Who made Squier guitars in 1995?

In 1995, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation controlled the Squier name. Its 2 lines on record were built at Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given) and Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given) (South Korea).^{[1, 2]}

A Squier guitar from 1995 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]}, 105 years before.

Line by line in 1995

Line	Controlled by	Parent	Built at	Era	Grade
Squier China	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	—	No plant on record	1995–2004	unverified^[1]
Squier Korea	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	—	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given) South Korea^[2]	1992–now	unverified^{[1, 2]}
Squier Korea	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	—	Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given) South Korea^[2]	1992–now	unverified^{[1, 2]}

What changed in 1995

Squier China: a new era begins under Fender Musical Instruments Corporation^[1]

Where Squier was built in 1995

Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given) and Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:

Other brands in 1995

Squier, year by year

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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

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