Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 1988, Fender Japan, Ltd. (joint venture of Fender, Kanda Shokai, Yamano Gakki and FujiGen) controlled the Fender name under Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Its 3 lines on record were built at FujiGen and Fender Corona (Japan and USA).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
A Fender guitar from 1988 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[S431, 3], 42 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fender Custom Shop | Fender Japan, Ltd. (joint venture of Fender, Kanda Shokai, Yamano Gakki and FujiGen) | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Fender Corona Corona, CA, USA[11] | 1987–2015 | unverified[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
| Fender Japan (MIJ / CIJ) | Fender Japan, Ltd. (joint venture of Fender, Kanda Shokai, Yamano Gakki and FujiGen) | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | FujiGen Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan[12] | 1985–1996 | unverified[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9] |
| Fender USA | Fender Japan, Ltd. (joint venture of Fender, Kanda Shokai, Yamano Gakki and FujiGen) | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Fender Corona Corona, CA, USA[11] | 1985–2015 | unverified[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10] |
Nothing changed in 1988. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Fender from 1988 is the same version as one from 1987.
Fender Corona and FujiGen. See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
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.
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