Hi All, I have recently aquired an Artist (after having one stolen almost 30 years ago) and it has a friction 5th string peg. I presume this is an earlier model but how to tell?
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 | rbfour5 says:
9/23/2015 8:15:26 AM
Most likely early; serial numbers are not indicative of age. Are the resonator thumb screws the ball type? Pictures would help; names or initials on the heel helps to a age the banjo but requires removing the neck.
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 | beegee says:
9/23/2015 8:20:44 AM
My Artist is either a 1969 or 1979 Bill of sale from June 1970. #01617 ball-top resonator screws, friction 5th. Mine is odd in that it has a 3-screw truss-rod cover, like an Allegro, where every Artist I have ever seen has a 2 screw-hole cover.
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o2playlikeEarl says:
9/23/2015 4:23:13 PM
mine is SN - 01232 and has the ball type thumb screws.
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| beegee says:
9/23/2015 7:26:19 PM
I'd say 1969.
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 | desert rose says:
10/11/2015 7:09:04 PM
The round screws and friction peg indicate early production but beyond that assigning a year is absolutely impossible. Serial numbers are useless, the very next number 01233 could have gone a banjo over five years or more after your banjo. As Ive said, and have personal experience seeing this, serial numbers mean NOTHING in Fender production in assigning a date, same with guitars
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o2playlikeEarl says:
10/12/2015 8:29:00 PM
I've heard that about the s/n. Makes me wonder why they used a s/n system if they really can't be referenced for anything? Either way, I'm glad to own one again! Although I may have to change out the friction tuner if I play it much. We'll see. Thanks for the response.
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| desert rose says:
8/16/2017 10:03:48 PM
Just an update, serial numbers are NOT ment for the owner, customer. They have ONE purpose, inventiory control,, the instrument goes in the warehouse, the numbers tracks WHEN. The instrument is shipped to a dealer, the number says WHEN and to WHO. If a waranty claim is made the number and its history tell the factory everything they need to know to honor the waranty. After that a manufacturer has ZERO use for a serial number, it being sequential has ZERO importance in the documentation or tracking of its history. The fact that some nmakers choose to asign a date is just a choice they made.
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