Thats true, none want to tell or advertise as to who makes there foreign made models now days. You will never hear Fender say what factory makes there overseas models for them like there MIM's because they are outsourced!

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okay, further update: single ply pickguard, 8 holes...which kinda blows the '62 body theory, from what I can tell. more like a '57 neck and body. one of these days I'll take it all the way apart and see what else it can tell me...

What kind of string guide does it have on it?

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it has two black plastic roller-style guides.

Don't try to make sense of the eighties Japanese models!

It'll drive you nuts!

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My other guitar is a Strat.

I was wondering because if it had the round guide it would have been a 50's version model like a 54' and the 57's had the butterfly guide. Not sure about any plastic ones though from the 80's guitars.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Hey Gary,…



It’s an internal factory designation that has no meaning outside of the factory.



Cheers



Bob Willocks

Fender Consumer Relations

I emailed fender as to what this neck code was ,and this is what they said

I think sometimes the necks and bodies were mismatched at the factories. I have a Tele with different stampings on the neck and in the pocket. It could have been changed after it left the factory, but I don't think that it was.