"Fender Musical Instruments Announces a Change in Ownership"

[Wyatt]

This get posted yet? I don't think it means much change for the consumer.

https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/fender-announces-change-in-ownership-servco-tpg-growth/

 

[bsman]

"Fender Musical Instruments Announces a Change in Ownership"

 

[dmn23]

"We’ve deployed significant resources to reinvigorate this iconic lifestyle brand" tells us all we need to know about the current owners. I'm sure the venture capital group that's taking over will be wildly different. *eyeroll*

 

[Flamencology]

"We’ve deployed significant resources to reinvigorate this iconic lifestyle brand" tells us all we need to know about the current owners. I'm sure the venture capital group that's taking over will be wildly different. *eyeroll*

Oooooh bad leather jackets! Bar stools! Lamps!

 

[mongooz]

Oooooh bad leather jackets! Bar stools! Lamps!

and coffee tables.......can't forget those.

 

[Grant Harding]

Fender-branded, CEO-ready, Harley Davidson jackets here we come.

 

[Tralfaz]

Can't wait to try out one of the new Fenders with that legendary Servco mojo.

 

[dmn23]

Price-fixing aside, there seems to have been little to criticize about Fender over the last decade. The line of stomp boxes that arrived a year or two ago was well received and the instruments and amps continue to be generally decent, right?

 

[wok]

“We at Fender are proud to announce our new CEO....

Henry Juszkiewicz... “

 

[Flamencology]

Price-fixing aside, there seems to have been little to criticize about Fender over the last decade. The line of stomp boxes that arrived a year or two ago was well received and the instruments and amps continue to be generally decent, right?

Agreed. Wide range of well-made and fairly-priced instruments, as well as plenty of options for those who want to spend extra on unfairly priced instruments.

 

[bsman]

Price-fixing aside, there seems to have been little to criticize about Fender over the last decade. The line of stomp boxes that arrived a year or two ago was well received and the instruments and amps continue to be generally decent, right?

Well, there was the player series telecaster fiasco (the stamped-steel saddles provided with the stock bridge make string-changing a nightmare because the holes in the saddles don't line-up with the string-through holes in the body)...

 

[335clone]

Can we get some damn custom shop 4 tone relics? Because 3 layers of paint partially removed with a belt sander just isn't enough to satisfy the clamoring masses of Lawyers!

 

[mongooz]

Can we get some damn custom shop 4 tone relics? Because 3 layers of paint partially removed with a belt sander just isn't enough to satisfy the clamoring masses of Lawyers!

and accountants.....can't forget them.

 

[Flatspotter]

I seem to recall another guitar company that made themselves a "lifestyle brand." We all know how well that turned out...

 

[Jbird]

and coffee tables.......can't forget those.

Does Fender even use coffee table-grade wood?

 

[mongooz]

Does Fender even use coffee table-grade wood?

coffee tone wood from indonesia

 

[mongooz]

I seem to recall another guitar company that made themselves a "lifestyle brand." We all know how well that turned out...

when fender starts with the "robo tuners" and the "plek setups".....then you'll know they're swirling down the dumper.

 

[Steverino]

"Fender/by Servco" on every new amp and headstock?

 

[mongooz]

"Fender/by Servco" on every new amp and headstock?

hope not.
but then again, it would likely make my MIA Strat worth a lot more

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I am disappointed to learn Servco is not led by CEO Tom Servo