Fender Squier Jazz Bass Serial Numbers Indonesia
Until the introduction of the Fender Squier series, Fender had never produced lower priced guitars based on its main and models and had always used different model designs for its lower priced guitars. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Fender was facing competition from lower priced Japanese made guitars. The higher priced Fender guitars were made in the United States and could not compete with the lower prices of Japanese made Fender copies. In the early 1980s, Japanese labor and production costs were much lower than in America and to compete with the Japanese made guitars, Fender moved the lower priced Fender guitar production from America to Japan. Fender was also losing sales in Japan to Japanese guitar brands such as, and and the establishment of would benefit Fender sales in Japan, as well as overseas. Fender began negotiations with several Japanese musical instrument distributors and reached an agreement with Yamano Gakki and to establish Fender Japan. Yamano Gakki was known for once being part of.
I wouldn't say a consensus but more of a general understanding that the Affinity is an entry line with woods, hardware, electronics etc that is not quite as good as the more expensive models. The Standards will be better and any Deluxe or Artist Series instrument can be better still. That being said it is entirely possible to get an Affinity that is a totally usable instrument.
Find great deals on eBay for Fender Squier Made Indonesia Bass. Shop with confidence. Oct 15, 2014 Board index » Squier® by Fender » Squier Bass. One Squier Vintage Modified '70s Jazz Serial Number. Indonesia, S = Samick, the serial number.
Hi, this is my first post so bear with me. I recently bought a 2nd hand Squier Strat, really pleased with it and it plays like a dream as expected. I owned one a few years back and loved it but sold it during my hard-up student days. On the back of the head it says Crafted in Indonesia, with the serial no IC050525656.
In the 1930s, Squier began making strings for the era's new electric instruments; the company also sold, and until divesting itself of all string-related products in 1961. Entered the picture in the 1950s, when the V.C. Squier Company began supplying inventor and businessman with strings for his unusual new electric guitars. Squier Company became an official for Fender in 1963.
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It also appears likely that any FSR guitar beginning with ICS will be a Squier 'Standard' as opposed to any of the other models i.e. CV, Deluxe etc. In your case though it is a Vintage Modified model. I'd say it is a Cort made one. I've also seen some serials starting 'I' that were made in India. But ICS is usually Indonesia.
Like the US serial numbers, MIJ (made in Japan) serials start with a letter or pair of letters that indicate the rough year of production. This system, however, is notoriously inconsistent and incomplete, which makes dating by serial number even less reliable for MIJ Fenders.
Much of the hardware appears to be the same as Mighty Mite parts. Both Cort and Mighty Mite are brands. But Mighty Mite seems to be very ineffective in terms of communicating with consumers, so their is outdated and getting a response to a phone call or inquiry is like pulling hen's teeth. Note their use of the word blah in the folder name and page name for the forum in that link, I'm not making this up. The point is, you have to dig hard for Squier/Cort/Mighty Mite information from several places and connect the dots yourself to figure out some things. I think the Mighty Mite hardware is reasonably well designed and produced, and the quality control is acceptable. The tuners work fine for me.
Greetings Forum Readers, I would like to survey folks that have or have had Squier-branded instruments that were made by Cort in the Indonesian factory. These axes would have serial numbers that began with the letters IC.
There's and that follows the evolution of the most popular Fender guitar of all. Similarly, take a look at for general timeline of the history of everyone's favorite offset guitar. For Fender during the turning point era of the mid-'60s, check out Body and Neck Dates Through much of Fender's production history, Fender workers would print or write a production date on both bodies and necks where the two pieces meet. These dates will tell when the original part was manufactured, but are not exact indicators of when the guitar was actually put together and finished.
