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Leo Fender passed away on a rainy day in March of 1991, an event which shook the Music World: The father of modern music was gone. It was on that very day that Leo had completed his last prototype instrument, after which he declared to his wife Phyllis that he had given all he can to the musicians of the world.
Before his passing, he wanted to be sure that the legacy of G&L would continue to shine even brighter in the future. He knew that he must look after the people of G&L, his family, so that they would reamin secure and free to continue building the finest guitars and basses in the world.
His wife Phyllis shared his dream, and she chose BBE Sound, under the leadership of Chairman John C. McLaren, to take over the management of G&L and to expand and develop it in the way Leo would have wanted. Leo had begun discussions several years before with John, who Leo respected greatly. Leo was confident that John could make Leo's dreams for G&L's future become reality and felt he could entrust John to continue his work with G&L, in which he took such great pride. John shares Leo's vision of G&L as a maker of superb hand crafted instruments.
The arrangements were made that the ownership would be transferred to John's company, BBE Sound. George Fullerton remains as a permanent consultant, and Leo's wife Phyllis remains as Honorary Chairman of G&L - reminders to the world that the spirit and integrity of Leo Fender will continue on in every instrument made at G&L ...
Benavente:
A self-proclaimed troublemaker in his youth, Chris Benavente considers himself extremely lucky to be his own boss and to have the opportunity to utilize his talent for making high quality, hand-crafted musical instruments. Born in Los Angeles, CA, the Benavente family moved to Oregon in 1984 “just in time to keep me from doing something stupid that could land me in jail”. Currently residing in Grants Pass, OR, Chris now thanks his parents for the move to an environment with a slower pace and fewer distractions. “It's probably a good thing that nothing ever happens here due to how much time I have to devote to the business”. While initially attracted to building guitars care of a high school woodshop class, Chris made stops molding fiberglass, building custom entryways, and working as a CNC machinist before arriving at his true calling…building basses. While some of those jobs helped give Chris an understanding of the building process, his first real lesson in lutherie came in 1995 after reading the book “Build Your Own Electric Guitar” by Melvin Hiscock. That, combined with a little fret training from a local repair person, was the extent of Benavente's initial training. Later, while in college, Chris needed a project for a CAD/CAM class, and since he had always been fascinated with fretted instruments, decided to build a set of pickup rings. After realizing that he also needed a guitar to mount the rings on, he decided to build a guitar as well! The results were so good that he decided to pursue the craft, and Benavente Guitars was born.
What exactly is a Carl Thompson bass? It is the Stradivarius of the electric bass guitar. Carl Thompson has been building basses since 1974 at the rate of about ten or so every year. He has made instruments for such greats as Anthony Jackson, Stanley Clarke and Les Claypool, as well as created the first electric 6-string bass and the first piccolo bass. All of his instruments are custom order and completely unique, there is no assembly line. All instruments are hand crafted by Carl Thompson himself. Styles range from four string piccolo basses, to guitars, all the way to six string basses and even more exotic instruments ...
Information and pictures of Carl Thompson custom, completely hand crafted instruments.