Fender Musical Instruments

I want that job! Keith Chapman knows how to rock! He's a guitar designer.(CAREERS)(Interview)(Brief article)
Science World; 11/9/2009; 709 words; ...to design guitars at Fender Musical Instrument Corporation. IS IT...for their feedback. Fender, through its various...where I tear down the instruments and look at their parts...extra In the 1950s, Fender Corp. designed one...

New headquarters for KMC music: new parent Fender signals confidence informer Kaman unit, investing in maintaining organization. "KMC stands for Keep Music In Connecticut.".(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Music Trades; 11/1/2009; 750 words; ...OMITTED] SINCE BEING ACQUIRED by Fender Musical Instruments in late 2008, Kaman Music Corporation...world, "When we were acquired by Fender, there was of talk about moving...Scottsdale (Arizona, site of Fender headquarters). But Fender management...

The industry's legal hell: class actions against NAMM, Guitar Center, and Fender multiply as tort lawyers make tenuous claims of "price fixing" and collusion. The cost of defense could reach millions.(FOREFRONT: NEWS * ANALYSIS * INFORMED OPINION)
Music Trades; 11/1/2009; 1720 words; ...the consent agreement." Fender Musical Instruments weighed in with a similar...consent order, in April 2009. Fender Musical Instrument Corp. was not and is not...guitar buyer, charges that Fender, Guitar Center, and NAMM...

Fender co-develops "Strat" videogame controller.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Music Trades; 11/1/2009; 569 words; FENDER MUSICAL Instruments Corp. and Mad Catz, the official third...introduction in 2007. The Rock Band Wireless Wooden Fender Stratocaster guitar controller for Xbox 360...North America. MSRP is $299.99. www.fender.com

Business For Sale; 39 -- Multiple, General & Unclassified Manufacturing; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Businesses for Sale: FirstList; 11/1/2009; 380 words; ...Includes exclusive right of sale in area for several lines of instruments including: Jackson, Gretsch, Washburn, Randall, Boss, Rolen, Yamaha, PRS, Epiphone, Sampson Audio, and Fender Audio. Additional income through music lessons given at...