I have a Squire Classic Vibe that plays as nice as any MIM Tele that I have had my hands on. The tremolo bridge bends only down and not up.It does not bother me that it was made in China. The tuners are newer style, but this guitar does not go out of tune any worse than any of my other guitars past or present.in fact it stays in tune very well.I replaced the nut (I think it was plastic) with a Tusq nut. The finish on the neck is barely there and seems almost unfinished to me.The neck is one piece, not a glued together neck. The finish on the guitar is very good quality. The truss rod adjustment hole is plain and not with darker wood. The pickups are Alnico and have no markings.The pots appear to be smaller in size than some I have seen, but I have little knowledge about the differences in pots. I have replaced the pickguard and back cover with a tortoise shell look as the original single ply white pickguard really sucked. It has the plain black Fernandes decal on the neck and the neck plate is also stamped Fernandes.

It has no markings, stickers etc and there are no numbers stamped in the usual places such as the end of the neck or neck pocket of the body.

From what I have read here in this thread it is either an LE1 or 2 or a Retro Rocket. The fact is that little can be found out about Fernandes guitars on the internet.I have one. Well, no activity on this thread in awhile. As always, serial numbers should only be used as a guide for dating and should be used in combination with known age-related specifications to help identify the production year of an instrument. Records on early Japanese-made Fender instruments are not complete and are therefore not completely definitive for dating purposes.

Fernandes serial number guitar