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Post subject: Authentic 2011 Amer Std Telecaster?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 5:46 pm
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Hello community. I'm trying to establish if my 2011 Amer Std Telecaster two tone sunburst serial US11284633 is the real deal. Every 2011 Amer Std Telecaster I seem to come across is a 60th anniversary version with neck back plate indicating 60th anniversary. Mine is the regular Corona Calif back plate. So the question is she the real deal? Did Fender make non anniversary models for 2011? Thank you


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Post subject: Re: Authentic 2011 Amer Std Telecaster?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:51 pm
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ASTelecasterMan wrote:
Hello community. I'm trying to establish if my 2011 Amer Std Telecaster two tone sunburst serial US11284633 is the real deal. Every 2011 Amer Std Telecaster I seem to come across is a 60th anniversary version with neck back plate indicating 60th anniversary. Mine is the regular Corona Calif back plate. So the question is she the real deal? Did Fender make non anniversary models for 2011? Thank you


I don't believe people from Fender check the forum for this kind of inquiry any more; you should go ahead and email the serial number to them at consumerrelations@fender.com and they can provide the dates (and also verify the color, etc.).

That being said - Fender doesn't change the serial number decals in January these days; it seems like the "changeover" happens in February/March of a given year. So the "US11xxxxxx" serial numbers were used from roughly March 2011 to roughly March of 2012. If your "US11xxxxxx" Tele doesn't have the 60th Anniversary of the Tele neck plate then it's likely the final assembly happened in early 2012. Also it is possible that toward the end of 2011 Fender ran out of the 60th Anniversary of the Tele neck plates - that happened to them in 2004 for the 50th Anniversary of the Strat.


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Post subject: Re: Authentic 2011 Amer Std Telecaster?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:08 pm
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Thank you John C for your informative reply. I will follow your lead.


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