Greetings, I just bought a new American Standard on the weekend and was curious about the serial number. A lot of websites suggest recent models should start with a letter, however mine is an 8 digit number printed on the back of the headstock starting with 10 and ending in 08, I'm assuming this might be a date with year first? ie YYMMDD## or something? If not, how might I work out an estimated date?

The neck plate reads "fender CORONA CALIFORNIA".

I realize this question might have been asked prior, for this I apologize.