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G&L Tribute Basses Allegedly Back Ordered Until 2022

LoTone

LoTone

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Back on May 19, as a birthday present to myself, I ordered a G&L Fallout Tribute bass in Candy Apple Red. 104 days later, I still have not received the bass. Once a month, I would call the retailer in Montreal, Red One Music, to inquire about the status of the order.

I called again today and, this time, they told me that G&L USA was pushing delivery on all orders to 2022.

I wonder why? It's not like there is a computer chip in the bass.

Another COVID pandemic fatality I guess. Anyhow, I suggest that prior to ordering a G&L bass from any retailer, please get a firm confirmation that your favorite retailer as the bass in stock because, if they don't, God only knows when the retailer will be able to deliver it to you.
 
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LoTone said:
Back on May 19, as a birthday present to myself, I ordered a G&L Fallout Tribute bass in Candy Apple Red. 104 days later, I still have not received the bass. Once a month, I would call the retailer in Montreal, Red One Music, to inquire about the status of the order.

I called again today and, this time, they told me that G&L USA was pushing delivery on all orders to 2022.

I wonder why? It's not like there is a computer chip in the bass.

Another COVID pandemic fatality I guess. Anyhow, I suggest that prior to ordering a G&L bass from any retailer, please get a firm confirmation that your favorite retailer as the bass in stock because, if they don't, God only knows when the retailer will be able to deliver it to you.
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I only shop on Reverb these days.
Plenty of nice G&Ls, customs ones, too.
Not a week goes by without me seeing something special there.
There's a CAR Fallout Tribute on there right now.
 
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The store in Montreal did explain to me at some point that, G&L USA in California is performing quality assurance on every instrument that comes from Asian factories. Then, after instruments pass Q/A, then they get shipped to distributors. Then, distributors distributes the instruments to retailers. Obviously, there are pros and cons to this approach. G&L USA seems committed to inspect each and every one of these instruments as if they were built in California which is great. However, with that model, the G&L USA site becomes a bottleneck.
 
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LoTone said:
Is there a strike or something?
Or, is it just workers being overwhelmed with work that has been held up due to the pandemic?
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From what I have read, it’s a combination of labor shortage, too many boats for available berths, and production fluctuations from COVID. Whatever it is, everything is delayed these days. In June, I ordered a new patio door and was told it would be installed in the first week in August. Now the current ETA is end of October. It is what it is. If it’s not in stock, who knows when it’s coming. But I don’t think G&L’s Q/A is the holdup.
 
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LoTone said:
25619036[/URL], member: 178974"]Back on May 19, as a birthday present to myself, I ordered a G&L Fallout Tribute bass in Candy Apple Red. 104 days later, I still have not received the bass. Once a month, I would call the retailer in Montreal, Red One Music, to inquire about the status of the order.

I called again today and, this time, they told me that G&L USA was pushing delivery on all orders to 2022.

I wonder why? It's not like there is a computer chip in the bass.

Another COVID pandemic fatality I guess. Anyhow, I suggest that prior to ordering a G&L bass from any retailer, please get a firm confirmation that your favorite retailer as the bass in stock because, if they don't, God only knows when the retailer will be able to deliver it to you.
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Dude, relax. Try ordering a Rickenbacker - I waited 10 months and 24 months for my two!
G&Ls are worth the wait.
 
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From what I have read, it’s a combination of labor shortage, too many boats for available berths, and production fluctuations from COVID. Whatever it is, everything is delayed these days. In June, I ordered a new patio door and was told it would be installed in the first week in August. Now the current ETA is end of October. It is what it is. If it’s not in stock, who knows when it’s coming. But I don’t think G&L’s Q/A is the holdup.
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A record-breaking 44 container ships are stuck off the coast of California
 
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There is also a container shortage as alot of containers were tied up with PPE shipments many have not been unloaded and returned to service, Some are in ports of call that are not on the usual steamship routes, there is alot of different scenarios playing out also ocean freight costs are astronomical currently, specially if its a shipment from Aisa to the East coast then the rate gets really crazy (21-28K USD) Westcoast is 8-12K USD per shipment (20 or 40' Container). Either way its been a challenging year for supply chains, the issue actually pre-dates covid when many US companies stockpiled products in anticipation of trade duties, that caused a freight imbalance that Covid put the nail into.
 
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