versions of Fender guitars. Squier guitars have been manufactured in Japan, Korea, Mexico, India, Indonesia, China, and the United States. HistoryeditV. C. Squier Company 1. Jerome Bonaparte Squier, a young English immigrant who arrived in Battle Creek, Michigan, in the latter part of the 1. European art of violin making. He moved to Boston in 1. HOW OLD IS YOUR PIANO FIND THE AGE SERIAL NUMBER OF YOUR PIANO. Some piano manufacturers place serial numbers in various places. The age of your piano is. Samick Guitar Serial Numbers' title='Samick Guitar Serial Numbers' />Victor Carroll Squier. To this day, their violins are noted for their exceptional varnishes, and they command high prices as fine examples of early U. S. instrument craftsmanship. Indeed, J. B. Squier ranks among the best known U. S. trained violin makers and is often referred to as the American Stradivarius. Victor returned to Battle Creek, where he opened his own shop in 1. The V. C. Squier Company manufactured strings for violins, banjos, and guitars. It was established in 1890 by Victor Carroll Squier in Battle Creek, Michigan. Gretsch Guitars Understanding Gretsch guitar serial numbers. Gretsch used several different serial number schemes through the years. Each of them can be used to. Sheraton%20VSB%203_zpsre9wn0kx.jpg' alt='Samick Guitar Serial Numbers' title='Samick Guitar Serial Numbers' />As his business grew, Squier moved the company to 4. Lake Ave. and eventually to 4. Capitol Ave, S. W. Battle Creek. With a limited market for violins in Battle Creek, however, Squier astutely sought relationships with national music schools and famous violinists. Up to 1. 90. 0, the best violin strings were made in Europe. Victor Squier started making his own hand wound violin strings, and the business grew so quickly that he and his employees improvised a dramatic production increase by converting a treadle sewing machine into a string winder capable of producing 1,0. Squier violin strings, banjo strings and guitar strings became well known nationwide and were especially popular among students because of their reasonable price. In the 1. 93. 0s, Squier began making strings for the eras new electric instruments the company also sold pianos, radios and phonograph records until divesting itself of all string related products in 1. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation entered the picture in the 1. V. C. Squier Company began supplying Southern California inventor and businessman Leo Fender with strings for his unusual new electric guitars. The V. C. Squier Company became an official original equipment manufacturer for Fender in 1. Fender acquired the V. C. Squier Company in early 1. Fender itself was acquired by CBS in May of the same year. By the mid 1. 97. Squier name was retired as the strings had taken the Fender name. Squier Guitars 1. Before the Fender Squier line of guitars was introduced in 1. Fender was making lower priced guitars such as the Fender Lead series at its Fullerton, California plant. Until the introduction of the Fender Squier series, Fender had never produced lower priced guitars based on its main Stratocaster and Telecaster models and had always used different model designs for its lower priced guitars. In the late 1. 97. Fender was facing competition from lower priced Japanese made guitars. The higher priced Fender guitars were made in the United States and could not compete with the lower prices of Japanese made Fender copies. In the early 1. 98. Japanese labour and production costs were much lower than in America and to compete with the Japanese made guitars, Fender moved the lower priced Fender guitar production from America to Japan. Fender was also losing sales in Japan to Japanese guitar brands such as Tkai, Greco and Fernandes and the establishment of Fender Japan would benefit Fender sales in Japan, as well as overseas. Fender began negotiations with several Japanese musical instrument distributors and reached an agreement with Yamano Gakki and Kanda Shokai to establish Fender Japan. Yamano Gakki was known for once being part of Epiphone Japan. Kanda Shokai owned the Greco brand name and one of the conditions of the Fender Japan agreement was that Kanda Shokai cease production of its own Greco Fender copies. This arrangement benefited Fender because it removed the Greco Fender copies from the Japanese market, which were selling in Japan at much lower prices than the American made Fenders and it also benefited Kanda Shokai because Kanda Shokai could then distribute Japanese made Fender branded guitars in Japan. Further negotiations between Fender and Japanese guitar factories took place. Tokai was seriously considered to start building the first Japanese made Fenders, but after a breakdown in negotiations, Fuji. Gen Gakki was chosen instead. The initial Squier models were launched on JulyAugust 1. Over time, the Squier series slowly evolved to include original model designs and production has moved from Japan to various other Asian countries such as Korea, China and Indonesia. Instrument modelsedit. Jazzmaster Telecaster guitars Jaguar bass. Example of a Serial Number on a Precision Bass made for Fender by Young Chang in Korea in 1. Squier Duosonic with custom painting. Super Sonic by Tokai Gakki. Acoustic guitarsedit. A Squier SA 1. 