Fender guitars in the 1980s

Through the 1980s, Fender Japan, Ltd. (joint venture of Fender, Kanda Shokai, Yamano Gakki and FujiGen) and Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. / CBS Musical Instruments division controlled the Fender name, and 3 plants built it: Fender Corona, FujiGen and Fender Fullerton factory (Pomona Ave / S Raymond Ave / S Valencia Dr campus).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]}

6 eras touch the 1980s across 3 lines. The version changed in 1982, 1985 and 1987. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Fender.

Year by year

Eras in the 1980s

Other brands in the 1980s

• Epiphone in the 1980s
• Gibson in the 1980s
• Gretsch in the 1980s
• Guild in the 1980s
• Heritage in the 1980s
• Ibanez in the 1980s
• Martin in the 1980s
• Ovation in the 1980s
• PRS in the 1980s
• Squier in the 1980s
• Taylor in the 1980s

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 Musical Instruments Corp, Form S-1/A (2012), accession 0001193125-12-298421graded primary
2. 2
   The End of the CBS Era: Inside the 1985 Fender Buyoutgraded community
3. 3
   Fender Musical Instruments Company Historygraded secondary
4. 4
   Fender Japangraded community
5. 5
   Fender Japan history (Fachblatt article, 1987)graded secondary
6. 6
   Fender Custom Shopgraded community
7. 7
   re: korean squires (forum thread)graded community
8. 8
   Fender ownership historygraded secondary
9. 9
   Fender Japan: A Brief Guidegraded community
10. 10
    Fender Japan Historygraded community
11. 11
    Fender's Radio Servicegraded primary
12. 12
    Relics of Fullerton: The Buildings of Leo Fendergraded secondary
13. 13
    Fender factoriesgraded community

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