The story of the original who became the #underdog only to be put down.

https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2025/11/15/former-gl-employee-breaks-down-the-quiet-collapse-of-the-iconic-bass-brand/

I heard rumours months ago. Brushed it off b/c I was signed up for their newsletter & checked the website. Thought just their clearance/B stock shop was closing. Nope. The worst has happened.

#BBEsound is gone. Swollowed up by the investment firm or w/e you want to call it, #ServcoPacific. They own #FMIC (#Fender) & auto stuff, which owns #Reverb.com now. Steve Araujo works for #Cort now.

They could've sold or partnered w/ other medium co's. Kept competition. Now fender has everything Leo has done. Why not #ErnieBall? #Dean? #Schecter? …

#bass

This is actually a bit upsetting. I've been advocating #GLguitars for the last several years. I thought they were doing well other than not being able to keep up w/ custom shop demand.

Not too long ago they made jazz style, hum cancelling MFD bass pickups. They seemed great. G&L said they'd sell them separately from a signature model later on. Never happened.

Last week I was thinking of putting in a custom order for another Fallout bass.

Now, I really have to learn how to make all this stuff. I did before anyway (i.e. 7-string ext. range or 10-string multicourse bass w/ active jazz, hum canceling, multicoil pickups).

https://gothfvck.dreamwidth.org/2026/04/03/fav-glguitars.html