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G&L is an American guitar manufacturing company founded by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt in the late 1970s. [2] G&L produces electric guitars and basses with designs based on some classic Fender instruments.
The company was founded in 1974 and is named after its founders, Gordon Whitham and John Smith. In April 2015 Gordon Smith Guitars was acquired by British-based Auden Guitars and production moved from Partington near Manchester, England to Audens Guitars' workshop in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire.
(e.g. L-R as seen through the sound hole: Serial number, "Brand," Model number.) The serial numbers on these instruments were often preceded by the letters S or E; e.g. S0XXXXX. It is currently believed that this transition was complete by 1979. Early Korean-made guitars show this same brand, only stating Made in Korea in place of Made in Japan.
Class Wheel arrangement Fleet number(s) Manufacturer Serial numbers Year made Quantity made Quantity preserved Year(s) retired Comments 0-8-0 — OOOO C-1: 0-8-0
The first serial number was 0178, instead of the usual 0001, as a reference to the month the first bass was completed, January 1978. [5] In 1990, Gibson Guitar Corporation purchased Tobias and moved production to Nashville. The first Tobias bass under Gibson ownership bore the serial number 1094.
The number of designs rapidly increased, and 15 of the 28 pages from the 1976 catalogue were dedicated to amplification. In 1975, Fender's legal restriction expired and, after a vote of the board, he was named the president of Music Man. Fender also operated a consulting firm, CLF Research, in Fullerton, California .
Basses made by U.S. Music Corporation used the same seven-digit formula continuing the 4-string serial number and dating. As with other Parker guitars, they offered both magnetic and piezoelectric pickups, with the ability to blend the two. The Fly Bass was discontinued in 2008 and Parker offered 4- and 5-string basses with the newer MaxxFly shape.
For example, serial number 618324 is from the production run 618 which consisted of 1000 Hagstrom II guitars started and completed in 1964. Therefore, all units with a 618NNNN serial number are from the year 1964. b. However, others are less clear. For example, serial number 680873 is a Viking V-1 and the 873rd guitar made in production run 680.