Music is Win

Week ending 18 September 2026

In the headlines

• Fender's CEO speaks

At the desk

• Tyler Larson relays Bud Cole's line to Bloomberg that "the legal process got ahead of us", and that Fender now only wants large manufacturers, not boutique builders. Bloomberg reports that 18 of the 32 builders working with Fender have signed agreements.
• Larson: "Well, we've apparently learned that Fender has very large hands.Because 60 is more than a handful"

Beefin’

• Music is Win vs Fender, heat 3/5

Said

• 0:39 “I don't think that the Fender C-Suite should confuse celebration with amnesia.”
• 0:39 “Well, we've apparently learned that Fender has very large hands. Because 60 is more than a handful.”