Who made Squier guitars in 1988?

In 1988, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation controlled the Squier name. Its one line on record was built at Young Chang (Korea; city not given) (South Korea).^{[1, 2, 3]}

A Squier 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 Squier you have. The name dates from 1890^{[S447, S449]}, 98 years before.

Line by line in 1988

Line	Controlled by	Parent	Built at	Era	Grade
Squier Korea	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	—	Young Chang (Korea; city not given) South Korea^{[2, 3]}	1987–1989	unverified^{[1, 2, 3]}

What changed in 1988

Nothing changed in 1988. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Squier from 1988 is the same version as one from 1987.

Where Squier was built in 1988

Young Chang (Korea; city not given). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:

Other brands in 1988

Squier, year by year

1980s

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2010s

2020s

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
Fender Musical Instruments Corp, Form S-1/A (2012), accession 0001193125-12-298421graded primary
2
Serial numbers Stratocaster Koreagraded community
3
A Brief History of Squier Guitarsgraded secondary

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