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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

American manufacturer of stringed instruments and amplifiers
Organization business Q175391
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Summary

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,899 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: musical instrument manufacturing company[4]
  • Founder: Leo Fender[5]
  • Headquarters location: Nabari Station[6]
  • Chief executive officer: Andy Mooney[7]
  • Commons category: Fender (company)[8]
  • Inception: 1946[9]
  • Location of formation: Japan[10]
  • Official website: https://www.fender.com/[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fender Musical Instruments Corporation[12]
  • Commons gallery: Fender[13]
  • Product or material produced: string instrument[14], electronic amplifier[15], bass guitar[16]
  • Legal form: privately held company[17]
  • Native label: Fender[18]
  • Owner of: Squier[19], Jackson Guitars[20], Fender Custom Shop[21]
  • Has works in the collection: Museum of Pop Culture[22]
  • Social media followers: 672,909[23], 1,100,000[24], 683,013[25], 1,360,000[26], 719,830[27], 1,520,000[28], 2,290,000[29], 3,020,000[30], 3,340,000[31], 3,720,000[32]
  • P14750: 61F3-AC1B-AC2E-B535-228F[33]

Why It Matters

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

business Jackson Guitars Japan Leo Fender privately held company United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu',
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Fender, Fender_-_musikkinstrumenter
    Sitelink count → 49
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||nb */ SNL ID Fender deprecated (now SNL Fender_-_musikkinstrumenter), SNL ID Fender_-_musikkinstrumenter, other names from Store norske leksikon ([["
  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Location of formation → Japan
    Country → United States
    Has works in the collection → Museum of Pop Culture
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 61F3-AC1B-AC2E-B535-228F, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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