G&L Musical Instruments

G&L Musical Instruments
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded1979 (1979)
FounderLeo Fender and George Fullerton
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 is an American guitar manufacturing company founded by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt in the late 1970s. G&L produces electric guitars and basses with designs based on some classic Fender instruments. The company also produces effects units. G&L's most notable player is Jerry Cantrell, vocalist and guitarist of Alice in Chains, having played several models of the guitar since the 1980s, Cantrell also has his own signature Tribute Series Rampage and Superhawk. Cantrell can be seen playing a single-humbucker G&L Rampage in the music video for Alice in Chains' "Man In The Box".