Help with dating a 70's Strat neck please!!!

[raphaël]

So I'm selling my (supposed to be) 76 US Strat...

I had to take a picture of the neck stamp for a potential buyer and I found this:

0901 4413

I've got a problem with the last "1".
Because:
09 = Stratocaster
01 = rosewood fingerboard
44 = 44th week
1 = year (???)
3 = day of the week (wednesday)

It appears to be a 71 neck, so my 76 Strat may be a 71 Strat????

But when i dig a little on the net, the 71 year of production was using the model code month/year/width/etc.

The model code on my neck supposed to begin in 72...

So what does that "1" mean?
Please???

Thanks.

[MEC]

The neck stamp is probably the least reliable form of dating.
I've heard some say the 5th # is the year making yours a 74.

If the serial # says it's post 72, I'd check the pot codes to get a more accurate date.

[raphaël]

Thank you for your answer.

The pots are from late 73, the neck plate indicates an early 74 guitar, and from what I found the neck is from monday of the first week on november in 1973.
So, late 73 neck and pots + early 74 body...and all that time I thought she was a 76 Strat...it's a great news!!!!

But I still can't found any stamp or date on my pickups...only a "14" (or smtg like this) writen with a carbon pen...they look like genuine 70's Strat pickups though, but it's hard to sell it whitout any kind of proof

[MEC]

Could the "14" actually be a "74"?

[xrleroyx]

I would start off by being friendly and maybe asking it out to a nice dinner. You really have to wow these old Fender necks in order to date them.