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The Japanese ones are decent guitars though.
Be careful with dating by serial number - an '86 Std should have an E6 serial number, but there's a fair bit of overlap from year to year and you need to check the neck and body stamp dates in the neck pocket to be sure. I had an "84" - which shouldn't exist, it would be the earlier 2-knob Freeflyte version - with an E4 serial but 1987 date stamps. It was a very good one too, although it had an unusually big neck which I didn't like.
Going by that it's possible there aren't any with E6 numbers, if they were still using up old ones. I don't think I've ever seen one.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Also anyone have any idea what I should be looking to pay for a good condition example?
Wasn't any kind of reissue, just whatever was the bog standard MIJ strat was at the time. It's survived remarkably well although bit of a Trigger's Broom by now.
Late Eighties Standard, Plus and Plus Deluxe Fender instruments all suffer from this.
A. R. Duchossoir book says that existing stocks of E4 numbers continued until 1988.
E5, E6 and E7 numbers were never applied to U.S. made instruments.
E9 runs into 1990 when the N prefix was adopted. This decision must have been taken in 1989. Some clown mistakenly ordered a run of decals that read N9 (i.e. 1999). Duchossoir claims that a few of these decals appeared on 1990 instruments.
That was my understanding of the serial numbers. And interesting that the US standards were that late - i.e. not shipped until November '86. That would explain why I didn't see them when I was looking in the Denmark St/Charing Cross Rd shops back then.
It's actually the best-sounding US Standard I've played, but I really didn't get on with the neck - although I'm sure it would be considered desirable now, with the fashion having swung round to 'fat' necks.
Of course I removed the Total BolloX tone control as well, which probably helped .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
And yes seen E4 serial numbers on 87 and 88 USA models
Pretty sure E7 numbers don't exist