Hello everyone
after getting my first fender guitar last year ..i really fell i love with the brand ..therefore i few days ago i went and bought a stratocaster ...i love it !!..now i really love strats !!

here are some pictures of my new baby ..what does everyone think ?? ..oh and i also have a question . the serial number is on the back of the headstock ..this is a brand new 2011 guitar ....is this normal ??? ...most mim strats Ive seen have the number on the front under the logo.









Sorry for the bad quality ..they were taken with a phone

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2014 Fender Classic 50's nitro Stratocaster - Candy red.
2011 Gibson Les Paul Junior 'Billie Joe Armstrong' Signature.
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Welcome to the world of Strat ownership,she's a great colour.They certainly are addictive and one is rarely enough.BTW there's nothing strange about the serial # placement as far as I know.

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Conork,

my brand new(got it yesterday) mim standard stratocaster also has the serial number on the back of the headstock-i think this is normal.

+1 ... any story on that?

Congrats.
Yeah, left hand trem arm.
Great color.

Cheers,
Robin

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Very Nice Indeed Think i am have a GAS attack...Cheers..From..Aus...

Thanks for your replys .. I'm glad you all like the colour ... I wanted a candy apple red guitar ...and I found one about the trem arm ....to be honest I didn't notice ..as I've never had a ''real'' strat before and didn't check pictures to notice a difference ...but I did notice something odd about it ..thanks for pointing this out .....I'll get that changed ...although it's not a big deal ..it still plays fine ...also thanks for your comments about the logo ..I thought it was a bit weird ..thanks for clearing that up

I'm really happy with it ..I've now got a humbucker guitar and a single coil guitar ..I don't need any more ....... Hmmm maybe 1 or 2 more won't hurt hahaha

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2014 Fender Classic 50's nitro Stratocaster - Candy red.
2011 Gibson Les Paul Junior 'Billie Joe Armstrong' Signature.
2011 Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH - Olympic White
2012 Epiphone Dove Acoustic
Marshall MG100CFX
Marshall MG15CFX

i normally play one of my strats in standard tuning and my other in drop d tuning though i personally would love to give humbuckers a try enjoy your guitar man...

yep thats a lefty bar

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Candy Apple Red is a great color for strat guitar, it is really beautiful!!!
Congratulations for your first Fender Stratocaster and wellcome to the Club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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poor fella ...you have no idea... Nice guitar enjoy...

To answer the serial number issue, I have a '99 MIM with the serial number under the logo. When Fender redesigned the MIM and MIA series, the serial number of the MIM got put on the back, I guess to make it more "vintage correct" but a 50's headstock with a 70's logo is not very correct. If you look at the mid 90's to about 2005 they all have the serial number inder the logo, and then in 2006ish Fender put it on the back, you have a genuine strat. I would have chosen a maple neck though....

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1965 Fender Precision Bass, 1994 Fender '54 Reissue Precision Bass, 2007 Applause Celebrity, 2011 Fender American Special Jazz Bass, 2012 Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster, 2013 Fender American Special Stratocaster, 2013 Gibson LPJ

Great looking guitar, I love CAR strats ,

If the lefty tremolo bar works for you, it adds a certain kinda
Mojo

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+1

damn i love that color! have you considered a pearl pickguard?

what amp are you playing through?

i usually tune to standard D or drop C with d'adarrio 9s. i normally play classic/normal rock or blues with mine. i reserve my EMG equipped guitars for the heavier stuff.

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