Guitar Story
Guitar Story
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Guitar.com. Graded secondary. Open the original.
Fender ownership job, 15 Oct 2026. Supports (paraphrase): K&F 1945, Fender Electric Instrument Company 1946, CBS purchase announced 5 Jan 1965 via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. for $13M, 1985 buyout $12.5M excluding patents, machinery and the Fullerton factory. Grade secondary: established guitar press, date of article not shown (c. Jan 2020). Archived 2026-10-15 via Directus URL import (llm:claude-opus-5-5). Excerpts verified verbatim against the live page 2026-10-15: C1121, C1122, C1126 (investor chain CR017, CR018, CR020). Earlier claims from the Fender job were not re-checked.
6 facts on this site cite this source, across Fender. A quoted passage is the text the fact relies on.
| Fact | Years | Records | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fender Electric Instrument Company (Leo Fender), Fullerton CA owns Fender[1] | 1946–1965 | Fender, Fender Electric Instrument Company (Leo Fender), Fullerton CA | No passage captured |
| Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. / CBS Musical Instruments division owns Fender[1] | 1965–1985 | Fender, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. / CBS Musical Instruments division | No passage captured |
| Fender USA built at Fender's Radio Service / Fender Electric Instrument workshop (107 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton) (full build)[1] | 1946–1951 | Fender, Fender's Radio Service / Fender Electric Instrument workshop (107 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton) | No passage captured |
| Fender Musical Instruments Corporation under Schultz-led investor group (William Schultz, Fender employees and outside investors incl. Servco Pacific)[1] | 1985–2001 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Schultz-led investor group (William Schultz, Fender employees and outside investors incl. Servco Pacific) | In 1985, Schultz and a small group of investors comprising employees and external entities like Servco Pacific Capital bought Fender from CBS |
| Fender Musical Instruments Corporation under Weston Presidio (private equity funds)[1] | 2001–2012 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Weston Presidio (private equity funds) | In December 2001, private equity firm Weston Presidio bought a controlling stake in Fender |
| Fender Musical Instruments Corporation under Servco Pacific Inc. and TPG Growth (equal partners in Fender)[1] | 2012–2020 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Servco Pacific Inc. and TPG Growth (equal partners in Fender) | It also recruited TPG Growth as an equal-stakes partner. |
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.
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