Strat dating...

[ZoSo58LP]

okay well i've looked it up, and I dated my american strat when i bought her...the serial number began with E9 and according to fender, that stands for the 88-90 years, probably 89...now my friend wanted me to fix her guitar, and she had the same serial number, began with E9..but i had to take the neck off to fix it for her, and when I did, i noticed that it seems as if the neck is stamped 1983...anyone have any idea about this? i'm clueless!

[true-eurt]

I don't know anything about it all really, but have you considered the possibility that the neck was manufactured in '83, but wasn't assembled or marketed until 88-90?

Here is a sight about some of the Strats..doesn't have anything about any after '79 that I could see, other than they went back to using a small peg head.

Last year for the "large" peghead. Starting in 1980, Fender switches back to the (more attactive) small pre-CBS peghead style on most models.

Fender

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Through the years, Fender has used parts which were laying around the factory, sometimes for quite a few years. But really, the only good way to date a Fender guitar is to have the original sales reciept, and even that is only moderately useful sometimes. They have never been very good about date issues.



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[Codmate]

Lol - until I read the first post I had this idea of a film montage with you sitting in a restaurant, wining and dining various different models of Strat...

[TragikRemix]

Originally Posted by Codmate

Lol - until I read the first post I had this idea of a film montage with you sitting in a restaurant, wining and dining various different models of Strat...

you're not the only one

[ggunn]

Originally Posted by ZoSo58LP

okay well i've looked it up, and I dated my american strat when i bought her...the serial number began with E9 and according to fender, that stands for the 88-90 years, probably 89...now my friend wanted me to fix her guitar, and she had the same serial number, began with E9..but i had to take the neck off to fix it for her, and when I did, i noticed that it seems as if the neck is stamped 1983...anyone have any idea about this? i'm clueless!

I'd take your question over to the fender forum

http://www.fenderforum.com/

There is a subforum on Strats and dating them is a frequent topic. The guys in there are really knowledgeable about the things you mention.

[ZoSo58LP]

thanks guys! haha and yeah when I wrote the title, after I posted it I was like wow, it sounds like a tutorial on howto take out a Strat...haha