Fender Stratocaster Dating Serial Numbers' title='Fender Stratocaster Dating Serial Numbers' />The ultimate archive site for pictures of coolrareinterest Fender guitars, Stratocasters in particular.Sage receptionists and breakroom philosophers have long taught that every day has its own emotion.Your week progresses from a case of the Mondays through Wednesday.This info has been on many different forums.Here is a copy I didnt write this YMMV.Pre1996 dating is approximate.Japanese Squiers.P1070663_0276.JPG' alt='Fender Stratocaster Dating Serial Numbers' title='Fender Stratocaster Dating Serial Numbers' />Dating Late 1.Fender Stratocasters.INTRODUCTION. So, you cant afford that 5.Strat, or that 6.Your last chance to own a vintage Fender Stratocaster is.You spot a 7. 9 in a local shop, or.Some dealers simply go.Some might go by the pot codes, but those could have been stock a year.Or perhaps the guitar was even assembled by various parts picked up.All original. My intent.Fender Stratocaster.Have a read through and.Stratocasters buyers market.Click on each thumbnail for a larger picture, too DATE CODES.M Model or Manufacturer.O Operator. N Neck configuration.W Week. Y Year. D Day.MMNNWWYD Example 0.Found on the very end of the neck heel.First four digits are paired up.Stratocaster, and 0.Maple neck with a Rosewood.The last four digits are broken into three.Wednesday. The represents a middle digit that is either an X.Neck Configuration Codes.Rosewood fingerboard.Rosewood fingerboard.Maple fingerboard.Maple fingerboard.Neck Body Stamps WWYD Example 0.Basically the same as the date portion of the.They seem to be found on.Natural. finished guitars.In this case it stands for the 3rd week of 1.Thursday. Ignore all the FRR stamps youll find on the neck.They are believed to just be some kind of.Pot Codes MMMYYWW Example 1.In 1. 97. 7 found on the side of the pots.The first three digits refer to the manufacturer, CTS.The. last four are broken up into pairs, where the first two, 7.Be aware. of another code found on these pots, 0.It has nothing to do with.Ive seen the exact same code of pots ranging from 1.Pickup Codes OOWWYY Example 2.It is believed the first two digits are an.Abigail Ybarra herself.The second pair of digits are the.I have seen one example where the second digits were 7.The. third pair of digits are definately known to refer to the year.In this. example the pickups were wound by operator 2.Large Letter Stamps Not 1.I have a theory they were used to.I have seen the letters A, C.D used. I have seen four A stamps on Natural finished bodies, and.A stamp. Ive seen a C on a Monaco Yellow and a.Sunburst. I have also seen a D, along with an A on a Sunburst body.This is just a theory, but if only As were put on Natural finished.Late 7. 0s Strats have the serial number on the headstock below Fender.The number will have an S prefix possibly an E, read below followed by a six digit number.The first digit is supposed to reflect the year of manufacture, but there are major overlaps in this regard, and the serial number should not be used to ID a guitars exact year of manufacture.The last five digits are basically random.An important thing to look for are the matching serial number stickers in the neck pocket and on the pickguard.S7 5 digits 1. S8 5 digits 1.I have seen a 1. 98.Strat with an S8 decal.S9 5 digits 1. E0 5 digits 1.E1 5 digits 1. Be especially careful with 7.Strats. ALOT of 1.Strats with S9 serial numbers Ive recently seen online appear to be from 1.Strat I bought. SPECSBody and Neck All bodies are Ash, and usually a heavy piece.Most Natural and.Sunburts finished guitars seem to be three piece bodies, painted ones.Necks are Maple, and are constructed from one complete.Maple fingerboard.The trussrod was inserted.Walnut. skunk stripe.This manufacturing process was used regardless of whether it was a. Carlos Santana Supernatural Download Free here. Maple or Rosewood fingerboard.Rosewood fingerboards of 1.Strats. retain the round lam style started in the 6.Maple neck surface.It wasnt until 1.Body Routings In the 1.By 1. 97. 8 they became rounded again.Hardtail models also aquired a dollar sized impression just over 14.Not sure of the function, it must have.In 1. 97. 