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. 

[tauzero]

On 28/09/2025 at 12:02, Woodinblack said:

I really don't get what is bad about the headstock, I never saw it. It itsn't objectively bad like the sire or James Tyler, or bite(?) or even the moderne (which I like as it is so stupid).

 

I don't see what's bad about the Sire headstock, except, of course, that there is a headstock. It looks a little more function over form that the fugly Fender monstrosity.

[tauzero]

13 hours ago, Jonesy said:

It seems I'm in a minority here, but.....not only do I tolerate the G&L headstock, I really like it (in a 4 string. The 5er looks weird, but that's what you get for adding a pointless extra string). 

 

So when you add a functional extra string, for people like me, the 5er looks fine?

[tauzero]

As G&L are purportedly an innovative brand, it could be a route for Fender to bring out its own headless range and enter the latter part of the 20th century.

[kodiakblair]

13 hours ago, Jonesy said:

I hope G&L get helped out and their staff all get their jobs back. 

 

10 hours ago, Ben Jamin said:

Hope Fender can integrate staf

Not likely, post from an employee after today's meeting.

 

"Latest update on TGP:

I'm sad to say it's true. I just got back from my "meeting". I was told they are winding down the company and letting go of all the employees. They dodged the Fender question so i'm assuming they bought it.

33 years of doing the right thing and the rug gets yanked out from underneath you. It's hard to take, but thankful for those years."