A Squier SA-105 acoustic guitar. • MA-1 • SA Series • Telecoustic • Stratocoustic Electric guitars [ ] Original [ ] • • • • (1997-1998) • (1997-1998) • • 'Mus-Uar' (2016) Electric bass [ ] • • • • • • Deluxe Active Jazz Bass • • Dimension Bass • • • • Amplifiers [ ] • Instrument series [ ] JV & SQ series [ ] The first Fender Japan models introduced in May 1982 were the 1957 and 1962 series, which were Fender Stratocaster models ST'57-115, ST'57-85, ST'57-65, ST'62-115, ST'62-85, ST'62-65 and the Precision Bass models PB'57-95, PB'57-70, PB'62-98, PB'62-75. These models were Fender models and not Squier models.
Fender moved production of some Fender-branded instruments from Korea to Indonesia in 2008. The serial numbering scheme for these instruments initially used the letters “IC” as a prefix indicating that they were made in Indonesia at the Cort factory. In mid-2009, the prefix was changed to “ICF” on some instruments, indicating that they were made in Indonesia at the Cort factory and were Fender-branded.
I respectfully disagree. The tuners on the Cortek Squiers are just as usable as the 'Schallers' on the American series/standard or the Pings on the MIM standard; scores of guys use them as they are; I put Gotoh 'Klusons' on all those above named guitars anyway so it doesn't matter. The 10.5 mm tuner bore is a headache but most other Squiers use this standard, anyway. Plywood bodies? I've disassembled approximately 40 of these Cortek Surubaya Squiers and I've never seen plywood; I've seen the posts of scores of guys at the Squier 51 modders forum, and nobody has ever suggested any of those bodies are plywood. They are made of basswood, agathis or alder, depending on model.
And eventually to 427 Capitol Ave, S.W.—the famous 'fiddle factory' of Battle Creek. With a limited market for violins in Battle Creek, however, Squier astutely sought relationships with national music schools and famous violinists. 
Up to 1900, the best were made in Europe.
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. Further negotiations between Fender and Japanese guitar factories took place. Tokai was seriously considered to start building the first Japanese made Fenders, but after a breakdown in negotiations, Gakki was chosen instead. The initial Squier models were launched on July/August 1982. Over time, the Squier series slowly evolved to include designs and production has moved from Japan to various other Asian countries such as Korea, China and Indonesia. Instrument models [ ].
For example, a serial number with N4 would be from 1994. One starting with Z5 would be from 2005. This scheme is not 100% consistent due to a number of production factors, such as Fender producing more serialized decals than needed in a given year. This is particularly pronounced in the transitional period of the mid-'80s, though the system has been pretty much on point since about 1990. After 2009, the letter changed to a format starting with US then two digits that tell the year of the current decade.
The pots are often dime-sized instead of quarter sized and 500K instead of 250K even for single coil guitars, and are split shaft. The dime sized ones turn very freely, I like that about them. But I generally prefer 250K pots so I usually swap out the switch and pots. I do find it educational to not combine my swapping of the pots from 500K to 250K, with swapping out a pickup. Better to make those mods separately and in that order, so I don't mistakenly blame the pickups for an undesirable eq or range of tonal control that is caused by the pots. Beyond the Indonesia Cort Teles.
Serial numbers are basically chronological, but there is some overlap in some years. Before the later 1970's Fender never expected the guitars to be collectable or for serial numbers to be important. The bridge plate or neckplate were applied to a guitar with no thought to keeping any kind of number sequence. Fender serial numbers were assigned like this: 1. In the factory, there was a large container with serialized items such as neckplates and bridges. A Fender employee simply reached in and grabbed one (or many) and installed them on the instrument(s) as they worked. As you can see from this over-simplified example, serial number assignment was fairly random.
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You may have to demo 10 to find one you really like, but even an Affinity is better than no P-Bass at all. The fact is a higher end Chinese bass can whoop up pretty good on anything Indonesia comes out with. The Chinese actually can make basses superior to Indonesia. So, it isn't so much where it is made as the components used to make it and the skill of the factory workers. When you buy an Affinity you are pretty much assured it has student caliber electronics and hardware like softer metal in the frets and the cheapest woods they could get in mass quantity, but still some are better than others so be patient and pick carefully in the Affinity line and you can get a very usable bass.
