Found this page: Don't know if it is of any help, but if you scroll down they write a bit about serialization of Fernandez guitars. Here's the quote: 'Serialization The older Fernandes guitars do have serial numbers on occasion, and can be found on the neck plates of the Stratocasters of the Revival series, but otherwise, Burny and Fernandes didn’t often use serial numbers. Dating a Burny or Fernandes can be loosely done by looking at the truss rod cover. The Gibson bell-shaped covers are found on 1970’s to early 1980’s models. The bell-shape cover with thin white band and ridges sticking out from the side are found on mid-1980s to early 1990’s models. The late 90's model to present will have the palace-shape and 3 screws truss rod covers.' Specifications of Fernandes Stratocasters. I'm guessing that the most of. Here, in Japan, we could find out many JV guitars books. However, these are all in. FERNANDES has two brand names on the market; FERNANDES and BURNY. The company was founded in 1969 as Saito Musical Instruments and registered as FERNANDES in 1972. Originally manufacturing flamenco guitars, the company expanded production over the years to include different acoustic models, electric guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers. ![]() So, how to identify if it's the real deal or not I have no idea. Will look and see if I can find any more info. EDIT: Been going through their whole product list on their homepage but can't see that particular model. Do you have any idea how old it is? EDIT2: Maybe this can be helpful for you. Found this page: Don't know if it is of any help, but if you scroll down they write a bit about serialization of Fernandez guitars. Here's the quote: 'Serialization The older Fernandes guitars do have serial numbers on occasion, and can be found on the neck plates of the Stratocasters of the Revival series, but otherwise, Burny and Fernandes didn’t often use serial numbers. Dating a Burny or Fernandes can be loosely done by looking at the truss rod cover. The Gibson bell-shaped covers are found on 1970’s to early 1980’s models. The bell-shape cover with thin white band and ridges sticking out from the side are found on mid-1980s to early 1990’s models. The late 90's model to present will have the palace-shape and 3 screws truss rod covers.' So, how to identify if it's the real deal or not I have no idea. Will look and see if I can find any more info. ![]() EDIT: Been going through their whole product list on their homepage but can't see that particular model. Do you have any idea how old it is? EDIT2: Maybe this can be helpful for you. That link to the ebay page was helpful, Thampen, thank you. It appears the headstock is late 80's or 90's issue. However, like you, i've been unable to find that body shape except on one of their models which has a 3x3 headstock and not a 6 in line. So i'm thinking it's a fake. The guy said he bought it for $150 and knows nothing about it except that it's a Fernandes. Somehow i think he's been mugged and bought a ringer rather than the real deal. Hence the reason he's selling it off so cheap. Oh well, i think i'm gonna pass it up. There's other bargains to be found out there, and i don't think this is one of them. My gut feeling is to let it go. Dating Fernandes Guitars By Headstock Shape & Logo I'm creating this guide because Fernandes guitars, particularly their 1970's and 1980's Fender clones, are becoming very popular collector's items on eBay, and because there is some confusion about the dates of the guitars among eBay sellers. Many of the eBay sellers simply don't know how to date the guitars they have, and a few, unfortunately, may want to mislead bidders as to the actual age of the guitars. My hope is this article will serve as a general guide to those either buying or selling Fernandes guitars.
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