Friday, June 12, 2009

Where is G&L?


Everyone knows what company Fender is but if you ask the same people who fender is they most likely wouldnt know what or who G&L is. Leo Fender the creater of Fender guitars created a company called G&L which stands for George and Leo musical instruments. George was Leo's partner. After Leo left his company Fender and sold it his new free time gave him a lot to think about and then came his thoughts on creating a new line. G&L is all of his dying wishes mashed into one. He took his ideas that he created at Fender and came up with the innovative design of G&L guitars. G&L in the music world is known as a luxury line of guitars in Leo's name. He took took fender and basically modified anything and everything making it a work of art. Some of the most noticeable changes are the tremelo's bridges head stocks and the pickups. Leo created one last thing on this line of guitars that would set the distance he put an extra switch on the tone knob allowing guitarist to use a combination of pickups that were never able to be reached before.Leo finished the whole G&L concept a day before he died, it was fate. Leo had an entire line dedicated to him in memory of his craftsmanship and contribution to the music world, the line was called "legacy". I am fortunate enough to own a G&L Legacy strat, and it is my go to guitar, hands down the best line of guitars out now.

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