Fulltone closes California shop and moves to Nashville
October 1, 2022 · 1 sources
Fulltone closed its California outlet in 2022 and moved its operations to the Nashville area, according to a statement from founder Mike Fuller posted to the brand's Facebook page and reported by Guitar.com1. The closure followed the Culver City premises being advertised for sale on commercial property site Loopnet after 30 years of operation1.
In the statement, Fuller said some of the last pedals built in California would be offered for sale, and that new products are planned. Guitar.com reported that Fulltone products had been pulled from Guitar Center stores and its website, and that new Fulltone sales were suspended on Reverb.com, after a 2020 controversy over comments Fuller made in a since-deleted Facebook post1. Guitar.com also reported that Fulltone claimed it had already terminated its Guitar Center dealership months before the retailer's announcement1.
Fuller's statement, as quoted by Guitar.com:
"I'm going to be offering up for sale some of the final pedals built in the CA shop soon, there's not many, more info to come."
Guitar.com reported that prices for used Fulltone pedals such as the OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive and Full Drive 2 Mosfet spiked on Reverb.com in September 2022, with its price guide showing a 100 percent increase for certain pedals; used OCD V1 Series 4 pedals sold for between $249 and $300 on August 31, 2022, against $90 to $105 a few months earlier1. No prices for new Fulltone products, and no dates for the final California-built pedals or the new releases, were given1.