The Ultimate Word On Made in Korea Fender guitars (MIK)

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Fender-branded (not Squier) Korean guitars: first in 1987, Showmaster 1988, backed off until Korean production ended 2002-03; Samick named as the plant for the Showmaster-era design. Read 15 Oct 2026 through a summarising search tool; not archived, excerpts not verified.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Fender Korea (MIK) built at Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified) (full build)^[1]	1988–2002	Fender, Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified)	No passage captured

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