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Post subject: Serial # Stamp location on a Billy Corgan Signature Strat
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:09 pm
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Hello all, I acquired a 2009 Billy Corgan Signature Stratocaster off of Reverb. Has some paint wear at the bottom where you connect the strap, dude had a fat leather strap rubbing against the finish, but was a decent price at around 850. I can definitely tell that is has a Nitro finish, the large headstock, Corgan pickups, hard tail body etc. but one thing that concerns me is that the serial # is stamped on the upper back of the headstock in the ball area. Yet out of all the other ones I've seen the serial is usually stamped in the middle back of the headstock by the 3rd tuning key. Does anyone know if this is still authentic or if they had a 1 off run at the factory where it got stamped in a different location? I had Fender run the serial # and it matched as an '09 Nitro White Corgan but he did not have much info besides that and didn't know about the serial location either. Here are 2 pics for comparison and BOTH are 2009 models. My Corgan Strat is in the mail so just making sure authentic before the time to return expires. The seller did say he is the original owner and has the matching serial/factory quality check papers that originally came with it new, but better safe than sorry. Thanks! - Mike

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Post subject: Re: Serial # Stamp location on a Billy Corgan Signature Stra
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:24 am
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I'd suggest contacting Fender via email consumerrelations@fender.com with the serial number, they usually have the original specs belonging to that number.
Or if you're in a hurry, they have phones; 1-800-856-9801 (US Toll Free) and 1-480-596-7195 (International).


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Post subject: Re: Serial # Stamp location on a Billy Corgan Signature Stra
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 6:38 am
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Fender was putting the serial numbers up there on the ball end for quite a while - starting when they first moved the serial numbers to the back of the headstock with the artist signature models circa 1988, then with the American Standards (and all the "Plus" models) in 1995. Some time during the early 2000s they moved it to the middle of the headstock.

I suppose maybe someone at Fender thought they should put the serial number decal further away from the Corgan signature decal so they did a few that way (I could even see that being a decision made by whomever was in charge of putting the decals on necks the day the batch that your guitar's neck came from was decaled) before changing their minds and putting it in the middle of the headstock position.


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Post subject: Re: Serial # Stamp location on a Billy Corgan Signature Stra
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 8:46 am
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I'm no expert, but this looks strange to me...

Anyway, this is what it looks like on mine:

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Hope this helps, if it was me, I'd contact Fender...


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Post subject: Re: Serial # Stamp location on a Billy Corgan Signature Stra
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:11 pm
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Thanks everyone, I guess I'll call in to Fender on Sat or Monday


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Post subject: Re: Serial # Stamp location on a Billy Corgan Signature Stra
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:08 pm
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Hi Mike, did you ever find out the answer to this?


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