G&L Going Outta Bidness - NGD

[Maguchi]

Heard about a week ago that G&L was going to cease operations and layed off all employees. Yesterday I was at the local mom and pop shop that I go to to get my guitars adjusted. They're a G&L dealer and they verified that G&L is shutting down. They had a new 2022 USA Fallout on the wall that had never been sold before yet. It had a couple minor blemishes, so I was able to get it for 11 bone$ with hardshell case. The tech is doing a setup on it, but I should have it in a few days.

I also saw a used USA ASAT Special on the web at a nearby Guitar Center. So I drove down to check it out. It was a '95-'97 3 bolt neck, but in good shape. I was afraid it was going to be a toothpick neck, but it felt good, like a typical Fender neck. The pickups, are ballsy like a brighter version of a P90. The sales dude found a 10% discount he could use, so I snagged it for 10 1/2 bone$ with hard case.

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

Bummer. They made some fantastic guitars. Congrats!

 

[JackBootedThug]

I always wanted a Comanche…shame

 

[BABMusic]

Ah man, this sucks. A sign of the real situation with the real economy. Could also be because most people are buying guitars less than 1k or more than 4k, and G&L falls in between.

 

[Sixstringflannel]

There’s a sick ass fiesta red rampage on reverb but the price is still nutso.

 

[BABMusic]

So, someone else bought G&L but does anyone know if it's Fender or MusicMan? I guess they are shutting down the US manufacturing since all employees were let go.

 

[njshred]

They had the same issue as Hamer, a great product at a decent price, few knew about.

 

[Sixstringflannel]

So, someone else bought G&L but does anyone know if it's Fender or MusicMan? I guess they are shutting down the US manufacturing since all employees were let go.

Only speculation right now until an official announcement is out but most are thinking Fender but there is no guarantee. It’s at the very least good sign that someone bought it.

 

[anomaly]

I've wanted a rampage for a long time, Cantrell is a big influence of mine.

 

[mentoneman]

the pickups and lead tone of the one i owned was really cool.
the 3 bolt neck instability and inability to fine tune the action was the deal breaker for me.