Typically there is a one-year overlap between serial codes because of the changeover to new numbers in the factories each year. Look on the headstock of the guitar to find the serial number for a Fender Stratocaster. It may be located on the front or the back. The serial number is typically a numeral preceded by one or two letters. The Squier by Fender serial number listings I have doesn't identify Japan as an 'E' serial number prefix. If it indicates that it was Crafted in Japan that is correct as they were made in Japan at the FujiGen Plant up to 1997. ![]() Azzmaster wrote:Try this ' onclick='window.open(this.href);return false; According to the database. There's no mystery, the Fender guy told you it wasn't in his database so his answer was a guess. Aula internacional 3 libro del professor pdf descargar free. On the other hand if you go to Japanese websites, they will tell you that CIJ began in 1995, and that CIJ - Q0 + 5 digits indicates a 2002-2004 manufacture date. You may prefer to believe otherwise and that's entirely your right, but there's no ambiguity about the meaning of the serial number. Here's a chart from Fender Japan I pulled from a Japanese guitar blog: Source: You'll notice that there are no CIJ guitars before 1995, which is when Fender did the deal with Tokai Gakki to take over from Fuji-gen Gakki as their chief Fender Japan manufacturer (note that the MIJs have returned in recent years). MADE in Japan Q numbers were 1993-94; CRAFTED in Japan Q numbers start with zero, and come from 2002-4. MatthewK wrote:There's no mystery, the Fender guy told you it wasn't in his database so his answer was a guess. On the other hand if you go to Japanese websites, they will tell you that CIJ began in 1995, and that CIJ - Q0 + 5 digits indicates a 2002-2004 manufacture date. You may prefer to believe otherwise and that's entirely your right, but there's no ambiguity about the meaning of the serial number. Here's a chart from Fender Japan I pulled from a Japanese guitar blog: Source: You'll notice that there are no CIJ guitars before 1995, which is when Fender did the deal with Tokai Gakki to take over from Fuji-gen Gakki as their chief Fender Japan manufacturer (note that the MIJs have returned in recent years). MADE in Japan Q numbers were 1993-94; CRAFTED in Japan Q numbers start with zero, and come from 2002-4. People get stuff wrong all the time - that doesn't mean there's a mystery, it just means the Fender Japan numbers are pretty baffling at first. However ANY CIJ is 1994 or later, for the simple reason that they weren't made before then. The story is, there were Japanese Greco guitars duplicating the classic early Fenders to remarkable accuracy in the late 70s. Rather than waste effort suing them, Fender, which was in a financial hole, decided they could cut back on manufacturing costs and licensed the Fuji-gen Gakki ('Fuji Stringed Instruments') factory, makers of Greco, to make guitars labelled Fender Japan, stamped 'Made in Japan'. The first exports were called Fender with a 'Squier Series' logo on the headstock, serial numbers JVxxxxxx. They were then changed to Fender with a small 'MADE IN JAPAN' under the logo, and supplemented with a line of Squier logo instruments, serials JVxxxxxx then SQxxxxxx for 1983-84 (I have a Tele Custom SQ which I love). Serials went to Exxxxxx in 1984, then Axxxxxx in 1985 (but there is a catch to these*). Then a bunch of other prefixes listed in the chart. In the mid 90s Fender approached Dyna Gakki and Tokai Gakki to make the same instruments to the same specs - presumably at a better price - and under the terms of their deal with Fuji-gen they couldn't use 'Made in Japan' and so the new ones were 'Crafted in Japan'. Some serial numbers with similar prefixes but again the story is in the chart. Fast forward to 2007, Fuji-gen are making Fenders again, so the MIJ label begins to reappear; all of these are T serial numbers but the font looks different. *The 'gotcha' are A serial numbers on Telecasters, Fender must have made a billion A-stamped Tele bridges and so they have been in use ever since 1985. It is possible to go to a guitar shop and buy a brand-new 2009 / 2010 Tele with an A serial number on the bridge. So the only way to tell the early ones is the pencilled date on the neck heel. I have an A serial Tele which has a bunch of 80s features on it, but nobody can accurately date it because it was one of the ones without a pencil date. An A serial on the headstock or the neck indicates an actual 80s guitar of course.
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