Fender JAPAN Serial Number Guide

The following chart came from Fender Japan official Homepage (Japanese only)
Fender Japan never announced the manufacturers detailed.
The OEM contractors for Fender Japan are Fujigen, Dyna, Terada and Tokai.
We are sure that JV and E serials are Fujigen made. Early production lot have the
serial number on head under Fender logo mark.

The serial starting from A,B,C, .... serials are Fujigen, Terada and Dyna. These serials were made by 3 manufacturers.
But we could specify which manufacturer from the letter.
Fujigen used like decal "Made in Japan" in Gothic font at the end of neck. Terada's "Made in Japan" is different
Gothic font from Fujigen used. Dyna's "Made in Japan" is like stamp on.

From 1997, most of guitars were made by Dyna and Tokai as "Crafted in Japan".
Particularly, Tokai made MIJ is in cursive style.

We could not 100% guarantee about this number guide. However, I've handled many FJ.
This should be a guidance for reading Fender Japan serial.

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