Fender Musical Instruments Corp to Go Public

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thursday Mar 08, 2012

Fender Musical Instruments Corp to Go Public with Stock Sale

http://www.guitarworld.com/fender-music ... illion-ipo

Naga · Post by **Naga** » Thursday Mar 08, 2012

Get your check books out, people. A piece of musical history is going into the air. I hope it'll actually hold value for years at least

RamRod 1 · Post by **RamRod 1** » Thursday Mar 08, 2012

So what's this really mean?

Is my Fender Blonde gonna go up in price. I don't really care. It's staying at my house.

Wall St. just makes me nervous.

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Friday Mar 09, 2012

i have enough invested in fender ... with the tattoo on my arm

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Friday Mar 09, 2012

It looks like I will be buying some fender stock. This is great news. It took them long enough.

hicksjd9 · Post by **hicksjd9** » Friday Mar 09, 2012

Are you kidding!!!!! This is NOT great news...It's terrible news... Quality will suffer and fender will return to the CBS days. Incorporating is all about pleasing the investors and investors only care about profit. They don't take pride in quality of workmanship. Quality will suffer as a result. Skilled workmen will be replaced by machines. This is the beginning of the end for Fender. I look for the low end stuff to go the way of first act and be sold at walmart because of its brand power. Wait and see...

On the flip side, now is the time to buy up any used fender USA strat you can find. I GUARANTEE that your return on investment in ten years will be WAY higher than if you buy fender stock.

RamRod 1 · Post by **RamRod 1** » Friday Mar 09, 2012

hicksjd9 wrote:Are you kidding!!!!! This is NOT great news...It's terrible news... Quality will suffer and fender will return to the CBS days. Incorporating is all about pleasing the investors and investors only care about profit. They don't take pride in quality of workmanship. Quality will suffer as a result. Skilled workmen will be replaced by machines. This is the beginning of the end for Fender. I look for the low end stuff to go the way of first act and be sold at walmart because of its brand power. Wait and see...

On the flip side, now is the time to buy up any used fender USA strat you can find. I GUARANTEE that your return on investment in ten years will be WAY higher than if you buy fender stock.

So the price of my Blonde will go up! HUMMMMMM!

hicksjd9 · Post by **hicksjd9** » Saturday Mar 10, 2012

In another 40 years that sucker will probably be worth about as much as a mercedes.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Saturday Mar 10, 2012

hicksjd9 wrote:Are you kidding!!!!! This is NOT great news...It's terrible news... Quality will suffer and fender will return to the CBS days. Incorporating is all about pleasing the investors and investors only care about profit. They don't take pride in quality of workmanship. Quality will suffer as a result. Skilled workmen will be replaced by machines. This is the beginning of the end for Fender. I look for the low end stuff to go the way of first act and be sold at walmart because of its brand power. Wait and see...

On the flip side, now is the time to buy up any used fender USA strat you can find. I GUARANTEE that your return on investment in ten years will be WAY higher than if you buy fender stock.

I guess we will have to wait and see what happens. But looking at it in a individual investor stand point, it is good. I don't necessarily think quality will come down. But, like I said, we will have to wait and see.