Remember this:
ABBA befriends a legendary protestant politician. The bonding was very strong they do a lot of good things together. One of there favorite annual activity is to visit the land of make believe to buy pants 644.7 millimetres waistline.
At first, I thought it was Fender (I did not dare ask from the guys at Yupangco because I think it's not right to) because:
(1) I remember seeing American Fender strats in Robinson's Galleria in November 2010 but on a return visit just this February I was told that all high end Fenders are now displayed at the main showroom when I inquired why there were no Fender strats on display
(2) Apparent closure (?) of the MOA branch - which is unfortunate because employee Mike is one of the most customer-friendly persons there.
However, these two developments are probably the result of the following causes:
(1) high end guitars in the branches suffer some sort of mishandling or want of care from store personnel or prospective buyers who test (I am speculating and not overgeneralizing)
(2) zoning issues so territories do not overlap as a marketing strategy to generate sales fairly for all branches and to make operations and expenses lean
I still believe Yupangco will still carry Fender because
(1) I was assured there are shipments coming
(2) On my recent visits there are new batches of guitars on display with current serial numbers
(3) They renovated branches which is illogical if they are losing a major brand to distribute
(4) I've read posts by forumers here who are connected to Yupangco denying such a thing
Here's my wild guess (which I have been thinking about for a long time):
ABBA - Fernando - JB Music
Legendary Protestant Politician - Senator Jovito Salonga - Again JB Music as Salonga is a JB Affiliate
Land of Make Believe - New Jersey (A theme park called Land of Make Believe is situated there)
648 mm waistline - 25.5" scale neck guitar
The Brand (?) - as mentioned there are fakes still displayed don't know though if it's still distributed or if it ever was (help me on this) and I know there are different guitar brands being made in New Jersey but one brand stands out most because of guitar history and because one of the more popular bands in the 80's originated there and its famed lead guitarist used this brand who is now a fender artist (Jon Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora).... is it KRAMER?
I think Kramer is now owned by Gibson (which used to be carried by Yupangco? I could be wrong; so no conflict). If you think about it, JB has Musicman for competition with Fender, PRS for Gibson and Epiphone, but no competition for Ibanez and Jackson/Charvel.
Sorry for the long post. I might be mistaken of course.