Guitar Story
Guitar Story
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FundingUniverse. Graded secondary. Open the original.
Fender ownership job, 15 Oct 2026. Summarising fetch tool; not archived. Looks like a reprint of an International Directory of Company Histories entry, so graded secondary. Supports (paraphrase): Fender Sales Inc. formed 1953; CBS announced 5 Jan 1965; Fender CBS renamed CBS Musical Instruments 1966; 1985 closing March 1985; Fender Japan 1982 with Kanda Shokai and Yamano Music.
4 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 Musical Instruments Corporation owns Fender[1] | 1985–now | Fender, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | No passage captured |
| Fender Japan, Ltd. (joint venture of Fender, Kanda Shokai, Yamano Gakki and FujiGen) licenses Fender (Japan)[1] | 1982–2015 | Fender, Fender Japan, Ltd. (joint venture of Fender, Kanda Shokai, Yamano Gakki and FujiGen) | No passage captured |
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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