I love all of my Korean built guitars. Victor Carroll Squier returned to Battle Creek, where he opened his own shop in 1890. In 1965, the company was acquired by Fender.

Good looking guitars you have there. Made in the Samick guitar plant in Korea. By 1975, Squier became defunct as a manufacturer and a brand name for strings, as Fender opted to market its strings under the Fender brand name. With a limited market for violins in Battle Creek, however, Squier astutely sought relationships with national music schools and famous violinists. S for Samick. cheers for the info! Discussion in 'Squier Stratocasters' started by beanzforbrainz, Jun 8, 2020. Tuners look the same. Squier guitars have been manufactured in Japan, Korea, Mexico, India, Indonesia, China and the United States. How about some pics? The back of the peghead. The higher priced Fender guitars were made in the United States and could not compete with the lower prices of Japanese made Fender copies. Yet to be confirmed though. The word on the net is that they denote the fact they  were sold in a kit or bundle with a cheap practice amp, cable, picks and some other material geared toward young beginners. Yamano Gakki was known for once being part of Epiphone Japan. Fender and Squier serial numbers, for guitar made overseas, has in the last 20 years or longer consisted of two letters followed by eight (sometimes nine) numerals. It seemed to make sense, especially considering the guitar above (SI02095734) where the inspection date (9/02) was written by hand on the inspection sticker. Enjoy. In 1965, the company was acquired by Fender. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > beanzforbrainz Squier Talker. There is obviously a difference in the electrics. This example is a neck I picked up from fleabay a while ago. By the mid-1970s, the Squier name was retired as the strings had taken the Fender name.[1]. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Squier&oldid=986842144, Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States, Defunct manufacturing companies based in Arizona, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles lacking reliable references from March 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 November 2020, at 09:46. Tokai was seriously considered to start building the first Japanese made Fenders, but after a breakdown in negotiations, FujiGen Gakki was chosen instead.[2]. There are comments on the net saying the next two numbers are the month. I was hoping for a little help if possible in identifying a Squier Strat that doesn’t have a serial number. The initial Squier models were launched on July/August 1982.

This ain't no Maple. Fender Electric Instruments entered the picture in the 1950s, when the V. C. Squier Company began supplying Southern California inventor and businessman Leo Fender with strings for his unusual new electric guitars. Speaker plans for download - free pdfs for DIY builders and tire kickers, Trademarks belong to their respective owners. The first immediate difference is in the wood used for the neck. V. C. Squier Company was a manufacturer strings for violins, banjos, and guitars. Both say "Crafted in Indonesia" but with different fonts. Pricing? If you find a page in error, please let us know. The strat has a really fantastic neck on it. Notice the wood grain - this is not maple.

TRY THE INTERACTIVE GEAR GUIDE FOR NEW PLAYERS; Filter Filter Filters. Until the introduction of the Fender Squier series, Fender had never produced lower priced guitars based on its main Stratocaster and Telecaster models and had always used different model designs for its lower priced guitars. http://www.squierwiki.com/Serial-Number-Tracking, 4A934D62-CB1B-41E0-A2EC-404D8C769673.jpeg, 90A7A072-1E02-45CD-B5C6-A562E45F8755.jpeg, E5672FA0-1472-499E-9DE1-FD0B5F3B43DF.jpeg, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. One difference is the inspector is filled in with a name and a date (9/02).

At the same time Squiers made in the same factory started getting serial numbers with "ICS" - where "S" stands for Squier to follow the same pattern. The two letters leading denotes what plant the instrument was made in. Not entirely unexpected, they were in pretty poor condition and had to go. The Squier Mini is manufactured in at least two different plants, both in Indonesia. This guitar also has the original tuners.

This is a relatively common practice when non-conforming guitars are sold in bulk to a dealer/middle-man who refurbish them and sell them to the open market.

The two letters leading denotes what plant the instrument was made in. Fender began negotiations with several Japanese musical instrument distributors and reached an agreement with Yamano Gakki and Kanda Shokai to establish Fender Japan. The VN5 black logo model is odd because it has the serial number on the neckplate instead of front of headstock. Upon close inspection of internal components I noticed several small but significant differences with the other guitars.

Welcome to the forum, Samick made some great Squiers. The source of the Minis with serial numbers starting with "SI" have been difficult to research.

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.