Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 1984, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. / CBS Musical Instruments division controlled the Squier name. Its one line on record was built at FujiGen (Japan).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
A Squier guitar from 1984 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 Squier you have. The name dates from 1890[3, 2], 94 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squier Japan (JV Series) | Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. / CBS Musical Instruments division | — | FujiGen Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan[6] | 1982–1985 | unverified[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
Nothing changed in 1984. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Squier from 1984 is the same version as one from 1983.
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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