i just got me a sweet 62 reissue strat thats white with tort pickguard and rosewood neck..i used to play live many years with a hot rod deville 410 and now may want to get a blues deville 410 -is this a good idea? i havent played for a year so im out of the loop,can someone give me some straight info on this rig-as far as tone- as this 62 ri guitar is clear as a bell compared to the last strat i had [an 81 std] tunes will be blues,funk,jazz,r&b,etc..thanx zo13

G'day Mate,

awesome and congrats on the 62 ri strat.

"PLEASE POST SOME PIC'S"

I must say I'm a big fan of the 62 because I have 8 of them LOL.

The rigg I am running at the moment is a Fender Hotrod Deville 410 all factory "NON MODDED".

Yes the blues deville amp is awesome, but I've found the 410 HRD gives me more headroom for my tone's and various genre's I play.

I must say I find the 410 HRD to be more versatile with it's more modern features, but you can still retain a vintage tone. "JUST MY OPINION"

I found this out when I was shopping for one of the two amps mentioned. After putting in a lot of shopping hours and shopfront jamming I came home with my HRD.

With the amp I run a BOSS CS-3 which further brings out the single coil strat spank needed for the genres you have mentioned and of course the 410's help. I also play the same genres.

Anyway get back on stage brother, you will not regret it as you know.

Hello Zokalr13,

Firstly welcome to this forum.

I'll bet it's nice.

Cheers.

It's a great guitar for sure. The AVRI '62 strat has been my main axe for well over a decade. For an amp I recommend the DRRI.

Congrats, welcome and pics would be great.

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Were all 62 Strat RIs made in mid 1980s made in Japan?
Is there spec info on out of production FEnder products on this site somewhere? Thanks much.
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my serial number is v136768 -but am not sure for the date [unless i disassemble the neck]these guitars are still being made and sold no ? im still pondering amp choices: HOTROD or BLUES deville 410-bought a new camera tonight so will take some pics ..love this guitar !!!

it is a 2002-2003 model. I am very good with the VRI serials and can tell you dates based on your serial. so if anyone else wants theirs dated, let me know.

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or just type it into www.guitardaterproject.org or check it here: http://www.fender.com/support/usa_instruments.php

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It's a mix between Jazz and Funk, it's called "Junk"

guitar dater does not cover the AVIs. and the Fender site is pretty vauge about that particular series.

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thanks for the help everyone....anyway, i got that blues deluxe 410 amp today and its a lil less wicked than the 410 hot rod- but i plan on modding it soon with better tubes and speakers etc..my new rig sounds great to me and when my wife came home and heard it she screamed at me to turn it off!!! im so glad i want to buy a good distortion box and wah pedal next -any suggestions???

Congrats on the new Strat. And I think it's a great idea.

when i got my new amp home the other day,i was in such a rush to plug it in that i was clearing a space for the amp and moving junk outta the way and tipped over my new 62 ri !!! it fell over- but no worries- its a fender -it can take the abuse!! got the tone on the amp down already and have a fab tone pedal but am gonna get more effects and pedals- im listening to zydeco to hype me out to rip it up on the guitar as well...