The S in the serial number as far as I've heard means it is a special run. I've heard rumors that there were some special runs of Affinities with small headstocks in the past few years. Click to expand.I have an IC04 that is an Affinity with large headstock. 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. It therefore appears as though the the S in ICS is only an indication as to whether it is a Factory Special Run or FSR guitar (manufactured by Cor-Tek in Indonesia). There are a number of standard models that have the ICS prefix some are FSR but some are just normal run models. In 2009-10 some Indonesian Squier's had the prefix ICS09XXXXX and ICS10XXXXX. IS: I = Indonesia, S = Samick, the serial number prefix is followed by a 2 number year. Indonesian Squiers IC: I = Indonesia, C = Cor-Tek (Cort), the serial number prefix is followed by a 2 number year. 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 remaining six digits are the unit identifier but are not sequential and do not provide any further identification information about the instrument. 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.,, , etc.). 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. 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. Serial #'s DATING YOUR INDONESIAN-MADE FENDER INSTRUMENT from Fender moved production of some Fender-branded instruments from Korea to Indonesia in 2008. Squier guitars have been manufactured in Japan, Korea, Mexico, India, Indonesia, China, and the United States. In 1982, the Squier brand was reactivated by Fender to become its brand for lower priced versions of Fender guitars. 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.
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