Cort Serial Number Lookup
Enter the serial number, without spaces or dashes, to search the database. If multiple models appear for your serial number simply match the date with the appropriate model, as certain vintage firearms can share serial numbers between different models.
Serial Number Lookup Warranty
Harmony Guitar Serial Number Search
You can make a guess of date for anything US made after mid 1976, which is when Fender introduced their current dating system where a letter indicates the decade and the first number indicates the year of the decade. S=1970s, E=1980s, N=1990s, and Z=2000s. But to be sure of the age you need to consider things like the features on your instrument, and if at all possible check out things like date markings on the body end of the neck, pot codes, and so on. Fender tends to use up serial number decals until they're gone, so an instrument can be months or even years newer than the serial may indicate ie Fender apparently used S9 serial numbers into 1981, and E3 and E4 serial numbers turned up on early American Standard and Plus instruments made in '87 and '88. Not to mention that mistakes happen, like some 1990 instruments that have N9 serial numbers due to a printing error.