Serial Numbers On Flat Top Fender Style Tokais 1977-Present

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1977- Feb. 1, 1982
Date based
The Earliest Springys 1977-

Feb. 1, 1982- Spring 1986
Fender style system
Fender Style (Flat Top Series) Serial Number System (1982-1986)

1981- ????
Six digit system starting with 10xxxx
Six Digit Serial Numbers Starting with 10xxxx

1982
Five digit system used on some SS70S Limited model
Five Digit Non-Fender Serial Numbers On Tokai Strats


1984-
Six digit system starting with 11xxxx
Six Digit Serial Numbers Starting With 11xxxx

1984 ?
Five digit system used on some lefty rosewood fretboard Goldstars starting with 2xxxx
Five Digit Non-Fender Serial Numbers On Tokai Strats

Spring 1986-1988 (?)
Six digit system starting with 2xxxxx
Six Digit Serial Numbers With 2xxxxx 1986 1987

1988-1989
Five digit system starting with 1xxxx
Five Digit Serial Numbers 1xxxx 1989 1990 ?

1990-1992 ?
Six digit system starting with 01xxxx
Six Digit Serial Numbers Starting With 01xxxx 1991 1992

1992-2009
No serial numbers on Fender style Tokais made in Japan
No Serial Number MIJ Goldstars & Breezys

2009-present
Inked date based serial numbers printed on heel of the neck
Inked Serial Number Fender Copies