


I have just got a secondhand Fernandes APb 5 and it has the serial number on the back.PAT, 2,573,254 2,968,204 3,143,028 2,976,704Ģ,573,254 for pickup and bridge combination.Ģ,968,204 for the single coil pickup patent awarded in 1961 under other for Jaguar, Stratocaster, Duosonic.ģ,143,028 the patent granted in August 1964 for Fender's adjustable neck construction.Ģ,976,755 for the split coil pickup design. These were stamped in the headstock under the Fender logo. Various patent numbers were added to the models between 19. On some Telecasters at the bridge between the pick-up and the saddles. At Stratocasters from the early fifties, the serial numbers were stamped on the back of the vibrato cover plate.
