Fender for sale

[Jim Shine]

I just found this out. There is a nice long post regarding it over at the Fender Discussion Page, who is sponsored by Fender.
Valued at $500 Million

[gtrbuyer]

Re: Fender for sale

wow...wonder if Gibson would be looking to acquire....

[StukaJU87]

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The article says the sale is in its early stage...I am not about to start wringing my hands just yet. We'll see what McD has to say about this..... [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[jackson1]

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Thanks for the info. I wonder why they'd sell?

[Tekky]

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If AKAI buys this company, I'm slitting my wrists.

[shreddermon]

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Oh boy. Here we go again.

[atomic charvel guy]

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i'll think about it, but will probably have to pass and save my $6.00 for "atomic guitars"
coming soon.-lol

[ApeDosMil]

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what does this mean for jackson?

[Sephiroth]

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It means that Jackson ownership will once again trade hands, and we don't know what kind of people the buyers will be. Will they Kramer-ize Jackson or take good care of them?

I wonder if Mustaine still wants to own Jackson. Well now is his chance. All he needs is $500 mil. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Flatpicker]

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This gets me nervous.
It finally seemed that Jackson was moving in the right direction and now this.
I am assuming that Fender overextended itself with all the accquisitions and now whoever buys it may have to close down some shops.

I hope I'm wrong.

[Tekky]

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That may not necessarily be the case. It could be that the current ownership feels that the company is strong and at the top of it's game, so when's the best time to go out? On top!

We can speculate all we want, but at this point though it's all wait-and-see.

[ June 09, 2004, 12:04 PM: Message edited by: TEKKY ]

[Mordor]

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What the hell?!First they buy Jackson then sell their own company?!Assholes! [img]graemlins/evilimages/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[A. Pulver]

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Say goodbye to the "Pre-Fender" tags on Ebay.
Say hello to the "Most Excellent Classic Fender Era" tags. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
I can see it now...
"Fender only owned Jackson for 2 years before selling out to that crappy new management and they fucked everything up"

[Hyperfuzz]

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[img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I was thinking the same thing!

[Tekky]

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Originally posted by shreddermon:
Well, as long as the deal works in a license to do stratheads, that's fine with me. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If we own the company I'd like to see them try and tell us we couldn't do stratheads. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]