G&L guitars getting sold?
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Papi Fuego
It's a bummer for the employees but G&L has some of the worst advertising. They have always operated like they didn't want to be successful and taken seriously. While I've never been drawn to their instruments it's always a bummer to see a company go under like this.
joelorigo
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It would be a shame for them to be shut down. They do good work in the manner of the early days of Fender apparently. Plus no one wants to see a small US company go under. Maybe if they are bought and the new owners promote it better, which apparently hasn't been great, they will gain a higher share of the market.
Disclosure: I took a chance on buying an lefty ASAT classic in 1999 because I had money to spend and Fender wasn't making the model I wanted at the time, and the Custom Shop would have been hundreds of dollars more. I was able to choose lots of options of which most I had never considered. Aside from opinions about the MFD pickups, the guitar is right on killer in its construction. I was hoping to be able to afford a Doheny someday.
Disclosure: I took a chance on buying an lefty ASAT classic in 1999 because I had money to spend and Fender wasn't making the model I wanted at the time, and the Custom Shop would have been hundreds of dollars more. I was able to choose lots of options of which most I had never considered. Aside from opinions about the MFD pickups, the guitar is right on killer in its construction. I was hoping to be able to afford a Doheny someday.
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Passinwind
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Not just a rumor, they are shut down and have let all the production staff go. Many rumors that Fender are going to buy some of the crumbs though. I've only ever even seen two or three G&L basses outside of NAMM, and I worked in the music business for quite a few years.Did you guys hear the rumors? I saw a Rhett Shull video (I know, I know) where he talks about that. I hope they end up in good ends. I love my G&L guitars.
jimilee
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From what employees have posted in forums, I’ve heard, was bad management.
They’re closed. Leo gave his all there. I feel like G&L was what Fender was supposed to be. I have a couple myself.
From what employees have posted in forums, I’ve heard, was bad management.
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Papi Fuego
UtilityBeltFX
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The rumor I believe is that G&L owns the rights to 'Leo Fender' and his likeness, etc. That's what Fender is really after. "Leo comes home", etc. They don't care about ASATs and other models. One less Fender competitor, AND they get to sell "Leo Fender" shit again.
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Papi Fuego
giovanni
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I totally agree. Incidentally that was the point Rhett made too. I think they make excellent instruments but have been really bad at marketing for the last, what 30 years?!?
giovanni
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I have no idea what this is about lol
Hal Harvey
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Did Leo design the Mustang, Jazzmaster, and the other offset guitars? Because that is all garbage compared to the Strat and Tele. Toys really. Pure deevolution. Like they designed them to be made by less skilled labor.
Did G&L ever remake an offset?
I owned a ASAT Z3 for a while that was pretty cool. But I much rather the Reverend baritone Tele I currently have by a country mile.
Did G&L ever remake an offset?
I owned a ASAT Z3 for a while that was pretty cool. But I much rather the Reverend baritone Tele I currently have by a country mile.
Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
Admittedly, I don't like G&L. I always thought they were aesthetically unpleasant, and didn't really sound like their fender counterparts. But that aside, I have also never seen one being played outside a music store, other than Jerry Cantrell and Andy from PGS
I know they sold guitars but it always seemed like a myth, like Bigfoot or something. It's the movie multiplicity. It's a comedy written and directed by Harold Ramis about a guy who clones himself and they start making copies of a copy. In my eyes Reverend is like the special needs copy of G&L.
Hal Harvey
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Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
If you thought that was bad, G&L said hold their beer
Mentaltossflycoon
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I used to share rehearsal space with a dude who plays their p bass. It was solid but I wasn't super into it. Another "got it right the first time" situation. Like an 80's Ford mustang, they tried to cram something classic into a sleeker and more efficient package until it wasn't similar enough to the original anymore.Admittedly, I don't like G&L. I always thought they were aesthetically unpleasant, and didn't really sound like their fender counterparts. But that aside, I have also never seen one being played outside a music store, other than Jerry Cantrell and Andy from PGS
It's the movie multiplicity. It's a comedy written and directed by Harold Ramis about a guy who clones himself and they start making copies of a copy. In my eyes Reverend is like the special needs copy of G&L.
The logo.... nothing in this world is dorkier than a treble clef. Maybe I'm biased because my parents were both music educators but anything with a clef on it is an immediate turn off for me. I'm so glad I never got the tenor clef tattoo I had planned back in college.
(No hate on anyone who has a musical tattoo as long as the notation is accurate)
Hal Harvey
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It’s kind of amazing. The longer you look at it the more wrong it becomes.
Mentaltossflycoon
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And yet somehow it never looks worse than a PRS NF 53.
I used to work in a music store many years ago. We sold Fender and G&L. Often guys would come in wanting a Strat so I'd show them the Strat and a G&L Legacy, which had just come out at that time so there was quite some interest in them. I'd take one of each down and leave them to play them through an amp. Pretty much every time guys compared them they'd say "wow, the G&L is really good. It plays better than the Strat and I think I like the sound better too!" And then they'd buy a Strat.
I get it. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Buddy Holly and everybody in the '80s played a Strat. So much of paying guitar for a lot of people is not just about playing music.
I had an ASAT Classic. For a long time it was the only guitar I had and it was a fantastic guitar. Better built, better playing, better sounding than the equivalent Tele of the early '90s. Then I got an old Gretsch an it was all over for Fender style guitars for me for a loooong time!
I get it. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Buddy Holly and everybody in the '80s played a Strat. So much of paying guitar for a lot of people is not just about playing music.
I had an ASAT Classic. For a long time it was the only guitar I had and it was a fantastic guitar. Better built, better playing, better sounding than the equivalent Tele of the early '90s. Then I got an old Gretsch an it was all over for Fender style guitars for me for a loooong time!
Bricksnbeatles
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Only G&L players I can think of are Bob 1 (Bob Mothersbaugh) from Devo, Dave Pegg from Jethro Tull, and Sara Lee from The League of Gentlemen, the B-52s, and Gang of Four
Bob 1 sometimes plays a G&L SC-2 these days, and has since the early 80s. He also played an F-100 a lot during the New Traditionalists era, but replaced it with a second SC-2 shortly after.
Dave Pegg played an L2000 Bass all throughout his Tenure with Tull in the 80s. Now that I think about it, I think Larry Graham might have played one of those too for a while.
Sara Lee also played/plays a L2000. I think she played a P Bass in League of Gentlemen, but she’s pretty much exclusively played an L2000 ever since.
Bob 1 sometimes plays a G&L SC-2 these days, and has since the early 80s. He also played an F-100 a lot during the New Traditionalists era, but replaced it with a second SC-2 shortly after.
Dave Pegg played an L2000 Bass all throughout his Tenure with Tull in the 80s. Now that I think about it, I think Larry Graham might have played one of those too for a while.
Sara Lee also played/plays a L2000. I think she played a P Bass in League of Gentlemen, but she’s pretty much exclusively played an L2000 ever since.
