Who made G&L guitars in 1994?

In 1994, BBE Sound, Inc. controlled the G&L name. Its one line on record was built at G&L / CLF Research, 2548 Fender Avenue, Fullerton (USA).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

A G&L guitar from 1994 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of G&L you have. The name dates from 1980^{[1, 3, S967]}, 14 years before.

Line by line in 1994

What changed in 1994

Nothing changed in 1994. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a G&L from 1994 is the same version as one from 1993.

Where G&L was built in 1994

G&L / CLF Research, 2548 Fender Avenue, Fullerton. See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:

• G&L / CLF Research, 2548 Fender Avenue, Fullerton
• Guitars made in the USA

Other brands in 1994

• Epiphone in 1994
• Fender in 1994
• Gibson in 1994
• Gretsch in 1994
• Guild in 1994
• Heritage in 1994
• Ibanez in 1994
• Martin in 1994
• Maton in 1994
• Ovation in 1994
• PRS in 1994
• Rickenbacker in 1994
• Squier in 1994
• Takamine in 1994
• Taylor in 1994
• Every brand in 1994

G&L, year by year

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1. 1
   G&L Musical Instrumentsgraded community
2. 2
   G&L Guitars Shuts Down: A Final Chapter in Leo Fender's Legacygraded secondary
3. 3
   Legendary Leo Fender-founded guitar brand G&L reportedly shutting downgraded secondary
4. 4
   Ex-G&L employee speaks out following closure, Fender buys Leo trademarkgraded secondary
5. 5
   Contact usgraded primary
6. 6
   The Downtown Report, early October 2025graded secondary

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