Decoding your Rickenbacker Serial Number
Welcome to Rickenbacker’s serial number decoder page.
Rickenbacker serial numbers have been issued in a number of formats. Below, you will find some images that will hopefully help you to locate the complete serial number on your instrument.
Current decoder release: V1.0.5
Serials before 1961 may not yet be supported for all models.
Serial numbers from 1997 and 1998 can be ambiguous with those of 1987 and 1988 as the date portion was allowed to rollover in 1997. Page 333 of Paul and Martin Kelly’s Rickenbacker- Pioneer of the Electric Guitar has an excellent compendium of Rickenbacker serial numbers through the years.