Conventional wisdom would say '96. The first digit indicates country of origin, and the second letter, N, stands for the decade of production; in this case, the 90's. The first number that follows these two letters stands for the year of that decade. Example: YN5XXXXX would be '95, YN7XXXXX would be '97, etc.
VN354089" = made by Saehan(Sunghan) in 1993 Korea Greetz
I'm pretty sure it means that your Squier is the 986, 087th guitar of that model made. The S might stand for Squier
2000
Either take it into a Local music shop or go on Google and look up Fender Squier Strat serial numbers and punch in the number for instance with my 1994 Fender Mexican Stratocaster i would go on Google type in "fender Mexican stratocaster serial numbers" and it would pull up a Fender.com and i would look since mine is MN352234 I would look for "MN3+ 5 digits1993-1994" and i would find out that my guitar is either a 1993 or 1994 Fender Mexican Stratocaster Hope this helps Jesse Craig.
Starcasters tend to come with odder parts and are made out of cheaper materials. So in the end it actually depends on what Squier model you want. Most of the time Squier > Starcaster
Besides Fender, they own the Squier and Jackson brand names.
This guitar was made in 2007 in Indonesia.
Fender does and fender only own fender, jackson, and squier might own more but dont know
2004
Squier
Yes, Fender owns and makes Squier. It's like Gibson and Epiphone.
it depends if your a beginner i would go with the squier because the stratocaster is more advanced
Because Fender owns and makes Squier. You should know that.
The Squier brand is owned by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, it was purchased in 1965. The brand name Squier was not used by Fender until 1982.
Either take it into a Local music shop or go on Google and look up Fender Squier Strat serial numbers and punch in the number for instance with my 1994 Fender Mexican Stratocaster i would go on Google type in "fender Mexican stratocaster serial numbers" and it would pull up a Fender.com and i would look since mine is MN352234 I would look for "MN3+ 5 digits1993-1994" and i would find out that my guitar is either a 1993 or 1994 Fender Mexican Stratocaster Hope this helps Jesse Craig.
http://www.fender.co.uk/support/japanese_instruments.php ;-)
A Squier Stratocaster is a type of electric guitar. Originally, Stratocasters were made by Fender, and rapidly became favorites of many guitar players the world over. They eventually moved production of the Stratocaster to the Squier company, which now produces the Squier Strat for Fender. Squier Strats are not worth as much as original Fender Strats, but they play almost the same.
Starcasters tend to come with odder parts and are made out of cheaper materials. So in the end it actually depends on what Squier model you want. Most of the time Squier > Starcaster
Besides Fender, they own the Squier and Jackson brand names.
Yes. Much better. In my opinion, Gibson is the best guitar brand. Squier, is a part of fender and generally speaking, Squier guitars are not as good as fender.