1989 USA E9 Series Squier Stratocaster

jjudas said:
The headstock looks the same. The only place it says "Made in USA" is the headstock. Tuners, bridge and electronics look Asian. I heard that the bodies and necks were the same as the American Strats being made at the Corona plant but the electronics and hardware was foreign. They made Squiers for 2 years at Corona while production transferred from Korea to Mexico.
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Must be an 1989 U.S.A made for sure.



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jjudas said:
While I'm searching the ads on CL, this ad shows up for a beat up strat for $100. I look at the photos and it's a '89 E9 Made in the US Squier!
I meet the seller and it's a girl. She says that she's had the guitar for 12 years and it hasn't been played. It belonged to her ex boyfriend who gigged in a band. Also one of her insane friends took it apart and tried to sand the body and screwed up the finish. She tells me the guitar has a long story that goes with it but she doesn't want to share it. I offered her $80 and she accepted. Score! I just got a $350 guitar for $80. These guitars were only made for 2 years '89 & '90 and only 2000 were made. They were made at the Corona factory. I took it home disassembled it, sanded and darkened the body. Ordered parts. I installed new tuners, big block bridge/trem, jack & plate, neck plate and prewired loaded pickguard from Dragonfireguitars.
It sounds and plays fantastic!
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Nice job and score brother
 
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