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Dating Fernandes Electric guitars By Headstock Form Logo I'michael producing this manual because Fernandes electric guitars, especially their 1970'beds and 1980'h Fender clones, are getting very popular collector's products on eBay, ánd because there is certainly some misunderstandings about the dates of the guitars among eBay sellers. Many of the eBay retailers simply don't know how to time the guitars they possess, and a few, regrettably, may need to mislead customers as to the real age group of the electric guitars.
My hope can be this write-up will assist as a general guidebook to those either buying or promoting Fernandes guitars. The electric guitars I'm most fascinated in dating aré the 'Burny 0lds', 'Limited' and 'Revival' series produced in the 1970'h and 1980's. Later guitars such as the Sustainers and various other newer versions are not really my area of concentrate. Very first, a fast note about the term 'court action guitar': You may often see this expression used in connection to Fernandes guitars, but the truth can be that Fernandes was under no circumstances sued by Fénder over the shape or quality of its guitars. It'h a tale that's been recently around a lengthy period, since it had been told to me by the store proprietor who sold my my first Fernandes strat clone back in 1985 (pictured below). The reality of the issue, however, is usually that Fender never ever sued anybody. Gibson did sue Hoshino Gakki, the business that promoted guitars under the Ibanez brand name title, but in the end, Hoshino did not shed the fit, also though they (and other Western guitar companies) do finish up modifying the styles of their guitars slightly to prevent further litigation.
Fernandes only began transforming its headstock forms in 1985, as you will discover below. Another thing I've discovered out lately can be that many Fernandes guitars were produced at the Fujigen stock in Asia, which furthermore produced the popular vintage Ibanez, Greco, and even the very first Western Fenders (under the Squier brand name). So their pedigree is definitely assured. I'meters basing my findings below nearly entirely on list scans of 1970's i9000 and 1980'h catalogues that can end up being freely used and viewed at the Fernandes Japanese corporate web site, at www.férnandes.co.jp. Thé headstock images I've used here are usually taken from those catalogues, and, unless noted below, copyright on all pictures I make use of in this post should become supposed to become possessed by Fernandes. When catalogues are not really accessible, I've tried to use scans of Fernandes journal advertisements, when they can become out dated with certainty. I do not guarantee the time varies I display, they are just my greatest, educated think.
In specific, the oldest directory I have access to will be from 1973, therefore I can't tell you if those headstocks/logos were in use prior to that time. What I suggest is definitely that you look at the form of the héadstock of the Férnandes guitar you desire to date, taking note of the design of the logo design as nicely, and after that match up it mainly because closely as you cán to one óf the images below. This can end up being hard when dating electric guitars made close up to the finish of the 1990't as Fernandes began using a various logo form on electric guitars with black-paintéd headstocks (FERNANDES is usually all caps) before it started using the exact same logo on electric guitars with natural-stainéd headstocks.
So také note. 1973 - 1977The Fernandes logo design at this time was related in font and style (especially the 'F') to the Fender logo design. I'michael not saying they were purposely replicating the design. It's i9000 simply my personal observation. (Addressing my legal butt right here.) The headstock forms themselves were imitations of the Fénder strat and teIe shapes. (1977 Catalog check out) (1977 Collection check) 1978 - 1981The Fernandes logo moved to its very own design, preceded by a stylized image that type of appears like an Y, I guess, and followed by 'Fernandes Company LTD' and a lot of tiny writing above that. Headstock shapes remain imitations of Fender shapes.
(1978 Directory scan) 1982 - 1985The icon point disappears, and the tiny composing after 'Fernandes' scans either 'Small Version' or 'Rebirth SERIES'. The small writing below 'Fernandes' scans 'Electric Sound Study Team'. The designs stay Fender clones. ('The Limited' model, 1985 Directory check) 1985 - 1986The times obtain a little blurred right here, since I understand for a truth I bought my strat clone (Restricted Version) in 1985, but the headstock will not display up in record scans until the 1986 directory. The change here is not one of logo style or wording, but of headstock shape.
This will be the first switch to the shape. The curved 'nasal area' of the strát-clone headstock is usually replaced with a type of hook-shaped nose, and the suggestion of the tele-clone gets a little bit of a stage to it: (Photograph by Chuck Evans) (Photograph by Get rid of Evans) 1987 - 1996/1997The following major modification to the headstocks had taken location in 1986-1987, when both the headstock forms (for the strát and tele clones) changed again, and the logos changed slightly. Note how the tele 'directed nose' got actually pointier. This headstock change can be the important a single, as you'll see LOTS of Fernandes electric guitars with these designs provided as 1970's i9000 or 'early' 1980's i9000 models on eBay.
Fernandes Guitar Serial Number Dating
To the greatest of my knowledge, this particular logo design was discontinued circa 1997 in favor of the modern, 'All Caps' edition of the logo design described next.