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Post subject: Why Can't I Register my 2010 Stratocaster?
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 12:24 am
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I am hoping that someone could give me some advice about registering my Fender Stratocaster with my account.
The guitar in question was bought new from a dealer and is a 2010 Fender American Standard Stratocaster, with an 8-digit serial number that begins with 10. I read elsewhere that in 2010 two different sets of serial numbers were used, the early ones beginning with 10.
I wanted to register the guitar here so that I have a record of the serial number in case the guitar is ever stolen or lost. I've had no problem registering my made in Mexico Telecaster, but the Fender site doesn't seem to accept the series of Strats that I have. Am I supposed to add letters before the numbers, or am I stuck with registering manually?
Any advice would be much appreciated.


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Post subject: Re: Why Can't I Register my 2010 Stratocaster?
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:23 pm
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For some odd reason a lot of the 2010ish "10+six digits" or "10+seven digits" didn't get registered in Fender databases.
And it doesn't seem to help adding the "US" in front of the serial number.
So it might be best to just register manually.

You could also try checking if Fender Consumer Relations have any info on your serial. Email or the wonderful chat service, on support pages.


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Post subject: Re: Why Can't I Register my 2010 Stratocaster?
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:09 pm
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Thank you for the information - good to know that I wasn't missing something such as adding "US". I'll give customer relations a try. Many thanks.


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Post subject: Re: Why Can't I Register my 2010 Stratocaster?
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:23 am
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Yes, you need to input the entire serial number including letters, all caps, with no spaces.
US10123456

For some reason, Fender always seems to screw up the serial number sequences around the turn of the decade. "N9" used in 1990 when it should have been "N0", I recall some inconsistencies around 2000 as well as 2010.
Still legit, but the inconsistencies apparently mess with the database.

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Post subject: Re: Why Can't I Register my 2010 Stratocaster?
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:31 pm
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Hi,
I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to register a Strat and ,,,
Contacted Support and just moments ago received an email from a Mr Levesque [Fender Support] to advise that at the moment 'the registration portion of the website is not working properly.' The developers are working on it.
Cheers.


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