Fender Guitars, a household name in guitars in competition with other elite producers such as Gibson and Rickenbacker, has made such famous instruments as the Telecaster, frequently used by Bruce Springsteen, and the Stratocaster, used by legends such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. This website is intended to trace the production of a Fender instrument from raw materials to completion as best as internet information is able to provide, with more important focusing on the justices or injustices involved with labor.

Eric Clapton playing Fender Stratocaster

Basic Company Information
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is headquarted in Scottsdale, Arizona. The premier manufacturing factory is in Corona, California, also home to Fender's renown Custom Shop. The company also directly owns factories in Nashville, Tennessee, Westerley, Rhode Island, and Ensenada, Mexico. Corporate annual sales exceeded approximately $200 million in 1998.
The highest quality Fenders, always noted as titles such as American Stratocaster or American Telecaster, are built primarily in America, with some in Japan. However, downgrade models, under the company name of Squier are produced in Mexico, Indonesia, and Korea. Also produced in Korea are most Fender Acoustics, through Cor-tek, a company that also produces for such companies like Ibanez.

Bruce Springsteen Playing Signature Telecaster

Final Verdict on Justice
Since no negative information directly tied to Fender Guitars could be acquired from many sources, including those listed in the Part II assignment sheet, it is safe to assume Fender is a just corporation still seeking to simply provide the world with superb guitars.