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Post subject: Confused about my 74 strat, help please
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 2:43 pm
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Hi
I have a '74 3 tone sunburst with rosewood neck that has serial 552711 on micro tilt neckplate
but looking at the neck markings the base has the top half of the numbers faded away but they look like 090 - - 1974, which makes the neck '77

I have owned this since '81 and this is the neck i bought it with and i knew the original and have no reason to believe he changed the neck... I always assumed '74, never investigated until i am now about to sell it...

Can you make out a better understanding of the numbers from this photo? https://ibb.co/KVPBg0H
090 - - 1974
Any advice, opinions?

https://ibb.co/gP69CtQ
https://ibb.co/tp2Zf6Y
https://ibb.co/KVPBg0H
https://ibb.co/Dk8DrYW
https://ibb.co/Fm7LwMT


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Post subject: Re: Confused about my 74 strat, help please
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:54 pm
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Serial-number anomalies are common, as are seemingly juxtaposed inspector's stamps. Your guitar appears otherwise to be totally authentic (a very nice specimen in fact) and I wouldn't lose any sleep over some numbers that don't seem to jive.

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Post subject: Re: Confused about my 74 strat, help please
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:30 am
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Absolutely 100 % agree with the previous.

In general, regarding the seventies neck end markings, it seems that the more info becomes revealed, the more abnormalities turn up.

With yours, 09 (Strat) 01 (rosewood) fit the general principle. The rest could be the full year 1974 or something/something in '74 - or not. :wink:

And you can post the pics straight to the forum with the pic address (https...jpg):
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