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#Indonesian fender serial number lookup serial numbers
Fender Squier Stratocaster (Indonesia) GregsGuitars. These serial numbers start with CN and VN followed by 6 digits.

Email Fender customer support right off the fender website and email them that serial #. Query regarding 'Made In Indonesia' serial number. Just go into the number below, struck the Decode' button and our lookup tool will tell you the year your guitar is from, which country it was produced in, and the plant it came from. Notice that there is quite a bit of overlap in numbers and years. The chart below details Fender serial number schemes used from 1965 to 1976. All the serial numbers begin with IC08, IC09, IC10 etc followed by 6 digits, but mine is IC05 followed by 7 digits. A serial number is helpful for approximately determining the age of a guitar, this is usually not the specific date. Serial numbering didn’t change immediately because instruments continued to be made using existing, tooling, parts and serial number schemes. According to the Fender website, they moved from Korea to the Indonesian Cort factory in 2008. On the back of the head it says Crafted in Indonesia, with the serial no IC050525656. Ive used the Fender website to lookup my Strat in the past, but now (though I can find links in my search engine) it doesnt seem to work. The serial number starts with 'IC00' which means 'Indonesia Cort 2000 I think. I have a Indonesian Squier that was made in 2000. Fender doesn't have basses made in Indonesia. IS: I Indonesia, S Samick, the serial number prefix is followed by a 2 number year. Please note that fender serial numbers tend to overlap by at least a year, and thereby the date of your guitar can only be approximated. The Fender serial number decoder currently supports all documented MIA, MIJ, MIM, MIK and MII formats with the exception of Custom Shop, Relic and Reissue instruments. Indonesian Squiers IC: I Indonesia, C Cor-Tek (Cort), the serial number prefix is followed by a 2 number year. 2.0) The Fender serial number decoder currently supports all documented MIA, MIJ, MIM, MIK and MII formats with the exception of Custom Shop, Relic and Reissue instruments.

Tokai was seriously considered to start building the first Japanese made Fenders, but after a breakdown in negotiations, FujiGen Gakki was chosen instead.Indonesian Made: Fender (Ver. Further negotiations between Fender and Japanese guitar factories took place. This arrangement benefited Fender because it removed the Greco Fender copies from the Japanese market, which were selling in Japan at much lower prices than the American made Fenders and it also benefited Kanda Shokai because Kanda Shokai could then distribute Japanese made Fender branded guitars in Japan. Kanda Shokai owned the Greco brand name and one of the conditions of the Fender Japan agreement was that Kanda Shokai cease production of its own Greco Fender copies. Yamano Gakki was known for once being part of Epiphone Japan. For example, a serial number starting with MN2 would be 1992. Fender began negotiations with several Japanese musical instrument distributors and reached an agreement with Yamano Gakki and Kanda Shokai to establish Fender Japan. Instruments made in the 2000s follow the same form but start with MZ. Fender was also losing sales in Japan to Japanese guitar brands such as Tōkai, Greco and Fernandes and the establishment of Fender Japan would benefit Fender sales in Japan, as well as overseas.
