"In 1965, the year of Fender®'s acquisition by CBS, Fender® bought the V.C Squier company."
1965-ben vette meg a Fender, a V.C. Squier céget, azaz a 70-es években sehogyan se lehetett már japán.
két bekezdéssel lejjebb:
"In 1982, the first Fender® "Vintage Series" guitars were produced in Japan. In that same year, in an effort to compete effectively in the European budget guitar markets, Fender Japan began producing some less-expensive versions of the "Vintage series" guitars for export into those European markets. These instruments were identified by a small "Squier®" logo on the end of the headstock. Later that year this logo was replaced by a larger "Squier®" decal which took the place of the Fender® logo on the headstock. These were the first Squier® brand instruments."
1982-ben már gyártottak Japánban (Vintage Series), de az nem másolat volt, hanem igazi Fender! annak egy olcsóbb változatát úgyanúgy Japánban kezdték el gyártani, az pedig Squier nevet kapott.