Fender V-Serial Lookup
Look up your V-serial
For Fender American Vintage Reissue (AVR) Stratocaster, Telecaster, and related models with V-prefix serials. Enter the full serial — for example V006838 or just 6838.
How V-serials work
Fender began the American Vintage Reissue (AVR) series in September 1982 at the Fullerton, California factory, using a new sequential V-prefix numbering scheme that started at V000001. The series transitioned to the Corona, California factory in late 1985.
As a broad generality: V000001–V004000 denotes a 1982 guitar, V004000–V010000 denotes a 1983 guitar, and V010000–V016000 denotes a 1984 guitar. From our experience, any serial number below V016000 was made at the Fullerton plant (1982–1984). Of course, there are exceptions — Fender used neckplates from a shared bin, so we've seen V012000-range guitars with both 1982 and 1986 neck dates. The only way to definitively date an AVRI is to correlate the serial number with the neck-date stamp and the codes on the pots.
Ranges by year
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These ranges are approximate. Year of manufacture for an individual guitar is best confirmed by checking the neck date stamp on the heel of the neck (visible after removing the neck or sometimes through the neck pocket). Body dates are also helpful.