Several years ago, I got a phone call from them -- "You won our sweepstakes thingy (whatever they said) and we want to know how you want your new guitar set up."
"I didn't enter any sweepstakes..."
"Did you order some gear last month - An AES router and (I don't remember what)?"
"Yes..."
"Then you were automatically entered into the sweepstakes - You've won a G&L Strat"
"Honey natural with a rosewood fretboard and a pearlescent pickguard."
"Unusual choice - But I can see that working. You got it."
And a month or so later, there it was. Boy, you're right - I remember getting a free Cascade M20 (U20?) with that order too. Cheap as hell but not too shabby of a mic. First I ever heard of Cascade (this is back a while).
But yeah, it would suck if they shut their doors...