GEMINI SERIES (ACOUSTIC GUITARS IMPORTED FROM KOREA, DISTRIBUTED IN THE U.S.

Solid spruce top, sycamore back and sides SX/CX SERIES (ACOUSTIC GUITARS IMPORTED FROM KOREA) MODEL Solid spruce top, solid maple back and sidesĪG SERIES (ACOUSTIC GUITARS IMPORTED FROM KOREA) MODEL Solid spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides Solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides SPRING HILL SERIES (HANDMADE FENDER ACOUSTIC GUITARS MADE IN SPRING HILL, TENN.

Solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides Solid spruce top, rosewood back and sides

DG SERIES (FENDER ACOUSTIC GUITARS IMPORTED FROM CHINA, INDONESIA AND KOREA) MODEL This guide can help you determine the approximate age of your instrument, what the price range was during its years of production or what it sold for in the last year it was available, and what woods were used in its construction. Unknown information is indicated with a question mark. The information contained in this guide was culled from our archives of Fender price lists and catalogs, beginning with 1968. Although the tables below are as accurate as possible, serial numbers of these acoustic guitars have never been archived and are of no assistance when attempting to date these instruments. Unfortunately, our records are not complete enough to provide precise dating information for many Fender acoustic guitars from the early 1960s through the 1970s and 1980s. Although the Westerner was probably intended to mark the beginning of a successful new product line at Vega – they were given their own serial number format, for one thing – Vega never built solidbodies in large numbers.How can I find out when my acoustic instrument was manufactured?

Unconfirmed sources indicate that only approximately 40 were built before Gibson threatened a lawsuit Vega quickly started altering the design to avoid legal action, and they may have even destroyed some guitars that were not yet sold. While later Vega solidbodies would stray further from Gibson designs, the Westerner’s appearance remains faithful enough to fool a lot of people at first glance. The mahogany body was finished in natural except for the gold top, clearly showing inspiration by the Gibson Les Paul. Introduced by 1954, the Westerner was Vega’s first attempt to create a guitar with a solid body (excluding lap steels). This particular model, however, is easily the closest that Vega ever came to directly copying a competitor’s product. Vega’s engineers usually followed their own muses, even when building around bodies by Harmony. Still, some models betrayed more inspiration than others.

Vega 200 acoustic guitar serial number