I recently bought a used Mexican Robert Cray Strat. When I brought it in for a set-up, the tech pulled the neck to try to find the manufacture date. There were some numbers stamped on the neck, and a few hand written numbers on a small piece of glued on grid paper. Nothing looked like an obvious date. Anybody know how to determine the date on these guitars? Thanks!

Try this website, good luck.

http://www.guitardaterproject.org/fender.aspx

Thanks, Snow72, but you can't date MIM signature models (like the Cray or the Jimmy Vaughn) from the serial number.

Sorry B1ueNote,

It was early this morning I posted this, I hadn't quite woke up (that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it) I hope someone else here can help you, appologies again bud. Enjoy that guitar

Whats the serial no' and can we have pictures of the neck heel and the neck pocket.

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nikininja, we didn't think to photograph the neck heel. The serial number is MSN6#####. Stamped number on heel is MOC ######. On the grid paper:

4
5 -- ME (line through #5 and and "ME" hand written)
6
7

can you post some pics of the guitar?