I just put a Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue on layaway. However there seems to be some discrepancy about the age of the amp. The guy at GC looked up the SN and said it was made in 1990 (SN AC093505). But my understanding is they didn't start selling them until 1993-4.
How can I find the real age? It sure doesn't look 22 years old.
Rick Honeyboy Hart
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From the Fender website:
All Fender amplifiers manufactured from 1990 to the present include a date code, printed on the quality assurance (QA) sticker on the back of the amp chassis. This black-and-silver sticker contains several lines for “sign-offs” on completion of sound and electrical testing. The final line contains a date code of two printed or handwritten letters denoting the amplifier’s production date by year (the first letter) and month (the second letter).
In the table below, for example, a “CE” date code indicates a production date of May 1992.YEAR MONTH
1990 A January A
1991 B February B
1992 C March C
1993 D April D
1994 E May E
1995 F June F
1996 G July G
1997 H August H
1998 I September I
1999 J October J
2000 K November K
December L
Hope this helps.
Peace
OK finally got this figured out if anyone cares. The salesman gave me the wrong number (letters). He gave me the SN but actually I had to find the "Quality Assurance Sticker", as you amazing people reminded me. The letters are hand written by themselves on this sticker. It said "DL" so that made it December 1993 which makes sense I guess. It must have been one of the first ones made. And gratefully it's in awesome shape now that I get to look at it closely at home.
Thanks for everyone's help!
Rick Honeyboy Hart
"It's about tone, taste, and technique... in that order."
http://www.bluesguitarinsider.com
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