Search the area around the serial number for a date stamp. Not all guitar brands use date stamps, but if you find one, you have your answer.Look for the brand name decal on the guitar's headstock. Each guitar brand uses a different set of serial numbers, so you need to identify your guitar before you attempt to use the serial number to learn when it was made.Determine the type of guitar (such as Gibson Les Paul or SG, Fender Stratocaster or Telecaster) if possible. This can help when you are researching serial numbers.

1. Hagstrom Serial Number Decoder

Hagstrom Serial Number Decoder

This information is often written on the headstock or truss rod cover. An online search of the brand name can help you do this.Visit the manufacturer's website and look for serial number information. Many guitar makers have brand-specific serial number information on their web pages, usually in the 'Support,' 'FAQ,' or 'Info' sections. Sometimes third-party websites also have solid information on guitar serial numbers.Email the serial number to the manufacturer and ask for help. Attach a few high-quality pictures of the guitar to the email to assist the manufacturer.

The Hagstrom Super Swede, built from 1979 until Hagstrom closed in 1983, was the last of the top quality guitars from the venerable Swedish builder. The original Swede used a bolt-on neck, and one of the Super Swede’s upgrades is a set neck.This Super Swede dates to 1983 at the Hagstrom Alvaden plant, and features a dark red sunburst.

• Surface Book models. The serial number for your Surface Book is on the bottom edge of the Clipboard where it attaches to the keyboard. If you can’t read the serial number on the Clipboard, you can use the serial number on the bottom of your keyboard. Registering this serial number will automatically register the serial number on your Clipboard.
• The serial number is typically six digits - the first three digits are the batch number, the second three the instrument number within the batch. There is a book with batch number dates available - this is how Hagstrom's are dated. There is no date or code representing the date within the digits of the serial number.

It is in overall very good condition, and is complete and original except for the case – a Japanese hard shell case is included. The body and neck are solid maple, and the bound fingerboard is Indian Rosewood. The original hardware includes Schaller-design tuners with ‘Deco’ stair-step buttons, a roller bridge and block tailpiece, a pair of Hagstrom Humbuckers, pickup selector, standard individual volume and tone controls and a coil-tap mini switch.Helping with the action, a Zero Fret is installed next to the nut. This concept was first introduced on high end guitars, notably upper level Gretsch models, to ensure a consistent action and tone in the low positions. However, in the mid 1960s, low-end guitar builders realized that it also dramatically reduced setup times, and it unfortunately became associated with cheap products.Between 1979 and 1983, about 1,500 Hagstrom Super Swede models were built in Alvaden, Sweden, as the top of Hagstrom’s electric solidbody lineup. The Super Swede features a single cutaway body with nearly all maple construction and a 25.5 inch scale length.Hagstrom guitars were first imported to North America by the Hershman company in New York, but re-branded with the Goya name.

Offered for sale; Used c1974 Hagstrom Swede bass guitar serial number 53933425. This bass is in very good condition, neck and frets are fine. Cosmetically showing some marks and belt rash. The pickup mounting rings have been replaced with the slightly smaller Gibson style.

Many of these featured pearloid finishes and push button controls, showing a heavy influence from the accordions that Hagstrom also produced. More conventional designs took over by the late 1960’s.This Hagstrom Super Swede has the serial number ’53 078103 located on the metal output jack. The serial number breaks down this way: ’53’ is an internal accounting number introduced around 1970, 078 is a batch number and 103 is the production number within the batch. While little precise information is available online, it’s now known that batch 078 was completed around 1983, so we’re placing this guitar in that year. It is very likely one of the last models built prior to the end of operations at Alvaden.This instrument is in overall good, original condition, with minor fret wear and little finish wear but a few minor dings.

A non-original hardshell case is included.