Hey guys, how are you doing? hope you well

Recently i opened a thread with a doubt about my brand new Fender Stratocaster American Standard, which was bought in Guitar Center. The guitar is 100 % legit (confimed by Ed Treat by Fender) and i dont have doubts about being genuine, but i would like to know if some of you guys have the same thing as i: in the headstock decal, it says "MADE IN U S A" instead of "MADE IN U. S. A.", i mean, without the dots. I would like to know something about this, because Ed told me that this was because Fender must have changed the layout, but i havent seen another without the dots (i checked photos from Ebay official dealers and a few looked like it didnt had the dots, but the pictures didnt had so much zoom tbh).

Just to clarify, im not worried, but i would like to know if some of you have the same thing as i have, because i cant be the only one

Here you have some pics of my strat, it plays and sound beautifully:


Thanks in advance and hope you can help me.

Best regards.

Ignacio.

I don't see any dots:

http://www.sweetwater.com/guitargallery ... S11032775/

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Bill

Hey blue, i zoomed the picture but the res it's 500x750, so i couldn't see very close. Thanks anyways mate!

Whatever.

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my 2010 American Deluxe has the dots between U.S.A.

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I can't get a decent in focus pic close enough but my 83 2 knob STrat has no dots...........will try to get a pic though.

There we go....my camera phone focuses better than my actual camera....... time to go shopping!!

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Fender makes changes pretty often and then changes their mind. Remember the Custom Shop decal on the back of the headstock with "when you're ready" that went away very quickly after they thought about it a bit.

If it's been verified and bought new from GC, I wouldn't worry about it.

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The Strats with the dots have better sustain (slightly more mass).

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Hey guys, thanks for the replies!

Yes Jack, the guitar was bought new in GC and verified by Ed Treat of Fender, i don't have doubt about being legit, i know it is, it was just curiosity about this very minor detail of the dots.

At least now i know that fender already used the MADE IN U S A without dots early, and then now. Waiting for some newer strats without the dots (mine is from may 28, 2010).

Thanks again for the pics !

My Strat was manufactured Sept/2010 and it has the dots. (U.S.A.)

Also my serial number on the back of the headstock starts with US then the number. Ex, USxxxxxx I noticed yours did not, I think?

Yes, but not having the US prefix is something normal for some of the late 2009, early 2010 models, it's documented on the Fender website.

Here you got an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-American-Sta ... 19c4bf143b

Cheers.

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