Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
G&L Musical Instruments
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{Short description|American manufacturer of guitars and basses}} {{Infobox company | name = G&L Musical Instruments | logo = G&L Instruments logo.svg | logo_size = 200 | type = [[Subsidiary]] | genre = | foundation = {{start date and age|1979}} | founder = [[Leo Fender]] and [[George William Fullerton|George Fullerton]] | location_city = [[Fullerton, California]] | location_country = [[United States]] | origins = | key_people = David C. McLaren (Chairman)<br />Phyllis Fender (Honorary Chairperson)<br />John R. McLaren Jr. (Vice President) | area_served = Worldwide | industry = [[Musical instrument]]s | products = [[Electric guitar]]s, [[bass guitar|basses]], [[effects unit]]s, BBE Sound Audio Technology Licensing | revenue = $18,768,358 (estimated)<ref name="manta">{{cite web |url=https://www.manta.com/c/mml9z6z/g-l-music-sales-inc |title=G & L Music Sales Inc |work=Manta.com |access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 65 (estimated)<ref name="manta"/> | parent = BBE Sound, Inc. | subsid = | owner = | homepage = {{url|https://glguitars.com/|glguitars.com}} | footnotes = }} '''G&L''' is an American [[guitar manufacturing]] company founded by [[Leo Fender]], [[George William Fullerton|George Fullerton]], and [[Dale Hyatt]] in the late 1970s.{{sfn| Fullerton | 1993 |p=97-98}} G&L produces [[electric guitar|electric]] guitars and [[bass guitar|basses]] with designs based on some classic [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] instruments. The company also produces [[effects unit]]s. G&L's most notable player is [[Jerry Cantrell]], vocalist and guitarist of [[Alice in Chains]], having played several models of the guitar since the '80s, Cantrell also has his own signature Tribute Series Rampage and Superhawk.<ref name="rampage">{{Cite web |url=http://glguitars.com/product/rampage-jerry-cantrell-signature/ |title=Rampage Jerry Cantrell Signature® |access-date=January 24, 2020 |work=glguitars.com}}</ref><ref name="mintb">{{Cite web |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/review-gl-tribute-series-jerry-cantrell-signature-superhawk-guitar |title=Review: G&L Tribute Series Jerry Cantrell Signature Superhawk Guitar |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2020 |work=Guitar World |last=Kirkland |first=Eric}}</ref> Cantrell can be seen playing a single-humbucker G&L Rampage in the music video for Alice in Chains' "[[Man In The Box]]".<ref name="mintb"/>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)