Let buyers check the year themselves.

Paste your result link into the listing. Buyers see the year, how confident that reading is, and what comparable instruments are currently asking — without having to take your word for it.

Six brands · 1898–present

No link yet? Decode a serial and you will land on the page to paste.

How the link works

  • It is the serial's own address.gearserials.com/s/fender/MN7123456
  • It does not expire.Bookmark it, paste it anywhere, send it to a buyer next year.
  • It re-renders from current data.The page updates itself if our data improves.
  • It needs no account.Nothing to sign up for, nothing to install, on either end.

What the buyer sees

  • The year, with the confidence we actually have — including "1997 or 2007" where that is the truth, and what separates the two.
  • The date our tables were last checked, and the rule version behind the read.
  • Where we have live listings, the current asking range for comparable instruments.
  • Reference information only — not an appraisal.

Paste this under your photos

Serial number MN7123456. You can check the year yourself: gearserials.com/s/fender/MN7123456 — it dates the serial, shows how confident that reading is, and lists the current asking range for comparable instruments.

Edit it however you like. The link is the part that does the work.

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