fender moved from fullerton to corona in 1985.
fender moved from fullerton to corona in 1985.
when did fender move from fullerton to corona?
1985
contributing greatly to fullerton's musical heritage was the fender musical instrument company, whose products such as the stratocaster and telecaster electric guitars, precision bass bass guitar, and twin reverb guitar amplifier revolutionized the music business and contributed greatly to the development of rock and roll. leo fender sold the company to cbs in 1965; production continued in the fullerton plant until 1985, when the then-ruined company was sold to a group of private investors. (it was later reconstituted as fender musical instrument corporation, with its major production facilities in neighboring corona and across the us-mexico border in ensenada, baja california, and its headquarters in scottsdale, arizona.) in 1980, leo fender and his original partner george fullerton (relation to the fullerton founder of the same name unknown) reunited and started a new company, g&l (george and leo) guitars, which are built in what had been leo fender's clf research factory in fullerton.
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leo fender invited fullerton to join his company and fullerton became a full-time fender employee on february 28, 1948. he is credited with design innovations that allowed fender to mass-produce its first solid body electric guitar, known today as the telecaster, which the company introduced in 1949. after leaving fender in 1970, he continued to work with leo fender at music man and later co-founded g&l musical instruments along with fender and longtime fender salesman dale hyatt. fullerton returned to fender as a consultant in the company's custom shop in 2007. in november 2007, the company unveiled the limited edition george fullerton 50th anniversary 1957 stratocaster guitar and pro junior amplifier.
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