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Post subject: MIK Strat info please.
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:03 am
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I picked up a nice used Strat at Daddy's used equipment sale this weekend and I'm looking for some help figuring out when and where it was made.

The serial number stamped on the neck plate begins with WN5, which from what I've read means it was made in 1995, but I can't find a manufacturer or location for the W.

Some other details: The body is a laminate (some references on the forum are to plywood, but it's a lot more sturdy and the layers are thicker). There are no markings on the back of the headstock, nor is there a brown stripe on the back of the neck.

This guitar has been set up perfectly and plays like butter, and after a little surgery on the jackplate it is quiet and the pickups sound good.

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.


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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:04 pm
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I don't know about WN but i've got a
'92 MIK VN serial number Strat that also
plays like butter & is super quiet & hum-free.

And it sounds incredible.

A top notch Stratocaster, w/o a doubt.

I'm pretty sure the W &, in my case, the V
denotes which factory it was made in.


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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:51 pm
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Thanks. I was talking with a collector tonight who's had a lot of Squiers and he suggested the W might mean Washburn was the manufacturer. He likes Korean Squiers, much preferring them over the Indonesian. He also recommends Made in India Squiers.

Judging by this Korean Strat, I'd be interested in finding some more Korean models, maybe a Tele if I get lucky.


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