hey folks. new to fender and happy to be here i just recently purchased a mim strat and i cant find it anywhere here to register it and i cant seem to find the serial number archive on this site. its a special edition faded amber color hss with vintage noiseless pickups. the guitar is beast love the sound. the fretboard has a rosewood that is so dark it looks ebony but i know its not, serial #mx12013414. cant complete registration because i cant find this piece anywhere. help from anyone would be highly appreciated
thanks.

kaos

Registration just puts you on the mailing list, you don't need it for warranty.

If it is a Fender Special Run it will not be listed on the Fender site. It may be an exclusive to the place you bought it. Send an email to fender customer suport with the serial number and they can tell you all about it.

Welcome

+1

FSR's are seldom listed on the site.

Arjay

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Congrats, a Fender Stratocaster is a fine solid body electric guitar and welcome to the Forum!

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Thanks for the replies folks Will definitely contact fender about it. its an amazing strat a friend of mine has a few deluxes he played and simply said holy sh#$ dude! Had to pry it out of his hands lol thanks again guys

Pictures or it didn't happen !

We LOVE Guitar Porn here !

Congrats and Welcome !

cheers!

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'11 FSR Am. Vtg. Ltd. Ed. CAR '57 Stratocaster (SN# LE02639)
'14 American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster
'12 Telebration Empress Telecaster
'99 Deluxe Nashville Telecaster
'12 FSR Telecaster HH
'10 Heritage H-535
'99 Martin DC-1E
'13 Lanikai Tenor Ukulele

And she plays beautifully... thanks lightning mn

Nice looking strat. Congrats and enjoy!

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2012 American Standard Precision V - Candy Cola Red
2012 Squier Vintage Modified Jazz V - Surf Green
2011 FCS Custom Classic Special Jazz Bass V - Violin Burst
1996 MIM Stratocaster HSS - Black
1975 Precision Bass - 3 Tone Sunburst

I thought I recognized that Strat, just from your verbal description, but once you posted the picture, then I really recognized that Strat.

Yep, Special Edition in trans-amber.



Absolutely no point in trying to "register" it. Track it's origin, maybe, but there's no point (as others here have said) in registering your guitar. It's just like mine.

The one thing that does bother me about the guitar is how the "Special Edition" notation is just a crappy sticker on the back of the headstock. Why not do it right and stamp it or decal it under the finish? Afterthought?



I bought mine new (twice marked down in price) at the local Guitar Center.

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Rockin' since 1963

Yeah the sticker kinda bothers me too but I know a great guitar luthier whos 70yrs old a fender specialist says hes know about that "not so great sticker " hes gonna put a thin layer of the same finish they use on they're necks and make it permanent. Showd me a sample no one will be able to tell the difference except that youll have to chip at it to remove it. Soon as he comes back from italy from vaca its sooooo done lol. Thanks for the welcome dudes!

LOL...same sticker on my Fender Jazz Bass. I hope it last...five years and still holding!

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Thank you!

Yeah the sticker kinda bothers me too but I know a great guitar luthier whos 70yrs old a fender specialist says hes know about that "not so great sticker " hes gonna put a thin layer of the same finish they use on they're necks and make it permanent. Showd me a sample no one will be able to tell the difference except that youll have to chip at it to remove it. Soon as he comes back from italy from vaca its sooooo done lol. Thanks for the welcome dudes

I couldn't find mine (bought today brand new) on the registration site either... had to settle for selecting the picture of a regular American Special as my FSR must be disavowed or something! Oh, and I scored a Fender G-DEC 3 Thirty amp this weekend off craigslist dirt cheap... and Fender Registration doesn't even list the G-DEC in its amp list anymore... are you kidding me? They sold a bajillion of them!

That's one fine guitar you have there... Fender may treat FSRs like red-headed stepchildren but we know they are the bomb!

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my gear:

Jackson USA Phil Collen PC-1
Warmoth Custom-Build Stratocaster (The Andersong)
Fender American Special Stratocaster
Squier J. Mascis Jazzmaster
Fender Mustang GT40
Eleven HeadRush w/ two Alto TS212 FRFRs