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Post subject: Purchased a new fender
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:54 pm
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hey guys i recently purchased a 2012 fender american standard guitar but worried about the authenticity of it, any ideas on whether it is fake or not?

http://imgur.com/Gl2pRAx,plpa1SV,pHUpx3d,AtxNzug

any help would be appreciated as i have been unlucky in some of my past guitar purchases


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Post subject: Re: Purchased a new fender
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:20 pm
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Hi Fender124,

Looks legit. Very nice! Of course the time to ask is before you purchase. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Purchased a new fender
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:26 pm
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My question is: " what makes you think it's not genuine..?? "

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Post subject: Re: Purchased a new fender
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:26 pm
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thanks for the reply, the reason why is i tried to look up the serial number on http://www.guitardaterproject.org/ but couldnt find the details


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Post subject: Re: Purchased a new fender
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:37 pm
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Try looking here.
http://www.fender.com/support/articles/ ... ct-dating/

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Post subject: Re: Purchased a new fender
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:11 pm
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Guitardater is a lame site.

First of all, just going by a serial number is no indication of authenticity. Secondly, the secret to deciphering the Fender Strat serial numbers is looking at the first few letters and numbers.

Before the addition of the "US" prefix, the Am made Fender guitar serial numbers started with a letter indicating the decade, S for '70s, E for '80s, N for '90s, etc, and the first number was the year followed by the rest of the serial number. Starting in 2010, the US made guitars added the "US" prefix, followed by the two numbers indicating the year. "US12xxxxxx" would be made in the US in 2012 to 2013.

The made in Mexico serial numbers at first used a "M" at the beginning, indicating MIM, followed by a letter indicating the decade, and the first number after that indicating the year, just as the Am guitars. Then the MIM guitars started using the MX prefix followed by two numbers indicating the year, then six more digits which is the rest of the serial number.

The rest of the serial number after the country and year info, has no info at all, and only Fender can really tell you the details about any particular guitar by the serial number.

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Post subject: Re: Purchased a new fender
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:53 pm
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Thats a super cool one, real and ready to rock!

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