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Post subject: Fender guitars made in China?
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:27 pm
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hi Fender
im living here in europe and purchased a Fender aacustic guitar, to my surprise its made in China? why?


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Post subject: Re: Fender guitars made in China?
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:49 am
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Hi Oliver111,

Your probably not going to get an official reason from somebody who actually works for Fender, but I would say the reasons are economics or good old politics. Fender still makes some electric guitars models in the USA, but I believe all their acoustic models are made outside the USA.
The other reason maybe that Fender owns Guild and Tacoma Guitars, which I believe are made in the USA. Fender used to have links on their site to those makers, but I see they are no longer there.
Don't know if that's the answer you wanted, but maybe someone closer to the source can shed some light on the subject.

Okay I took a second look and found the link under products/other brands.


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Post subject: Re: Fender guitars made in China?
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:21 pm
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Fender do have one made in America acoustic, the USA Select 1:

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0960210221

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