This new scheme uses the letters “US” as a prefix to designate an instrument made in the United States, followed by an eight-digit number. The first two digits of the number identify the year of manufacture, (10 for 2010, 11 for 2011, etc.). The following six digits are the unit identifier, although it should be noted that these final six numbers are not sequential and do not provide any other identification information about the instrument. This new scheme is now used on the majority of U.S.-made Fender instruments, with exceptions including the American Vintage series and certain special-run instruments. Signature Series Instruments SE(XXXXXX) SN(XXXXXX) SZ(XXXXXX) SE8(XXXXX)-1988, SE9(XXXXX)-1989 SN0(XXXXX)-'90, SN1(XXXXX)-’90, SN2(XXXXX)-’92, etc. SZ0(XXXXX)-2000, SZ1(XXXXX)-2001, SZ2(XXXXX)-2002, etc. EDIT: Took too long to type; this adds to mxvin's info: Where are you looking for the serial number information?

A lot of the guitar dater type sites have never caught up with Fender's serial changes. Fender changed their serial number format in 2010, abandoning the 'Letter + number' prefix that you decoded for the year. From January to March of 2010 the format was a '10' followed by 6 digits (so it looked like 10xxxxxx) - and the '10' doesn't look that different from the other 6 digits. Around the end of March/early April they adopted the 'US10' followed by 6 digit format (so it looks like US10xxxxxx) and that 'US10' part is bolder and in a different font than the remaining 6 digits. Judul skripsi tentang akuntansi sektor publik di indonesia 1. So 'US11xxxxxx' is a legit serial number for a Fender made from roughly March 2011 through March 2012 - as the number prefix now 'changes over' in March of a given year for USA guitars.

SRV Strat serial numbers. Discussion in 'Guitars in General' started by AndrewGBlues, Aug 11, 2009.

The other thing Fender did in 2010 was drop the 'extra prefixes' that they were using on Artist models and American Deluxe models. Artist models used to have an 'S' in front of the letter that indicated the decade, so in the case of musicman10_1's SRV his serial number was 'SZ1xxxxx'. You would decode that as 'S' for 'Signature', 'Z' for 'Zeros' or '200x', and the '1' made it '2001'. Fender had used that format since the original Artist Signatures were introduced in 1988. Similarly they added a 'D' before the other letter for American Deluxe models - so a 1999 American Deluxe would have a 'DN9xxxxxx' serial number, a 2005 would have a 'DZ5xxxxxx' number, etc. As I say those were dropped when they started using the new number formats in 2010.

2003 Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster Manufacturer Period 1992—present Construction Body type Neck joint Woods Body Neck Fretboard or Hardware Bridge Left-handed American vintage Three Texas Special Colors available Three-color The Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster is the signature model of, based on his favorite guitar, Number One. The guitar debuted at the in January 1992 and began selling at various music stores. Number One, also called First Wife, was the nickname given by to his favorite, built ca. In 1974, he acquired the guitar as a trade at a music store in. In 1990, it was retired due to many replacements of, though he continued to play it occasionally.