G&L Name Question

[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?

 

[lug]

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.

 

[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.

 

[spideyjg]

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. :scowl: :scowl:

Jim

 

[Stanley Design]

It also says Guitars by Leo on the headstock of my L2000 though, so it isn't JUST a website.

 

[avid]

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.

David

 

[MAJOR METAL]

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.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Most of the bass players ignore that site. If it ain't about a guitar nobody gives a toss. :scowl: :scowl:

Jim

Yeah that was my impression as well.

 

[the_home]

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).

 

[lug]

Wouldn't it have to be GbyL instead of G&L?

 

[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

 

[Nino Valenti]

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.

 

[Nino Valenti]

...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.

 

[ArwinH]

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.