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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:37 am
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I have exectly the same strat as yours exept insted of F it is an I serial,look closely, and these is rare 1989/90 limited edition export strat .See the Fender support on odd serial numbers its says I(XXXXXX) A limited number of these "I" series guitars were made in 1989 and 1990. They were made for the export market and have "Made in USA" stamped on the neck heel. http://www.fender.com/support/odd_serial_numbers.php Its a stemp, not a print,and these are some very fine strats,and as they look as 63-65 reissue(trans logo,not spaggetti), featured lux stainless steel bridge, awsome one screw tuners that keep in tune great(no marks), odd double magnet pickups with high outpt, one piece (a bit)flamed maple neck with rounded rosewood fingerboard, a "bathtub" routhin body(pool space for all pickup combinations)VERY resonante light body, . Tunes great, plays awsome, GREAT sustain. Thoes are special serie made high quality USA necks on Fujiggen Gakki plant bodies.This "halflings" are much more quality than most of american strats...Mine goes with me in my grave, I will NEVER sold or trade it!


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Post subject: Re: 1989/90 limited edition strat
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:47 am
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supermisa wrote:
I have exectly the same strat as yours exept insted of F it is an I serial,look closely, and these is rare 1989/90 limited edition export strat .See the Fender support on odd serial numbers its says I(XXXXXX) A limited number of these "I" series guitars were made in 1989 and 1990. They were made for the export market and have "Made in USA" stamped on the neck heel. http://www.fender.com/support/odd_serial_numbers.php Its a stemp, not a print,and these are some very fine strats,and as they look as 63-65 reissue(trans logo,not spaggetti), featured lux stainless steel bridge, awsome one screw tuners that keep in tune great(no marks), odd double magnet pickups with high outpt, one piece (a bit)flamed maple neck with rounded rosewood fingerboard, a "bathtub" routhin body(pool space for all pickup combinations)VERY resonante light body, . Tunes great, plays awsome, GREAT sustain. Thoes are special serie made high quality USA necks on Fujiggen Gakki plant bodies.This "halflings" are much more quality than most of american strats...Mine goes with me in my grave, I will NEVER sold or trade it!

Sounds a lot like mine except I have an "F" serial # and maple neck. Did you ever take your neck off to see if it is dated? Mine says 11/26/89.


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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:28 pm
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Yes is dated 1989 ,the F series are made in japan guitars from 1985-87, so it doesn´t really match the date with the serian #. very bizarre bro.

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woonk wrote:
Yes is dated 1989 ,the F series are made in japan guitars from 1985-87, so it doesn´t really match the date with the serian #. very bizarre bro.

Again... Mine is an F series but Made in USA (stamped) just as Supermisa claims about his I series. My question was for Supermisa.


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soooooorrrryyyyyyyy! LOL.

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no, I did not remove neck to see date stemp, because the neck set and action is flawless on my strat, alldhou I use extra slinky strings for heavy bending, there is no string buzz or any detune and that is all that matters to me...and what if I found that is 89 or 90 made? I've heard that with time body and neck grow together giving guitar a solid sustainable sound, so I am happy with it how it is. Oh, I forgot, the same serial and the same look like woonks and mine strat was one of main guitar for Kurt Cobain while recording "Nevermind" album. As my search I found that was special and one of his favorite at the time, untill he crash it,and replace neck and crush it again...hers a link http://www.kurtsequipment.com/guitarspage.htm#strats His was Serial # I 006414,and mine is I 015299...(proud) I find just a few guys that have the same strat allthou they are quite a rare bird, and they are all lucky bastards like me :)


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as I found out at late 80's Fender closet their main factory in Corrona,California and shipment of very best parts was sent to Japan where were use on few different series, including USA and Japan stemped guitars. Some says that Japanese made strats from that time was extra quality made, eaven better than most of American ones from that period. Another story says that they had combine a one piece a bit flammed maple neck with rosewood slab rounded fingerboard(best of 62'strat) and "bathtub" routhed body that gives great resonance with great nitroceluloid finish that prevents body wood damage, a 500komh pots (mine have an odd standard looking single staggerd pickups but with 2 extra magnets at the bottom of pickup)(high output, great neck pickup sound, but I replace the bridge pickup with Seymoure/Duncan vintage ssl-1 for more screaming hights). Allso have transition logo like late 64 or early 65, but with mentioned "slab" board(that discontinued in 63). If you want to sell yorse, send me a note, I had a few offers to sell mine for over 1000euros(1600$) but I am not selling mine, because works great for me...wish you all the best


