The serial number '8027' on the neck butt of a 1967 Vinnie Bell model. Fender Serial Number Lookup – Find When & Where Your Guitar Was Made. The website is sub-categorized by where the guitar was manufactured. Go to the acoustic guitar section of the product dating website and look up the model of acoustic guitar you have. It is typically found inside the body underneath the strings.
Visit the Fender website (see 'Resources') and check their resource list for product dating.
Exceptions: in the latter part of 1967, new models used a 3 digit serial number where the first digit is the year, and the 2nd and 3rd digit was the week. Sorry Adrian, not since 2003! Here's a 1980s-90s era Korean-made Fender Concord II acoustic guitar in good playing condition. The Epiphone serial number decoder currently supports 12 serial number formats from 25 factories. The first two digits of the number identify the year of manufacture, (,, etc.). Music Bohemo Fender Special Edition Koa Stratocaster Custom - Fender Special Edition Koa Strat customized by Chapmon Guitars. The '80' is the 8th week, '2' is the unknown digit, '7' is the year (1967). Posted by Boger City Pawn on Tue, - 14:46.