Fender guitars in the 1970s

Through the 1970s, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. / CBS Musical Instruments division controlled the Fender name, and 1 plant built it: Fender Fullerton factory (Pomona Ave / S Raymond Ave / S Valencia Dr campus).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1 era touch the 1970s across 1 line. Nothing changed inside the decade, so every Fender from these years is the same version on its line.

Year by year

Eras in the 1970s

Other brands in the 1970s

• Epiphone in the 1970s
• Gibson in the 1970s
• Gretsch in the 1970s
• Guild in the 1970s
• Harmony in the 1970s
• Ibanez in the 1970s
• Martin in the 1970s
• Ovation in the 1970s
• Taylor in the 1970s

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
   The End of the CBS Era: Inside the 1985 Fender Buyoutgraded community
4. 4
   Fender's Radio Servicegraded primary
5. 5
   Relics of Fullerton: The Buildings of Leo Fendergraded secondary
6. 6
   Fender factoriesgraded community

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