Fender guitars in the 1950s

Through the 1950s, Fender Electric Instrument Company (Leo Fender), Fullerton CA controlled the Fender name, and 2 plants built it: Fender's Radio Service / Fender Electric Instrument workshop (107 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton) and Fender Fullerton factory (Pomona Ave / S Raymond Ave / S Valencia Dr campus).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

2 eras touch the 1950s across 1 line. The version changed in 1950 and 1951. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Fender.

Year by year

Eras in the 1950s

Other brands in the 1950s

• Epiphone in the 1950s
• Gibson in the 1950s
• Gretsch in the 1950s
• Guild in the 1950s
• Harmony in the 1950s
• Ibanez in the 1950s
• Martin in the 1950s

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
5. 5
   The End of the CBS Era: Inside the 1985 Fender Buyoutgraded community
6. 6
   Fender factoriesgraded community

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