EXCELLENT EARLY FENDER D-8 STRINGMASTER LAP STEEL GUITARVERY CLEANI HAVE NO IDEA OF THE YEAR, BUT I DID OPEN THE GUITAR AT THE GUITAR PEGS AND THE DATE IF IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE PIECE OF TAPE HAD ALSO BEEN VARNISHED OVER. I DID NOT WANT TO REMOVE THE TAPE. LITTLE BIT OF DUST, BUT WILL POLISH UP REAL NICESERIAL NUMBER 4844COMES WITH ALL CORDS, LEGS WORKS, BUT I DON'T PLAY EXCELLENT CONDITION - ALL ORIGINAL UNDER THE THUMB SCREW PANEL, THERE IS A PIECE OF TAPE WITH A HANDWRITTEN RED E IF THAT MEANS ANYTHING