G&L in trouble...?

[itu]

I wish F will start using G&L headstocks only. 

 

By the way, where's Kubicki? 

[Jonesy]

14 minutes ago, itu said:

I wish F will start using G&L headstocks only. 

 

By the way, where's Kubicki? 

 

Ha! Yes, that'd make so many people rage quit in protest and would be amazing!!

[Russ]

13 minutes ago, BlueMoon said:

Question: if Fender were to take over G&L, would they keep the batwing headstock? Winner or loser?

Personally, if this comes to pass, I'm expecting that Fender will re-release the range under the Fender banner, but rename them the "GL-2000", "GL-2500", etc as a nod to where they came from. If they did that, hopefully they go back to the cleaner look of the non-CLF versions, with the rear-mounted controls and without the weird lumpy metal control plate. I'd love to see the brand survive as G&L, but I'd be alright with that, I think. 

 

I'd actually be OK with the idea that they might do what they did with the Jazz Bass Plus back in the 90s after they acquired Kubicki, and use the G&L pickups and electronics in a Jazz Bass. 

[Russ]

38 minutes ago, itu said:

I wish F will start using G&L headstocks only. 

 

By the way, where's Kubicki? 

They became independent from Fender in 1991  and started producing the Factor basses themselves again. They're still going and are producing Factors on a to-order basis, although Phillip Kubicki himself died in 2013.