Plant
owned factory
Tacoma, WA, USA[1]. Built for 1 brand on record.
Former Tacoma Guitar Co. conflict:K004 Fender acquisition 2004 (mmone) vs 2005 (Blue Book). Geolocated 2026-10-15: plant was in Frederickson, unincorporated Pierce County, about 10 miles from Tacoma; no street address found; point is the Frederickson centroid (Nominatim); claim C425.
More: every plant in the USA, the Guild lineage.
The point marks Tacoma, WA, USA at city level. It shows the town, not the factory gate. Recorded place[1].
Every headstock this plant has built for, on record. A contract plant can sit behind several brands at once.
The operator is not always the brand owner. Follow a company to see every plant it ran.
| Years | Operator | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2004–2008 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | secondary[2] |
| Years | Brand | Line | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2008 | Guild | Guild USA | full build | secondary[2] |
| 2005–2008 | Guild | Guild USA | full build | disputed[3] |
The plant stays the same across these rows; the company behind the name does not.
| Years | Line | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2008[4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 2] | Guild USA | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | — |
No supply records for this plant yet.
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.