![]() The production has also been moved from Japan to various other Asian countries such as Korea, China, Indonesia and India. Over time, the Squier series has slowly evolved and contains The first Squier models appeared in August 1982. The only way to try to narrow the date range of your specific instrument is to remove the neck and check the butt end of the neck heel for a. Once again, there is quite a bit of overlap in numbers and years. Negotiations with Tökai were broken off and FujiGen Gakki was chosen. The charts below detail the most common Fender serial number schemes from 1976 to the present. Stops producing its own Greco Fender guitars. One of the conditions of the agreement was that Kanda Shokai Gakki and Kanda Shokai to found Fender Japan. Sales in Japan were disappointing, Fender could not compete with Japanese competitors such as Tökai and Greco.įender started negotiations with various Japanese distributors of musical instruments and reached an agreement with Yamano Japanese labor and production costs were much lower than in America, and to compete with, Fender moved the cheaper Fender guitar production from America to Japan. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Fender was faced with competition from cheaper Japanese guitars. The serial on this is an E1 with 6 more digits. I know E serial numbers are 80s but that is American Made I believe. I looked at it, Neck looked solid (Heavy Lacquer like some Koreans were), Gotoh Tuners, Fender Tremolo. I have a 1995 Korean Squier Strat that is plywood. So I bought on a whim today what is supposed to be an 80s Korean Fender Stratocaster. ![]() He had always used different model designs for the cheaper models. Ive got a 90s Korean Squier Strat (Samick factory - S9 serial number) and its a great guitar. Until the introduction of the Fender Squier series, Fender had never produced low-priced guitars based on the Stratocaster and Telecaster models. Squier Company.īefore the Fender Squier line of guitars was introduced in 1982, Fender made cheaper guitars such as the Fender Lead series at its plant in In 1965, shortly before the acquisition of Fender by CBS, Fender purchased V.C. In the early 1950s the company also started making strings for the electric guitars of Leo Fender and became in 1963 an official supplier for Fender Electric Instruments. Squier Company) Violin, banjoĪnd guitar strings were also produced here. In 1890 Victor opened a store in Battle Creek and a short time laterĪ violin factory at 427 Capital Ave SW. Jerome Bonaparte Squier and his son Victor Carroll Squier, two English immigrants who started a violin building and repair company in Boston in 1881.
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