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10-08-2004, 08:02 PM
|  | Supporting Curmudgeon Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL | | | Fender buys Tacoma!!!
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10-08-2004, 08:18 PM
| | I wish I could sing like Rick Danko. | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Shreveport LA | | | Oh well, scratch that company off the list. |
10-08-2004, 08:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island | | This just in, Fender buys Wal-Mart!   |
10-08-2004, 09:13 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Mesa/Boogie - Shop Manager/Tech, SF Guitarworks | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Fox News Benjamin Strange tearfully admits to selling out to Fender, promising to never play in 17/8 again. |  |
10-08-2004, 09:59 PM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange promising to never play in 17/8 again. | No way. 
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10-08-2004, 10:00 PM
| | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Squidfinger Oh well, scratch that company off the list. | Actually, Fender has done well by every company they have acquired in the past few years, except for DeArmond.
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10-08-2004, 10:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | I'm actually happy about this. Fender ownership means my local stores will probably start to carry Tacomas. Maybe a Thunderchief is needed to celebrate 
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10-08-2004, 10:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | I hope they don't change tacomas acoustic guitars. Don't mess with perfection
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10-09-2004, 09:04 AM
| | Supporting Curmudgeon Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by embellisher Actually, Fender has done well by every company they have acquired in the past few years, except for DeArmond. | No - DeArmond's name was already their property, and they simply revitalized it for a new line of stuff.
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10-09-2004, 09:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | But did they have to market DeArmond stuff as SQUIER??? You can't use that name for a thousand dollar instrument. It just doesn't fit.
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10-09-2004, 11:17 AM
| | | | They did a pretty nice job with Gretsch which was pretty much the only company I cared about them buying out. Some people even said the guitars got better. It does seem like Fender is buying everything though, pretty much a company a year, or maybe even more. |
10-09-2004, 12:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Memphrica, TN | | | Anyone want to place bets on who Fender buys out next? |
10-09-2004, 04:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by xcental34x Anyone want to place bets on who Fender buys out next? | Hopefully me, I can use the marketing!
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10-09-2004, 05:44 PM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | So......................Does that mean I'll have to go to Fender for replacement parts for my Toyota truck now? |
10-09-2004, 06:17 PM
| | | | Chessy joke, but still funny in it's cheesyness. |
10-09-2004, 06:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston/NJ | | | *Awaits the United States of Fenderica*
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10-09-2004, 06:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX | | | Yeah, Fender seems to do okay. Gibson...not so much. But, y'know, I haven't seen a rush for "Pre-Fender" SWR gear. Much as there hasn't been a huge problem with "Pre-Washburn" Eden stuff.
In my opinion, Gibson gave the buyout a bad name. Not like they're the first or anything, but I hear more "Pre-Gibson" than any other "pre" prefix.
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10-09-2004, 06:42 PM
| | TalkBass Secular Progressive | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Murr Town, California | | | Fender should buy gibson and re-open Trace.
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10-09-2004, 06:53 PM
| | Supporting Curmudgeon Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL | | | You know, this one would fit better in Misc.
Moved, and don't let it happen again!
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10-09-2004, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by HeavyDuty You know, this one would fit better in Misc.
Moved, and don't let it happen again! |
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(I had to go back to the top and check!!!)
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