Behind the scenes at the G&L Guitars USA factory and Leo Fender's workshop!

I was extremely lucky to be able to visit the G&L Guitars factory in Fullerton, California when visiting for the NAMM Show in 2023!

G&L's CEO, Dave McLaren, and his team spent hours of their precious time showing their HQ and factory, where all their USA and Custom Shop guitars are built, and I got to watch the master craftsmen turning pieces of wood into pro-quality guitars first-hand.

After that, Dave took us to Leo Fender's workshop, where we check out the last guitars and gear innovations the great Mr Fender was working on right up to his passing. Dave tells some great stories, and even shows us the very last guitar Leo Fender had his hands on and was still developing right up to his final days.

I tried to capture these moments as best I could while also looking at everything with my own eyes and chatting with Dave, his team and the builders, but enjoy this slightly jumbled footage, and if you'd like me to do more videos like this in the future, let me know in the comments!

And a HUGE thank you to Dave and the G&L team for taking hours of their precious time out of their day to show me your factory and your fabulous guitars!

Here's the timestamps for the different parts of the video:

00:00 Hello!
02:00 Welcome to G&L headquarters
02:39 G&L HQ location background
07:44 The Wood Shop
10:16 The G&L factory floor
11:49 Making guitar necks
18:44 The neck buffer
19:34 Neck prep and frets
21:09 Body spraying and polishing
22:10 L-1000 bass build
29:05 Custom Rampage action!
31:25 How Leo Fender cut his finger
32:30 Leo Fender’s workshop
33:55 The last instrument Leo Fender ever worked on
48:22 An uncompleted 1969 Fender design (which later became the G&L Espada)
52:28 Models for pickup experiments
53:30 Bass tester unit
54:35 Leo Fender’s office

And check out my G&L Doheny Tribute video here:    • G&L Guitars Doheny Tribute | A wonder...  

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