Who made Fender guitars in 1948?

In 1948, Fender Electric Instrument Company (Leo Fender), Fullerton CA controlled the Fender name. Its one line on record was built at Fender's Radio Service / Fender Electric Instrument workshop (107 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton) (USA).^{[1, 2, 3]}

A Fender guitar from 1948 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Fender you have. The name dates from 1946^{[1, 2]}, 2 years before.

Line by line in 1948

What changed in 1948

Nothing changed in 1948. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Fender from 1948 is the same version as one from 1947.

Where Fender was built in 1948

Fender's Radio Service / Fender Electric Instrument workshop (107 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:

• Fender's Radio Service / Fender Electric Instrument workshop (107 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton)
• Guitars made in the USA

Other brands in 1948

• Epiphone in 1948
• Gibson in 1948
• Gretsch in 1948
• Harmony in 1948
• Ibanez in 1948
• Martin in 1948
• Every brand in 1948

Fender, year by year

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1. 1
   Fender ownership historygraded secondary
2. 2
   Fender Musical Instruments Company Historygraded secondary
3. 3
   Fender's Radio Servicegraded primary
4. 4
   Relics of Fullerton: The Buildings of Leo Fendergraded secondary

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