Hi. I have a fender strat and was wondering how old it is. It has corona california on the plate at the back and was made in usa.The serial number is z1044049. Thanks

2001

thank you !

fyi:

z is for "zero" so yours - as mentioned above- is a '01 model.

All the above is right....unless there perhaps may be by some circumstance in some scenario theoretically and hypothetically speaking possibly though not for certain could have though not 100% sure may have been a few necks from 2001 still around in 2002. Like maybe an Am Strat in Sky Blue with a Maple Fingerboard that was completed on 2//5/2002 and shipped to the UK shortly thereafter. Then and only then would you possibly consider that it was a 2002, though the neck might have been completed a short time earlier.......and stuff.

I'm just sayin....

;O)

Cheers,
rob

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