05 acoustic guitar. Electric guitarseditOriginaleditFender CopieseditElectric basseditAmplifierseditInstrument serieseditSquier JV SQ serieseditThe first Fender Japan models introduced in May 1. Fender Stratocaster models ST5. ST5. 7 8. 5, ST5. ST6. 2 1. 15, ST6. ST6. 2 6. 5 and the Precision Bass models PB5. PB5. 7 7. 0, PB6. PB6. 2 7. 5. These models were Fender models and not Squier models. The stratocasters had Fender USA pickups installed and were made for the Japanese market only and not for export. Fender soon added a less expensive export Squier series based on the Fender Japan 1. JulyAugust 1. 98. Fender logo with a smaller Squier logo and had a zinc rather than a steel tremolo block and again the stratocasters had Fender USA pickups installed. The Squier series were also made available for the Japanese market in October 1. Squier series. The large Fender logo of the export Squier series was soon changed to a large Squier logo. The first Fender Japan guitars are known as the JV Fenders and JV Squiers, with JV standing for Japanese Vintage to reflect the guitars were made from the original blueprints of the vintage US guitars, were made by the Fuji. Gen Gakki factory in Japan, using technical support from Fender. The SQ Squier series was introduced in late 1. The SQ Squier series was based more on 1. Fender models and also had USA made pickups installed. Squier Vista SerieseditIn 1. Squier began to manufacture the Vista Series, which saw them introducing their own unique guitar designs independent from the Fender mother company for the first time. Made in the same factory as the Japanese Fenders of the era, they were known as high quality guitars. The series included the Supersonic guitar, the Venus guitar co designed by Courtney Love, the Jagmaster a hybrid of the Fender Jaguar and Jazzmaster models, and a re issue of the Musicmaster Bass. Later, in 9. 7, a guitar version of the Musicmaster Bass was added, though it should be noted this was based on the bass design, and not the Fender Musicmaster guitar design of the 1. By 1. 99. 8 the Vista Series was discontinued. Squier Affinity SerieseditThe Squier lineup was augmented in 1. Affinity series guitars and basses. Ibanez Rules DATE YOUR IBANEZNEW. PARTS  ORDERING. WANTED  LINKS. TESTIMONIALS   CONTACT. EMAILDATING IBANEZ GUITARSAn Ibanez serial number can tell you two things, year of. There is no master list to correlate to a model. If youre trying to. Some models will never be found in the catalogs. On typical Ibanez serial numbers the first 2 digits will. Because allot of it can be. Ill spell out as many modelserial types as I can remember tonight in. This page is for dating Ibanez guitars built in Japan only. See. the Factories heading a few paragraphs down for little info on guitars produced. Before 1. 97. 5 Ibanez did not put. Most just bore a neck plate simply marked. Download Different Voices For Gps. Japan. The only way to date these guitars is to find out what years they were. These guitars can be. Here is the breakdown courtesy. Ibanez Collectors World. Until 1. 97. 7 Maxon used 5 digit serials 1st character is a production code 1,2,3, etc., maybe related to different. January, 1February,. October,. November, XDecember4th and 5th character is the day of production 0. Although guitars already had serials from 1. January,. 1. 2December5th and 6th character is the day of production 0. Present, This old style serial number. It. consists of a letter, A L, followed by a 6 digit number. The letter stands for. A for January etc., the first 2 digits will be the year, 7. This. form of serial numbering is still used today on guitars where the. A7. 61. 35. 6 The 1. January 7. 61. 98. Present These serial numbers. There are many variables of numbering through these years. HEADSTOCK SERIAL STICKERSPLATE NUMBERSCUSTOM SHOPNO SERIAL NUMBERODDITIES1. Guitars built in. Japan between these years will have a serial number beginning with F followed by. F is the production factory which stands for Fujigen. The first digit. will be the last digit of the year, ie. F8 is a guitars made in Fujigen in. The last 5 numbers will be the consecutive number denoting production. Present Under the old. F and 7 digits, now the first 2 denoting year of production. F9. 8 is a guitar built by Fujigen in 1. The last 5 numbers will be the. Presently. it is set at 3. With production year beginning in November 0. November, 0. 30. 000. December. 0. 60. 000. January,  0. 90. 001. February, 1. 20. 