Rich Cohen
Senior Member
I wonder what your opinion is of the Tacoma built hogs. I'm a fan of New Hartford, and of course Westerly.
Rich
F-412 (NH)
F-47MCE (NH)
F-48 (W)
DV-52 (W)
Rich
F-412 (NH)
F-47MCE (NH)
F-48 (W)
DV-52 (W)
Hey, fro, I'm not sure about whether the Tacoma facility continued building Tacoma-brand guitars after they'd moved Guild up there in 2005. I am hazy on this and definitely not certain, but I think a few of the dreads I tried (Tacoma-brand) were from a later date than 2005 which would imply that they did. They used the same serial numbering system that Guild took on, but for Tacoma-brand instruments there was no "T" prefix. Anyway, I wouldn't swear to any of that.
I presume Fender bought the Tacoma brand as well as the facility. I think it originally branched off in the 90s from Young Chang (sp?) which was a piano maker.
What I see on Wiki, obviously pertaining to the closure of the Washington factory:The always reliable wikipedia states that Fender bought the Tacoma brand and never used it for any of the instruments produced in that factory. Or I failed reading comprehension, again