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This morning's San Diego Union Tribune business section reports that
Fender Musical Instruments is up for sale. No other info except that
the company is valued at $500 million.
I guess the big question for all us gear-heads in this group is, will
the quality go up or down with a new owner?
Rick
Halibuts/Deoras
The financial times (ft.com) site has a bit more info for those interested.
I think now is the time to get that bog box gretsch-:(
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From: "halibutrick" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:53 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Fender for sale?
> This morning's San Diego Union Tribune business section reports that
> Fender Musical Instruments is up for sale. No other info except that
> the company is valued at $500 million.
>
> I guess the big question for all us gear-heads in this group is, will
> the quality go up or down with a new owner?
>
> Rick
> Halibuts/Deoras
>
>
Not again! This is bad news. I thought the new Fender ownership has been putting
out great guitars. I'm wonering why they don't just sell off Gretsch and
D'Armound and whoever else they own and reorganize.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: halibutrick
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Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 6:53 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Fender for sale?
This morning's San Diego Union Tribune business section reports that
Fender Musical Instruments is up for sale. No other info except that
the company is valued at $500 million.
I guess the big question for all us gear-heads in this group is, will
the quality go up or down with a new owner?
Rick
Halibuts/Deoras
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Fender doesn't own Gretsch. They entered into an agreement for Fender
to manufacturer and distribute guitars under the Gretsch name. Fred
still owns the company.
It sounds to me like something other than cash is the issue...
Phil
On Jun 9, 2004, at 12:04 PM, Marty Tippens wrote:
> Not again! This is bad news. I thought the new Fender ownership has
> been putting out great guitars. I'm wonering why they don't just sell
> off Gretsch and D'Armound and whoever else they own and reorganize.
>
> -Marty
>
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> This morning's San Diego Union Tribune business section reports that
> Fender Musical Instruments is up for sale. No other info except that
> the company is valued at $500 million.
>
> I guess the big question for all us gear-heads in this group is, will
> the quality go up or down with a new owner?
>
> Rick
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Shall we all throw our chane together and buy Fender???
-----Original Message-----
From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:04 AM
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Not again! This is bad news. I thought the new Fender ownership has been
putting out great guitars. I'm wonering why they don't just sell off Gretsch
and D'Armound and whoever else they own and reorganize.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 6:53 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Fender for sale?
This morning's San Diego Union Tribune business section reports that
Fender Musical Instruments is up for sale. No other info except that
the company is valued at $500 million.
I guess the big question for all us gear-heads in this group is, will
the quality go up or down with a new owner?
Rick
Halibuts/Deoras
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--- "Johnston, Rick"
<> wrote:
> Shall we all throw our chane together and buy
> Fender???
Well, I've got $20.
But seriously, if a larger company buys it, it would
make sense that they'd learn a lesson from the CBS era
and not allow history to repeat itself. There's
enough competition out there nowadays that if they
start to slip, they'll start going down real fast.
Hopefully whoever decides to take it on will do what
needs to be done to remain competitive. I have
nothing but recent Fenders and I love them all.
Richard
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Well Kiddies
If I was a bettin man I'd say Fender is probing the market to go public with
stock. I highly doubt that they really want to sell the company. Keep checking
with you stockbrokers for that IPO. I know I'll be buying a few thousand shares!
The Hodaddy
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard
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Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 7:38 PM
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Fender for sale?
--- "Johnston, Rick"
<> wrote:
> Shall we all throw our chane together and buy
> Fender???
Well, I've got $20.
But seriously, if a larger company buys it, it would
make sense that they'd learn a lesson from the CBS era
and not allow history to repeat itself. There's
enough competition out there nowadays that if they
start to slip, they'll start going down real fast.
Hopefully whoever decides to take it on will do what
needs to be done to remain competitive. I have
nothing but recent Fenders and I love them all.
Richard
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