Antique Fernandes

Hope this will be helpful to those who owns a Fernandes of a model as old as 2003.

I myself own one. A Fernandes FGZ-400. It is already discontinued in 2003, its last year of production. Many of the model are discontinued in 2003, too.

All old model guitars DO NOT have a serial number on the back of the headstock like many guitars do. This leads many into thinking that these are fake Fernandes and indeed it would be rather difficult to differentiate as well. However, it is normal for these Fernandes guitars, which are mostly discontinued, to not have a serial number. Fernandes had never keep track of all their guitar during that time. It was only in 2007 (or 2008 <I can't remember>) that the company had finally decided to keep track of their production and thus giving their guitars a serial number each.

So, if anyone is buying old Fernandes guitars, please do not think that it is fake. Instead, check all the hardwares, the pickups, its built and the tone to judge instead.