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    From Nightfox to All on Wed Oct 1 10:17:45 2025
    As some might know, G&L is (was?) a company co-founded by Leo Fender (of Fender Guitars) and George Fullerton in 1979. Leo Fender continued to innovate and make new things at G&L. I think they make (made?) great guitars - I have a US-made G&L Comanche which I bought in 2014, and I really like it.

    Recently I've been hearing news about G&L closing. There have been a lot of discussions about them in various forums online. First, I'd heard they had furloughed their employees, and they hadn't been receiving pay in a while. Most recently, I've heard G&L employees have reported that they are closing, and it sounds like G&L has been bought out.

    I saw one post just now where someone said it has been confirmed that Fender bought G&L. Some people say it's possible that Fender bought (or wanted to buy) G&L in order to shut them down. I hope that's not the case.. I hope Fender or whoever bought G&L will contiue to offer what G&L was making.

    Some sources:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Bass/comments/1nub35d/rip_gl/

    https://youtu.be/ig3EBH_-uOY?si=2kknjCzxWqMVmPg7

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/bassplayerz/posts/24922699264033156/

    https://www.talkbass.com/threads/g-l-out-of-business.1677465/page-25

    Nightfox
  • From jimmylogan to Nightfox on Sat Oct 4 16:20:16 2025
    Nightfox wrote to All <=-

    As some might know, G&L is (was?) a company co-founded by Leo Fender
    (of Fender Guitars) and George Fullerton in 1979. Leo Fender continued
    to innovate and make new things at G&L. I think they make (made?) great guitars - I have a US-made G&L Comanche which I bought in 2014, and I really like it.

    Interesting... I'd not heard about this. I've never owned one,
    but I have a TON of respect for the work of Leo Fender!

    Jimmy



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