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Post subject: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:27 am
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Hi, I have my Strat about ~12years, But I don't really know much about it

It's an American (Standard? or Deluxe?) with pickup switch split, it is a HSS

I looking for the year it produces? body wood? is it a deluxe series or standard? what's the 60th fender stamp on the neck stand for? more info about pickups, bridge?

Serial number: Z6128207
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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:40 pm
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Nice Strat

Inspection complete

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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:59 pm
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Serial number just indicates 2003-2008 American HSS.
Not a Deluxe.
The Z6 would indicate 2006, (and you've had it for 12 years) but the "60" badge would reflect the 60th anniversary of the Strat in 2014. That doesn't make sense.

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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:03 pm
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Haha Thanks, to be honest I'm in love with it, regardless to the look which I admire, it sounds like a master piece.


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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:03 pm
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It's beautiful. I love that paint.

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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:25 am
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It's an American Series HSS from 2006. Has the S1 switch to split the Diamondback humbucking pickup.

This feature was removed two years later when the second breed of American Standards came out.


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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:29 am
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CB91710 wrote:
the "60" badge would reflect the 60th anniversary of the Strat in 2014.


The badge reflected Fender's 60th anniversary in 2006.


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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:40 am
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Agreed and in Sienna Sunburst! :D


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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:14 am
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Here's the service diagram: https://p4.zdassets.com/hc/theme_assets ... A_SISD.pdf

And this is what the 2006 Frontline tells us about it:
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Stratocaster HSS guitars feature an alder body (ash on the Sienna Sunburst), three incredible sounding Fender® pickups (one Diamondback™ humbucking pickup and two custom staggered Tex-Mex™ single coils) and is available with a maple or rosewood fingerboard.
Available in Three-color Sunburst (700), Black (706), Sienna Sunburst (747), Butterscotch Blonde (750) and Chrome Silver (791).


And Fender called 2006 the "1946 - 2006 Diamond Anniversary".


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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:02 am
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Gotta love Sienna Bursts

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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:16 am
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CB91710 wrote:
The Z6 would indicate 2006......but the "60" badge would reflect the 60th anniversary of the Strat in 2014. That doesn't make sense.
I had a 2006 Hwy. 1 Strat in the past, and it had the 60th. Anniversary badge on the back of the headstock as well (though mine was the wide 70's headstock with two string trees on the Hwy. 1).

Fender (company) was founded in Fullerton, California USA in 1946.

The badge confused me as well at first, since it was attached to a Stratocaster which was first introduce in 1954..... it would have been only 52 years in 2006.


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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:16 pm
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2006 was the first year for the second breed of HWY1 series.

Aside the 70s stylings other changes included distortion-friendly AlNiCo III single-coil pickups and a Greasebucket tone circuit. Also, there were graphite neck reinforcements and LeoQuan BadAss III bridges with grooved saddles for the basses.


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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:18 pm
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Thanks alot guys! You've helped me alot :wink:


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Post subject: Re: Help me Inspect my Stratocaster
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:36 am
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Very sweet looking axe and perhaps the nicest grain shape I have seen on a guitar body. Stunning.

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