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Post subject: Stratocaster year.....???
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:16 am
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Hi, just became a member, mainly to try and figure out my stratocasters date of birth!! I own a sunburst bullet truss rod, large headstock logo strat belonging to 70´s, 80´s era, all is fine up till this point, however I get lost after this, the serial number dating system provides the S prefix and the E prefix up until E4, then it switches to E8?? The fender changes in that era were important no doubt and for that reason I assume there are plenty of guitars put together with components from different years. So anyway my serial code is E-5.... and I cannot seem to find any examples with large headstock and bullet trussrod with this serial. No I havent detached the neck yet to find out, can ayone help me? Thanks again!


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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:47 am
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Welcome to the Forum.

Have you checked out: www.guitardaterproject.org

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Post subject: Re: Stratocaster year.....???
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:51 pm
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So anyway my serial code is E-5.... and I cannot seem to find any examples with large headstock and bullet trussrod with this serial. No I havent detached the neck yet to find out, can ayone help me? Thanks again!


Perhaps it's a Japanese-made guitar.

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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:42 pm
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Fender USA and Fender Japan do overlap with guitars with serial #s starting with E. It can be a little confusing. Fender Japan E #s are from 1984-87. Check the support section of this site for dating info..


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