Rumor: Guitar Center to acquire Fender

[chopper45hd]

Re: Rumor: Guitar Center to acquire Fender

i am buying GC and fmic along with wal-mart.
just as soon as i get the loan from those slestacks.

[RacerX]

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Originally posted by chopper45hd:
those slestacks.

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[chopper45hd]

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[skidd]

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Originally posted by Lev:
Remember when we all laughed at the thought of Fender buying Jackson? I know it seems unlikely, but I guess what I'm saying is that its quite possible and ya never know.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was just thinking that myself.

[mattsmusiccenter]

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It wouldn't surprise me and I bet GC could probably afford it. Between GC, Musicians Friend and American Music they're pulling in well over a billion in sales each year. Lots of independant Fender dealers would drop the lines if it were to happen though.

Matt

[JimmyApollo]

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Somebody on the Fender Forum mentioned this: if GC bought Fender, they would probably be alienating Gibson in the process. That would be a bad move for them - Gibson and Fender are the two biggest names in guitars (with the most $$$$), and buying up one would mean losing the business of the other. It was also mentioned that Mars Music owns a couple of brands like Zoom, but stuff like that is small change compared to Fender.

[Greg Crowe]

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Guitar Center has been having financial troubles over the past couple years. It would be much more likely that Fender would be buying Guitar Center.

[RacerX]

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Originally posted by JimmyApollo:
It was also mentioned that Mars Music owns

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[mattsmusiccenter]

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GC having financial problems? Not that I'm aware of. Sam Ash owns a bunch of brands (Hartke, Samson Wireless, Samson Audio, Zoom) and they don't seem to have any problems with PR. The only thing that Mars owns is a lot of debt. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Matt

[JimmyApollo]

Re: Rumor: Guitar Center to acquire Fender

Damn, I suck today. It is Sam Ash, as Matt said.