Guitar Story
Guitar Story
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Fuzzfaced (Antonio Calvosa). Graded community. Open the original.
Fender ownership job, 15 Oct 2026. Enthusiast history site; summarising fetch tool; not archived. Candidate passages, unverified: announced 1 Feb 1985 at NAMM; 'formalized on March 12, 1985'; Fullerton production shut down Dec 1984; Fullerton not part of the buyout; FMIC leased space there from Feb 1985 and moved out July 1985; Corona plant not ready until about Oct 1985.
5 facts on this site cite this source, across Fender. A quoted passage is the text the fact relies on.
| Fact | Years | Records | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. / CBS Musical Instruments division ran Fender Fullerton factory (Pomona Ave / S Raymond Ave / S Valencia Dr campus)[1] | 1965–1985 | Fender Fullerton factory (Pomona Ave / S Raymond Ave / S Valencia Dr campus), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), via Columbia Records Distribution Corp. / CBS Musical Instruments division | No passage captured |
| Fender USA built at Fender Fullerton factory (Pomona Ave / S Raymond Ave / S Valencia Dr campus) (full build)[1] | 1950–1985 | Fender, Fender Fullerton factory (Pomona Ave / S Raymond Ave / S Valencia Dr campus) | No passage captured |
| Fender USA built at Fender Corona (full build)[1] | 1985–now | Fender, Fender Corona | 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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