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P.S =. Kurts strat is number 3 on his strat list, the one with "Beautifull as a rock in a cop's face"sticker, look at pictures you'l recognised it...http://www.kurtsequipment.com/guitarspage.htm#strats


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P.S =. Kurts strat is number 3 on his strat list, the one with "Beautifull as a rock in a cop's face"sticker, look at pictures you'l recognised it...http://www.kurtsequipment.com/guitarspage.htm#strats :lol: P.P.S woonk, forget about that MIM 60s classic series strat, what you allready have is a very nice guitar, you can change a pickups if you not happy with a sound, but everythig elses finish and quality is greather than on other models


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PPPS Sorry for sendig twice, lousy net here in Serbia, as my english language
If you got any additional info, please send :shock:


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Folks, I also have a 1989 Strat with "Made in USA" stamped on the back of the neck where it meets the body and a serial number that starts with "F0". I have researched this issue extensively, and I believe that these guitars are indeed Made in USA rather than '86-87 Japan models (which also started with "F"). I know the USA "F" serial number configuration is not on Fender's website list of serial numbers, but then there are others that are not listed there either. (For example, the MIM Artist series -- such as the Jimmy Vaughan and Robert Cray Strats -- is not on Fender's list. As an aside, the MIM Artist guitars oddly enough started with MSN6 from 1997 all the way through 2006 and since 2007 start with MSN7 -- explain that one!) However, there are two serial number sequences that are on Fender's website that are relevant to understanding these mysterious "F" series guitars -- the "I" series and the "FN" series, both of which were Made in USA for export. My research leads me to believe that the USA "F" series (all of which appear to have started with an "F" followed by a zero) was made for export in late 1989 -- and possibly into early 1990 -- and then the serial numbers changed to "FN" sometime in the early '90s. The added "N" of course referred to the 1990s. Also, I came across some information that indicated the "I" and "F" series may have been sold in Europe as -- get this -- the Fender Stratocaster Standard Special Limited. As I thought about the bits and pieces of this explanation, it seemed very plausible to me. There had to be a good reason why so many of us had 1989 Strats with "F" serial numbers and "Made in USA" stamped on the base of the neck. It didn't make sense that they were all just fakes (by the way, every one of these I've seen or heard about has a black body -- anyone have a different color?)


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Thats very intresting. Mine is black too, rosewood fingerboard,altho I've seen with maple fingerboard, but black only (talking about I serie,perhaps F too). Can you post some links about youre reaserch? Any link that can put some light about these fine guitars is very helpfull...Thanks


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Supermisa, I was incorrect in my speculations about the "F" guitars in my July post. After re-visiting all of the posts on these mystery 1989 "F" Strats, I decided to ask the support people at Fender. It took a couple of tries, but a wonderful guy named Ed was able to get me an answer. In a nutshell, it sounds like the 1989 "F" guitars are somewhat the opposite of your description for your "I" guitar. You said in an earlier post that the "I" guitars were USA necks mated with Japanese parts and assembled in Japan and sold in export markets. Ed at Fender told me that the "F" guitars were leftover old stock '86 MIJ necks that already had serial numbers. USA parts were shipped to Japan, where they were mated to MIJ "F" necks and assembled. The reason, however, was the same as you described for the "I" guitars -- lack of manufacturing capability/capacity in the USA following the buy-out from CBS. He didn't indicate if they were ever sold in the USA or not. So, the "F" Strats are hybrids -- part USA, part Japan -- but in my opinion all good. Mine is a great sounding and playing guitar, and I honestly don't care if it's worth $200 or $2,000. I'm keeping it. In fact, this past spring, I got a great ebay deal on an '08 American Standard. As I was deciding this fall to thin the herd a bit, I had a "tone showdown" between the two where I spent a few hours playing the '08 American and the '89 "F" Strat side-by-side. I used identical settings on several tube amps that I own with and without various effects. In the end, I chose to keep the '89 "F" Strat and sell the '08 American. 'Nuff said.


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Post subject: Questions about the "I" serie Strat
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:46 am
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Hi friends!

I got also a "I" serie strat, made in the USA in 89-90.

I've contacted Ed Treat from Fender, and he said that the "I" serie was totally made in the US, except the hardware. This is my favorite strat right now, the neck is so nice.

But I still have 2 questions and I'm looking for helps:

1. The pus are nice (stagged poles and have more output than usual), but somehow the neck pu does not respond my play that well, especially when I do vibrato slightly. Does this also happen to anyone? What can I do against this (maybe I set them too high?)

2. The sustain isn't that long. And i suspect that it's just because of the imported bridge (I could be wrong with this), so I'm thinking about replace the original by a vintage 6 screws one. Can I just replace it one by one without adding any hole?

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