Plant
contract campus
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan[1]. Built for 2 brands on record.
Builds Gretsch Professional Collection reissues. Geolocated 2026-10-15: company-supplied address 愛知県海部郡蟹江町今西1丁目251番地 (Kanie-cho, not Nagoya); Nominatim reached only the 今西一丁目 neighbourhood centroid; claim C428. One source says Terada had three plants near Nagoya; which built Gretsch guitars is unknown.
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The point marks Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 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.
| Brand | Lines | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Gretsch | Gretsch Professional Collection (Japan) | 1989–now[2, 3] |
| Epiphone | Epiphone Japan special models | 2002–now[4, 5] |
The operator is not always the brand owner. Follow a company to see every plant it ran.
| Years | Operator | Source |
|---|---|---|
| undated | Terada Gakki | secondary[2] |
| Years | Brand | Line | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–now | Gretsch | Gretsch Professional Collection (Japan) | full build | secondary[2, 3] |
| 2002–now | Epiphone | Epiphone Japan special models | full build | community[4, 5] |
The plant stays the same across these rows; the company behind the name does not.
| Years | Line | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–2003[6, 7, 8, 9, 2, 3] | Gretsch Professional Collection (Japan) | Fred Gretsch Enterprises, Ltd. (Fred W. and Dinah Gretsch) | — |
| 2003–now[6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2, 3] | Gretsch Professional Collection (Japan) | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Fred Gretsch Enterprises, Ltd. (Fred W. and Dinah Gretsch) |
No supply records for this plant yet.
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