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 Leo Fender
There is an
enormous amount of Fender guitar information available but here are
some
important dates from Gruhn's Guide To Vintage Guitars:
Fender
timeline
1945 Leo
Fender and Doc Kaufman begin making amps, lap steels Fullerton
CA
1947 Kaufman
leaves and Leo continues as Fender Electric Instrument Co
1950 Esquire
and Broadcaster (Tele) introduced
1951 Precision
Bass
1954
Stratocaster
4 January 1965
Fender bought by CBS - so when someone tries
to sell you a 1967 pre CBS Fender you should smell a rat!
1981 Bill
Shultz of Yamaha becomes President and quality starts to return.
1982 Fender
Japan established
1983 Fender Squier
low price brand established
1985 CBS sells
Fender to Schultz and others formed as Fender Musical
Instruments Corp. Sale did not include equipment so
1985 ish Fenders made in Japan. Late 1985 US production
recommenced at Corona CA for guitars and Lake Oswego, Oregon USA
for amps.
Fenders are
now made in USA, Mexico, Japan, China and Korea.
Fender
reference books
The Fender Electric Guitar Book
Six Decades of the Fender Telecaster: The Story of the World's First Solidbody Electric Guitar
The Fender Bass: An Illustrated History
Fender: The Inside Story
Guitar Identification A Reference for Dating Guitars Made by Fender 4th Edition
60 Years of Fender: Six Decades of the Greatest Electric Guitars
Fender history
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/fender/7345-history-fender.html
Dating Fender guitars by
serial numbers:
[Note: I wrote to Fender 2010
asking if I could republish their dating info from their web
site. Their legal department politely declined] Here are
some Fender serial number resources.
http://www.guitardaterproject.org/fender.aspx
Fender web site
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html
https://store.bluebookinc.com/Info/PDF/Eguitar/ElectricSerialization.pdf
Fenderholic Guitar dater
3/4 scale
http://www.marcelroy.com/Fender.html
Strat stats:
http://www.roryon.com/stratattack235.html
Strat plus and Ultra info
http://xhefriguitars.com/index.html
Fender guitar colors based on
cars
Images
Telecaster neck dates from eBay:
Fender guitar catalogs/photos
1955-1982 awesome site with
manuals
http://www.21frets.com/catalogs.html
1968-72
http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/catalogues.php
1975 Japan
http://guitar.webinjp.com/70guitar_catalog/fender.htm
1979, 1982
http://brochures.yokochou.com/index.html
1954 on
http://www.stratcollector.com/scn/base.html
2004
Fender Frontline catalog Front cover to p 48 |
p49 to 86 |
p87 to 136 Squier
guitars and Fender amps |
p137 to 188
Fender Bass and bass amps |
p189 to
End Acoustic guitars and other items
2005
Fender Frontline catalog Front cover to p32 |
p33 to 84 Electric
guitars and color chart |
p85 to 104 Squier
guitars |
p105 to 142 Amps |
p143 to 195 Bass
guitars and amps |
p197- End Acoustics and other items
2006 to
date
Fender catalogs
Fender ad scans
1953-1963
http://www.mojocaster.com/images/ads/phpslideshow.php
http://vintage.catalogs.free.fr/Index.htm
Fender string catalogs
http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/guitar/equip-strings.html
Fender price
lists
2001
Fender pricelist
2002 Fender
pricelist
2003 Fender pricelist
2004 Fender
Custom Shop pricelist
2005 Fender
pricelist
2005
Fender Custom Shop pricelist
2006 Fender
pricelist |
2006 Fender
Wholesale pricelist
2006
Fender Custom Shop pricelist
2007
Fender Quick Reference Pricelist
2009
Fender Pricelist
2010 Fender
Pricelist
2012 Fender accessories pricelist
2013 Fender Pricelist | 2013 Custom Shop pricelist
Fender discussion forums
The Fender Forum
Strat Talk
Telecaster forum
Fender club in Hungary |
