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Post subject: I would like to know when my am std was made. help please.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:01 pm
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Hello guys! (sorry for my english!!) Yesterday i bought here in Italy my american std stratocaster.
The serial number is US13093626. Color: sunburst . I would like to know the date when the guitar was made.
If someone could help I would be grateful.
Thank you in advance ;)


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Post subject: Re: I would like to know when my am std was made. help pleas
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:15 pm
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Hi betoschi,

According to the serial number, it was made in the US in 2013 to 2014. The first few digits of the SN tell this. For a date, take the neck off and look for date markings, or contact Fender consumer relations with the SN and they can give you a lot more details, including build/ship date, color, options, etc.

http://www.fender.com/support/articles/contact-consumer-relations/

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Post subject: Re: I would like to know when my am std was made. help pleas
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:43 am
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Just to add - it seems like the US13xxxxxx numbers were used from about March 2013 until about March of this year (2014).

Another good "rule of thumb" for 2013 American Standards is the kind of case you have - if you have the SKB-built molded case with the large TSA-approved latches it would have been finished and sent to the warehouse before late June; if it has the black tolex "Pro Series" case (or possibly the molded plastic case with the red handle) then it was late June or later. Evidently Fender parted ways with SKB for their cases and finally ran out of them in June 2013 - I have an American Standard (FSR color sonic blue) that dates to late June and it came in the Pro Series black tolex case. While the Pro Series case is the "spec" case for American Standards some of them have been shipped out in the newer molded case with the red handle that is the "spec" case for the American Deluxe series.


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