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Post subject: help please: Hard to read neck stamp
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 6:16 am
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Hi

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I have had this strat since 1981
I always believed it was a '73 but wasn't really interested in the specifics whilst it was my main guitar
I am now interested in selling it but obviously interested parties want to see the stamp on the heel to authenticate
09 is obviously strat
the out of align next two are obviously 01 for rosewood

then i always assumed there would be 4 numbers
2 for the week
1 for the year
1 for the day

but there seems to be a hyphen???

then 19 can be clearly seen
then something that could be a 1 but doesn't seem to have the bottom bar but is upright?
then a smudged 4?

Anyone got any thoughts / ideas / knowledge on this please

many thanks
Ian


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Post subject: Re: help please: Hard to read neck stamp
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:53 am
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These neck dating as I see In The Fender Stratocaster, by A.R. Duchossoir

see on page 67, 1972 neck stamp;
0901 1972

Your look ;
090? 1974


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Post subject: Re: help please: Hard to read neck stamp
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:02 pm
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I read that 0901-1974, which by basic seventies dating rules would be 09/Stratocaster, 01/rosewood, 19th week of 1977, 4th day of that week (= Thursday April 7th 1977).

But it seems there are a lot of legit stamps not fitting the basic rules - up to the point that Mr. Gagliano writes "all indicators (features, pot dates, pickup dates, etc.) must be taken together and put into context" in his follow-up to the main article.
http://www.ggjaguar.com/neckcode.htm and http://www.ggjaguar.com/neckcode2.htm


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