Can Anyone help me to identify the year of manufacture of a strat that I have.
the serial No. V100489
I was interested to know here it was made USA or Japan and in which year it was produced.

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Guitar Info
This guitar is from the U.S. Vintage Series
made at the Corona Plant (Fender), USA
in the Year(s): Cannot be determined from serial number,
however you can consult this chart showing the
corelation between serial numbers and dates found on the neck
Fender MIA RI Serial Number vs. Neck Date

I got the same info from the guitar dater project web site too... but it doesn't give me the year of manufacture. and the link to the chart doesn't work.

Anybody else any advice on how to date my strat?

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E-mail Fender, consumerrelations@fender.com, with your serial number and they will tell you everything there is to know about your guitar.

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Bill

Thanks Bill.
I will drop them an email later and let you know how it goes..

many thanks

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Pull the neck off. Any kind of code in there ST-54 or 57,62,70 indicates a Japanese instrument. Instrument dater will work for Japanese Vxxxxxx Serial's.
An American instrument will have the date of manufacture stamped on there.

May as well check the neck relief and make a adjustment if needed if you're taking the neck off.

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No no and no

hey guys.. I had a really fast reply from Fender USA. they gave me so much info on my guitar.
Manufacture Date: 4/22/1998
Model Name: American Vintage ‘62 Stratocaster®
Model Number: 010-0100-(Color #)
Series: American Vintage Series
Body: Comfort Contoured Alder Body
Neck: Maple, “C” Shape,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 7.25” Radius (184 mm)
No. of Frets: 21 Vintage Style Frets
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Width @ Nut: 1.650” (42 mm)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Machine Heads: Fender®/Gotoh® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Pickups: 3 American Vintage ‘62 Strat® Single-Coil Pickups with Aged White Covers
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade:
Color: (800) 3-Color Sunburst,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Unique Features: Aged Knobs and Switch Tip,
Synthetic Bone Nut

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here is a picture of my guitar and amp

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Nice.

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Bill