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04-05-2006, 04:16 PM
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Hi,
I know originally G&L originally stood for George Fuller and Leo Fender but has the company changed its name to Guitars by Leo?
What does the current G&L mean? |
04-05-2006, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by sdguyman Hi,
I know originally G&L originally stood for George Fuller and Leo Fender but has the company changed its name to Guitars by Leo?
What does the current G&L mean? | Guitars by Leo is a popular tribute page to Leo's work, not the name of the company. G&L has always stood for George and Leo. |
04-05-2006, 07:40 PM
|  | A Hard Rockin Abomination Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | | Yeah Guitars by Leo is just a web site , I have posted a few time there and I believe it is mostly guitar players posting.
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04-05-2006, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL Yeah Guitars by Leo is just a web site , I have posted a few time there and I believe it is mostly guitar players posting. | Most of the bass players ignore that site. If it ain't about a guitar nobody gives a toss.  
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04-05-2006, 11:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island | | It also says Guitars by Leo on the headstock of my L2000 though, so it isn't JUST a website. 
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04-06-2006, 12:07 AM
| | born lefty | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ashland, Oregon USA | | | From "American Basses" by Jim Roberts
The name stands for George and Leo, George being George Fullerton an old friend from the pre-CBS Fender company. Dale Hyatt, another longtime associate, joined them to make up the managment team; in 1984 he and Leo bought out Fullerton's share. (After that, people were told the name meant "Guitars by Leo."
Found on page 71 in "American Basses" by Jim Roberts and published by BackBeat books.
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04-06-2006, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Todd Stanley It also says Guitars by Leo on the headstock of my L2000 though, so it isn't JUST a website. |
Yeah but it s not the company's name in reference to the first post.
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04-06-2006, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by spideyjg Most of the bass players ignore that site. If it ain't about a guitar nobody gives a toss.
Jim |
Yeah that was my impression as well.
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04-06-2006, 08:29 AM
| | Even a blind man knows when the sun is shining. | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pensacola, FL | | | Early G&Ls (like my '86 El Toro) used to say "by Leo Fender" below the G&L logo. Around 1990 (just before Leo's death in 91) the 'other' Fender guitar manufacturer sued to have Leo Fender's name (in a signature script) removed from G&L headstocks. That's when the 'Guitars by Leo' tag line appeared (the change happened around the time of the sale of the company to BBE Sound).
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04-06-2006, 10:58 AM
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06-19-2006, 12:31 PM
| | | | Per Dale Hyatt....
...when the company first started it was George & Leo. When health and other issues removed George from work at the factory, the G&L then stood for Guitars & Leo. That's what Dale told me in the early 90's when we talked on a regular basis.
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06-19-2006, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Todd Stanley It also says Guitars by Leo on the headstock of my L2000 though, so it isn't JUST a website.
| It's also good Marketing. |
06-19-2006, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick W ...when the company first started it was George & Leo. When health and other issues removed George from work at the factory, the G&L then stood for Guitars & Leo. That's what Dale told me in the early 90's when we talked on a regular basis.
Rick | So now that Leo is gone, what does it stand for?
It'll always be "George & Leo" to me. |
06-19-2006, 04:43 PM
| | run rabbit run | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Todd Stanley It also says Guitars by Leo on the headstock of my L2000 though, so it isn't JUST a website. |
Your headstock is obviously an excpetion, I mean come on? Your d string is just too good for that string retainer huh? 
Anyway, I always thought that it was george & leo. Intresting conversation though. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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