G&L Musical Instruments

G&L Musical Instruments
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded1980 (1980)
FounderLeo Fender and George Fullerton
Defunct2025
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
David C. McLaren (Chairman)
Phyllis Fender (Honorary Chairperson)
John R. McLaren Jr. (Vice President)
ProductsElectric guitars, basses, effects units, BBE Sound Audio Technology Licensing
Revenue$18,768,358 (estimated)
Number of employees
65 (estimated)
ParentBBE Sound, Inc.
Websiteglguitars.com

G&L was an American guitar manufacturing company founded by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt in 1980. G&L produced electric guitars and basses with designs based on some classic Fender instruments. The company also produced effects units for a short while such as the G&L Double Barrel Vari-Boost and the G&L Buckshot Overdrive. Notable players of G&L instruments include Carl Perkins and Jerry Cantrell.