9 a notch was added for a ground wire lug in the.If a solid paint color was applied to the body it was.Below are details of a 1.Finish Polyester Aliphatic Urethane Coating, or poly as its most.Ive read three different sources regarding what the.One says color coats and top coats were actually still.All coats on the face of the headstock had.This is why headstock faces sometimes age to a.The finishes on these guitars are very thick and.Fenders of the 6.Standard colors with reference numbers for Fender Stratocasters in 1.Some colors were dropped in 1.A indicates it was still used in 1.Antigua 5. 23Black 5.Blond 5. 01Natural 5.Sunburst 5. 00Tobacco Sunburst 5.Walnut 5. 22White 5.Wine 5. 24International Colors from 1.Some of these are sold as 1.Strats. Arctic White 5.Capri Orange 5. 84Cathay Ebony 5.Maui Blue 5. 83Monaco Yellow 5.Morocco Red 5. 81Sienna Sunburst 5.Sahara Taupe 5. 85 Models in this color had a four bolt neck and trussrod adjustment was at the base.Pickups Pickups bobbins on 1.Fenders are made of a gray fiber material.These were used until sometime in 1.Note that the pole pieces are flush to the covers on pickups of.Hardware Starting in 1.CRL pickup selector switches were standard.On one side they will say MADE IN USA and have a single patent number.CRL logo. The other side simply has a number going.Im not sure if they all.I dont believe it to be a date code of any.Beginning in 1. 97.Stratocaster bridges were made of a.The bridges on tremolo models were cast.Saddles were also cast into shape and not stamped, nor did they feature.Fender Pat. Pend.Saddles do seem to have a stamp on the.I have also seen the bottom of a cast.I was unable to make.Note how the high E B G strings have.D A low E strings.From the mid 1. 96.Fender used tuners with a big F stamped onto the back cover.These use two staggered fastening screws and have a separate bushing intalled from the front.The buttons of these tuners are actually plastic plated with chrome.They still feature the split shaft design the Kluson brand tuners had.Strats of this era also feature two string trees, one for the high E B and one for the G D.Note that the G D string tree is positioned higher than the other via a plastic, and Ive heard sometimes metal, spacer.Fender switched to the infamous 3 bolt neck with.Late 7. 0s Strats will have a giant F along with.FENDER MICRO NECK ADJUST PAT.The idea. itself is actually quite good and currently used on some models by.Fender, it was just poorly executed with loppy neck joint routings.Loosen the bottom bolt and use a 33.When you have the neck pitch where you want it.These necks also feature the Bullet.Dont let a loose fitting neck prevent you from buying one of these.Its not too difficult to shim the joint, as I had to with my.Strat. With the pickguard off and the neck positioned where I wanted.I used thinly cut pieces of hardwood jammed down between the neck.Cut a. taper on one end of the shim to get it in, shove it down and break it.You could even use a second shim piece if rigid enough and.The pickguard will.Removing the neck will undo all this and you will need to.Pickguards, pickup covers, knobs, switch tips and tremolo covers.Fender switched from white to black around.Possibly a 1. 97.Strat could. have mixed parts, but any later should be all black.There will also. only be a small amount of silver shielding tape under the control area.In 1. 98. 0 the entire pickguard got covered with.A sticker that has the serial number on it will also be.In the late 7. 0s Strats came in black tolex cases, which were made from laminated wood covered with black tolex.Cases of this era will feature a Fender logo on the bottom left corner.The logo has two rivets holding it on and features a Registered symbol and MADE IN U.S. A. The black leather ends I think are a synthetic leather with white piping, and the handles are plastic.I think 1. 97. 8 and earlier cases have an orange colored interior.These cases also have a heavily padded lid and section under the body.The compartment lid has black tolex lining on the tolexmaroon cases.Sometime in 1. 97.Fender switched to a black plastic molded case with black or maroon plush interior.LINKSVintage Guitars Info Fender Information from this site used with permission.Thanks to the people that contribute on the below forums.Alot of the information on this site would not exist without them.Fender Discussion Page.Strat Collector News Forum.Other Resources The Stratocaster Chronicles by Tom Wheeler.The Fender Stratocaster by A.R. Duchossoir. Numerous e.Bay ads are where about 13 of the pictures on this site came from.The rest are my own.
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