Fender IPO, GC Risk, Bain, past connections on top!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Scott Pope

They said the same things when synthesizers became affordable and compact forty years ago. It's just a generational cycle. Fender needs to buckle down, pay off the debt, concentrate on quality, and endure until the next generation discovers "garage band" as a reality, not a virtual reality.

If only it was that easy. What if GC goes down? Or if Kaman or any of the other companies they bought don't do well? It's not just Fender any more.

It looks very very complicated.