MIGHTY ! pre CBS ba sir?
Post CBS
Fender was sold late 84 if im not mistaken. the problem then was that the sale did not include the factory.
Fender Japan took the helms in 1985 and 1986. Fender USA was however making guitars already in 1986 but these guitars were for 1987.
Fender had to regain their lost glory. so the natural course of action for someone, or in this case an entity, to regain their reputation is to make themselves look good. and to do this , they had to churn out good guitars to woo the market.
i can't remember exactly what i had read but there were about 10-15 employees doing various work. Some focused on the Re Issues, the others on the American Standard, the others on amps.
production was very low, about 5-10 a day. naging 10-15 ata the following year...or something like that.
the reissues made in 1986 (distributed in 1987), were made from the left over bodies of the Fullerton factory. Fender also had a lot of left over hardware from the Fullerton era of the early 80s. some early 90s RIs have Fullerton Era bridges.
those behind the building of the RIs eventually became the Custom Shop. John Cruz is one of them. So the late 80s RI guitars are considered by some as the early masterbuilts, and the quality of construction of the Am Std is superb. noong mid 90s lang ata nag iba ihip ng hangin. im not too sure but i know a lot in my circle who were not happy with their mid 90s Am Std.
