G&L Guitars History - American Musical Supply

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We had the pleasure of sitting down with Dave from G&L Guitars and he gave us an in-depth walkthrough of how Leo Fender started the company with George Fullerton and what it has been like to grow as its own individual company away from Fender or Music Man.

Founded by the legendary Leo Fender and George Fullerton, G&L Musical Instruments have been widely praised for their superb quality and tone. These titans of the electric guitar world took their knowledge of tried-and-true instrument builds and introduced a number of groundbreaking design elements - a testament to their levels of expertise. Today, G&L guitars and basses deliver unsurpassed performance and value, while continuing to implement those very improvements that have come to define the lineup. The Saddle-Lock bridge helps the guitar maintain sustain by reducing the side-to-side movement of the saddles. Magnetic Field Design (MFD) pickups utilize a ceramic bar magnet that allows a performer to control the output level of each string by making subtle adjustments, a more custom approach compared to the one-size-fits-all characteristics of a straight single-coil. From the hard-working, value-packed Tribute line to the no-holds-barred instruments made in Fullerton, California, G&L guitars and basses are ready to rock, period.