001. March etc. Factories Shown as F for Fujigen. C for Cort Korea, S for Samick Korea, W for World Korea, and. I Indonesia, China, and who knows where else. These. serial numbers are usually quite different from the MIJ numbers, have many extra. I am not familiar. Cort Serial Numbers Cort serial. C prefix followed by either 7 or 8 digits. Im not. sure what year the changeover occurred but using the formula it will be easy for. A 7 digit number example C5. March, 0. 56. 7 5. March 1. 99. 5. An 8 digit number. C0. 31. 14. 37. 3 translates, 0. November, 4. 37. November 2. Premium Serial Numbers Prior to. The letter denotes year. A, with a 5 digit production number. Post 1. 12. 01. 1 they. A for. January, the last being the year, B for 2. C for 2. 01. 2, etc. Z will be the. year 2. Month, production number that month, year. Sugi Serial Numbers. Production Month A January to L December, Next two numbers are Production. Year 0. 9 2. 00. Next number 5 is Model number. UV7. 7REMC 2 is. FRM1, etc, Next Two numbers is monthly series number. Everything Else The Guitar Dater. Project will decode W, S, I and who knows what other prefixes factory codes. I. do not know how accurate the system is but the few Ive run have worked just. GUITAR DATER. PROJECT. Plate serial numbers have nothing to do with headstock serial. In a case where a guitar has both the true serial number will always be. Plate numbers usually follow the pattern of the first 2. In cases where. generic non model specific plates are used the 4 digit number is just the. JEM UV JEM plates are 6 digit. JEM built from inception. JEM. built. Except for the very first batch of 9. UV plates that began 0. UV plates are also dated by the first 2 numbers. A Universe plate 9. Universe built. Where. Jem line went to AANJ in 9. This is where you. I came across. on a Jem. Most that Im aware of are what I call 2. FP1. 5ths have 2. K plates 2. 6 meaning there. Jems made since they deviated from the serial plate. No matter as most can be dated by the headstock serial but there. Late BFPs with direct mount pickups for example which bear these. The UV plate numbers also changed to. UV7. BKs in both green dot and. Universe plate 9. Universe built. Universe number 2. UV7 green dot and. Pinning these guitars down to closer than a 2. This actually makes alot of sense from a. They would no longer be restricted to using a specific plate in a specific. JS JS series guitars built in. Japan have a neck plate that is stamped with a consecutive number since. They are termed J plates. J prefix in the number but somewhere around J 0. J leaving just the 6 digit number. Plate number J 0. Donnie. that I will always consider Jim Donahues guitar, now residing in the Hoshino. USA  collection. Jim had control of plate numbers 1 1. Donnie late in the 9. A. 2. 00. 3 JS2. I did this week had the plate number 0. JS models built in Japan and probably 3 times as many built in Korea. The only. way to date a JS that only has a neck plate number is by spec. Sometime around. 1. F based serial stickers on the headstock and. STW 76 Double neck Oddly these. JS plates in the 0. Some have actually had two. Bensalem, Pa. Address Plates The cast black and chrome neck. JS, these bear a 6 digit serial number. The first 2 digits. USACs. 8. 80. 67. USAC built in 1. 98. USAC produced. 8. Bensalem, Pa. address as H S guitars was based in Bensalem. Note. that these do not indicate the guitar was built in the US but typically means. US using Japanese parts. North Hollywood Address Plates H S moved to LA in late 9. USACs built or assembled there will bear the North Hollywood plate. Bensalem plate. Stamped Serial Number 5 digit number found on the back of the. AANJ USAC models. USAC built in 9. 2. RG7. 506. 06. 0 RADIUS SABER POWERThese guitars will either have Bensalem or North Hollywood. Bensalem, post 9. North. Hollywood. These plates will either follow the 6 digit plate scheme where the. Japan serial. sticker on the headstock. BLANK NECK PLATESGuitars with the blank numbered cast plate will bear a headstock. Fujigen production of the parts. The American Custom Shop has 2 ways of serializing their. LA9. 1JS0. 1 Indicates Los Angeles manufacture in 1. JS model. 1st JS model built in 1. LA0. 60. 49. 3 Indicates Los Angeles manufacture on June 6, 1. Steves Triple NeckEndorsee guitars built in Bensalem were pre AANJ and would. JEM plate or JS plate, or a. There are some models that have no serial number at all. Many. American Masters will either have a paper serial sticker or nothing. Guitars. with no serial can only be dated by spec to when that guitar is shown to be. Your serial number might indicate a year the guitar was not. Typically youll find serial numbers that indicate production the. Amd Processor Driver Windows Xp. In preparation for. Other times youll find that the guitar was available even years. Summer NAMM or. other country Many times youll see a model that you will not find in any. 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