Squier guitars in the 2020s

Through the 2020s, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation controlled the Squier name, and 4 plants built it: PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro, PT Samick Indonesia, Cileungsi, Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given) and Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given).^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

5 eras touch the 2020s across 3 lines. The version changed in 2021. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Squier.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2020	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given), Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given), PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro, PT Samick Indonesia, Cileungsi^{[1, 4, 2, 3]}
2021	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given), Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given), PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro^{[1, 4, 2, 3]}	yes
2022	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given), Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given), PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro^{[1, 4, 2, 3]}
2023	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given), Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given), PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro^{[1, 4, 2, 3]}
2024	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given), Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given), PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro^{[1, 4, 2, 3]}
2025	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given), Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given), PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro^{[1, 4, 2, 3]}
2026	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given), Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given), PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro^{[1, 4, 2, 3]}

Eras in the 2020s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Squier China	2019–now	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	No plant on record	unverified^[1]
Squier Indonesia	1998–now	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro	unverified^{[1, 2, 3]}
Squier Indonesia	2019–2021	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	PT Samick Indonesia, Cileungsi	unverified^{[1, 3]}
Squier Korea	1992–now	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Saehan / Sunghan (Korea; city not given)	unverified^{[1, 4]}
Squier Korea	1992–now	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Cor-Tek / Cort Korea (Squier builder; city not given)	unverified^{[1, 4]}

Other brands in the 2020s

Squier, year by year

1980s

1990s

2000s

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
Squier Affinity / Tradition Seriesgraded community
3
Serial numbers Stratocaster China and Indonesiagraded community
4
Serial numbers Stratocaster Koreagraded community

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