Guitar Serial Number Decoders
Find your guitar year and model family from its serial number - summarised only from official maker/support pages, with the official lookup linked on every guide. We include only brands we could document that way.
Fender & Squier
Gibson
Epiphone
Taylor
Martin
Yamaha
Skipped: Ibanez
Ibanez official FAQ states it does not manage models by serial number and does not disclose serial information to the public - so there is no official system for us to summarise honestly. Use model catalogues and a dealer instead.
General caveats: serials can overlap years, repeat in cycles (Yamaha), sit on a neck made earlier than the finished guitar (Fender), or be stamped on fakes. Treat every decode as a range, cross-check features, and contact the maker for valuable instruments.