Fender moved production of some Fender-branded instruments from Korea to Indonesia in 2008. The serial numbering scheme for these instruments initially used the letters “IC” as a prefix indicating that they were made in Indonesia at the Cort factory. In mid-2009, the prefix was changed to “ICF” on some instruments, indicating that they were made in Indonesia at the Cort factory and were Fender-branded. Both the “IC” and “ICF” prefixes are followed by an eight-digit number, with the first two digits designating the year of manufacture, (i.e., 09 for 2009, 10 for 2010, etc.). The remaining six digits are the unit identifier but are not sequential and do not provide any further identification information about the instrument. The numbers for each year typically overlap by a few months, as there is always a transitional period between successive years and because necks and complete instruments that are made and serial numbered late in any given year will be used on instruments assembled and sold in the early months of the subsequent year.
The '10' means 2010 model year. Hope that helps.
Here's a breakdown of serials for the 'Made in Japan' era. K + 6 digits 1990 - 1991 L + 6 digits 1991 - 1992 M + 6 digits 1992 - 1993 N + 6 digits 1993 - 1994 O + 6 digits 1993 - 1994 P + 6 digits 1993 - 1994 Q + 6 digits 1993 - 1994 S + 6 digits 1994 - 1995 T + 6 digits 1994 - 1995 U + 6 digits 1995 - 1996 N + 5 digits 1995 - 1996 V + 6 digits 1996 - 1997 Crafted in Japan Serial Numbers In 1997, Fender changed the 'Made in Japan' decal to say 'Crafted in Japan.' There is some overlap with the earlier 'MIJ' serials, so it's important to note if your instrument carries the 'Made in Japan' or 'Crafted in Japan' decal. A + 6 digits 1997 - 1998 O + 6 digits 1997 - 2000 P + 6 digits 1999 - 2002 Q + 6 digits 2002 - 2004 R + 6 digits 2004 - 2005 S + 6 digits 2006 - 2008 T + 6 digits 2007 - 2008 After 2007, Fender Japan switched back to marking Fenders as 'Made in Japan' though for a few years instruments with both decals were made. Serial numbers since this transition have continued the same sequence as the 'CIJ' era. Made in Mexico Fender Serials Fender opened a factory in Ensenada, Mexico in the late '80s and instruments started coming off the line in 1990. Mexican-made (MIM) Fenders carry a serial number on the headstock starting with an M.
4) Put.011 strings on. Things I don't like. Very little, except the edges of the body are a bit sharp and can dig into your forearm. Sometimes I look at it and think the red torty pickguard is a bit kitsch! Maybe a black or a white pearl would look better Also I got it used for about half of what they sell for new, so to me this guitar is a dream. Mind you IMO, its worth its new price too.
Beyond the Indonesia Cort Teles. The Korean Cort I have also seems to have Mighty Mite hardware and Mighty Mite AlNiCo pickups, although both its pickups have a lower DC resistance than the ones from the Indonesian Cort Squier Teles, and they give it a brighter tonal character and the output level seems a bit lower. I put my amp volume on 6 with that guitar to get about the same volume as my others on 5. My 06 Squier Standard Tele. A great guitar, but I have done a few mods. It has a lovely neck, the tuners are reliable, and the neck pickup is one of the nicest Ive heard.
Supposedly, these have alder bodies too which is cool. I am planning to sell mine because it has an extremely skinny neck on it. Click to expand. I respectfully disagree.
This can be a tall order for someone less versed in guitar history, but we do have some resources here on Reverb to help you out. For starters, there's the Reverb Price Guide which has thousands of entries with pictures and details on various guitars and other gear. Some browsing around the can definitely help you find which model you have. We also have some other blog posts related to Fender that can hopefully be of some help.
I'd say it is a Cort made one. I've also seen some serials starting 'I' that were made in India. But ICS is usually Indonesia.
