This guide can help you determine the approximate age of your older Fender banjo, what the price range was during its years of production and what it sold for in the last year it was available. It should be clearly stated that Fender serial numbers ARE. This must have been towards the endo of Fenders US banjo production. I have a mid-1970s Fender catalog it shows the Leo, the Allegro and one other (forget which) banjo. For greater savings check out our Used Fender Leo Banjo and get a great deal today I have a Fender Leo. Fender Leo banjo - back of neck (serial number). The instrument bears no serial numbers or markings. The information in it was acquired by searching through archives of old Fender price lists and catalogs, beginning with 1968. .Leo Fender management to CBS management, and mass-production manufacturing techniques were. Anyone out there know anything about Leo Banjos Is derived from Leo Fender.
While our records are not complete enough to provide precise dating information on the earliest Fender banjos of the 1960s, the table below has been researched as thoroughly and accurately as possible. Fender Leo Mahogany 5 String Banjo, Serial Number 170053. If you want to know the production year of your Samick guitar, you can decipher it with the serial number decoder. Very light play-wear with only surface - Available at Thursday Vintage Guitar & Music.
How can I find out when my old Fender® banjo was manufactured? The serial number is stamped or as a sticker on the back of the headstock, the neck plate or on (semi) acoustic guitars on the bottom inside the body.