Interesting. Thanks for your perspective. That makes sense.
Yes, I suspected as a new member you might be unaware of how the history could cause the confusing info from what would normally be considered the authoritative source.
In this case, with all the changes of manufacturing location/ownership over the last 25 years, this place is actually the best source for info now, and even we keep learning new stuff that changes our understanding of the spec histories.
CMG doesn't truly
care about stuff that was made prior to their ownership, and from a cold hard business perspective that's understandable.
Their single remaining genuine connection to the past was their commitment to honor warranty of New Hartford-made product for original owners.
I can't recall if that also applied to the import lines because they were never really "on my radar" but I think the ones that were introduced during New Hartford era were covered as well, and in any case their option there is to
replace a validated warranty claim piece because it's actually cheaper than trying to repair in most cases.
There was never even an in-country repair parts stock for those under Fender, so nothing to even acquire on that end, so what would they need specs for?
See what I mean?