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All the serial numbers begin with IC08, IC09, IC10 etc followed by 6 digits, but mine is IC05 followed by 7 digits. So I was just wondering if anyone could shine a light as to where or when my Strat was born, cheers!!! Hi, this is my first post so bear with me. I recently bought a 2nd hand Squier Strat, really pleased with it and it plays like a dream as expected. I owned one a few years back and loved it but sold it during my hard-up student days. On the back of the head it says Crafted in Indonesia, with the serial no IC050525656. According to the Fender website, they moved from Korea to the Indonesian Cort factory in 2008.
Shielding paint is better than nothing, but not as good as copper foil. Foil shielding the back of the pickguard to ground only has a benefit when the pickguard actually surrounds a single coil pickup and on P/J's and most first generation single coil P-Basses the pickguard doesn't surround a single coil pickup. There is NOTHING like the sound of a first-generation P-Bass to me and I totally love that tone, but no other bass is more sensitive to RFI either. On a Jazz you can always turn both volumes up full to get some noise cancelling due to the phasing of the pickups but on a first generation single coil P-Bass you can not do that since there is only one pickup.
Now for round 2, what would you play on it for the 1st time? I've suggested 'Any Colour You Like' by the Floyd, but no doubt everyone would have their own suggestion. Any takers???
An affinity in a rather uncommon dark green color. I purchased it back in High School for $50 with amp, case, and cord.
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Hi, this is my first post so bear with me. I recently bought a 2nd hand Squier Strat, really pleased with it and it plays like a dream as expected.
Follow-up question: I understand it's supposed to be ICxx + 6 digits, but what does it mean if it's ICxx + 7 digits? It looks like it could be IC + YYMMDD + xxx (or possibly IC + YYDDMM + xxx)? I honestly don't know about the extra digit other than to set apart instruments for FMIC distribution from those going to international distributors. The reason they need to do this is because FMIC and the international Fender/Squier distributors have different warranties and totally separate support systems including service centers. FMIC ships the instrument to the international distributor and they are done with it. Whenever there is a serial irregularity on a FMIC instrument quite often that is the reason why. This is a practice that actually goes back to Fender's early days.
But Mighty Mite seems to be very ineffective in terms of communicating with consumers, so their is outdated and getting a response to a phone call or inquiry is like pulling hen's teeth. Note their use of the word blah in the folder name and page name for the forum in that link, I'm not making this up. The point is, you have to dig hard for Squier/Cort/Mighty Mite information from several places and connect the dots yourself to figure out some things.
Sometimes I look at it and think the red torty pickguard is a bit kitsch! Maybe a black or a white pearl would look better Also I got it used for about half of what they sell for new, so to me this guitar is a dream. Mind you IMO, its worth its new price too. I have one of these.
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The Jaguar series is amazing for the money because it costs just a tad more than an Affinity and has an active preamp. Last edited by on Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:02 pm, edited 1 time in total. Thanks, Brother Dave! That's pretty much what I thought on all points. Especially the newbie comments! My main interest was which country produced the better basses and it seems that China has better craftsmanship in general than Indonesia. I ended up buying this Indonesia P-Bass for $75 because it was in very nice condition and the hardware looked better than I've seen on a lot of el cheapo-os.
While the brand has produced its share of innovative designs over the past 25 years, its main focus and most successful approach has always been to be the 'value brand' alternative to its big brother, Fender. It sure didn't start out that way, though. Let's go back to the very beginning.
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Fender soon added a less expensive export Squier series based on the Fender Japan 1957 and 1962 series in July/August 1982, which had a large Fender logo with a smaller Squier logo and had a zinc rather than a steel tremolo block and again the Stratocasters had Fender USA pickups installed. The Squier series were also made available for the Japanese market in October 1982, which incorporated small changes compared to the export Squier series. The large Fender logo of the export Squier series was soon changed to a large Squier logo. The first Fender Japan guitars are known as the JV Fenders and JV Squiers, with JV standing for 'Japanese Vintage' to reflect the guitars were made from the original blueprints of the vintage US guitars, were made by the Gakki factory in Japan, using technical support from Fender. The SQ Squier series was introduced in late 1983 to early 1984.