Fender Japan s/n query - help please

[ead]

Hi team BC, I'm looking for some guidance from the hive knowledge.

Just looking at a bass on t'interweb that proports to be a Japanese '75RI but it sports a JD serial number followed by 8 digits i.e. JDxxxxxxxx

Any thoughts? I can't find any reference to this format out there other than a few others asking about it.

Thanks in advance....

[KiOgon]

Have you tried?: https://support.fender.com/hc/en-us/articles/214343783-How-can-I-find-out-when-my-Japanese-made-instrument-was-manufactured-

[ead]

I have tried this site and a couple of others. No reference to the s/n described above.

[backwater]

JD numbers seem to have been used since 2012 on Fender Japan guitars with the two digits after the JD giving the year - the dating system appears to be the same as used for the Japanese Gretch guitars which are also Fender made : http://blog.gretschguitars.com/2013/07/gretschtech-understanding-modern-gretsch-serial-numbers/

Andy

[ead]

Cheers Andy

[karlfer]

[quote name='backwater' timestamp='1502365598' post='3350940']
JD numbers seem to have been used since 2012 on Fender Japan guitars with the two digits after the JD giving the year - the dating system appears to be the same as used for the Japanese Gretch guitars which are also Fender made : [url="http://blog.gretschguitars.com/2013/07/gretschtech-understanding-modern-gretsch-serial-numbers/"]http://blog.gretschg...serial-numbers/[/url]

Andy
[/quote]

Yup, what he said Alain.

[ead]

Fair dinkum, as they say in Bradford. Thanks Karl, hope you're keeping well young man.