USA 2002 G&L ASAT Special guitar - *SOLD* £1200 Loughborough

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NB. Now SOLD elsewhere.

 

The legacy of the legendary Leo Fender, G&L Guitars continues to produce exceptional instruments in the 21st Century, closely adhering to its iconic founder's vision. A cornerstone of their electric guitar lineup, the Fullerton ASAT Special is a US-made Telecaster-style guitar that fully embraces vintage styling and modern functionality in equal measure.

Finished in Gloss Black with a dark red Tortoise scratch plate and rosewood board, this beautiful instrument is suitable for all music styles, thanks to its versatile and unique pickups and highest-quality build, components, and woods.

 

This one is a genuine beauty and sounds/plays/looks a dream!

 

Construction

The G&L ASAT Special features a Swamp Ash body, which delivers a balanced sound with warm lows, crisp highs and lots of natural resonance. Its light weight is another advantage, making this guitar a perfect option for live performance.  The ASAT's bolt-on Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard offers a bright, yet warm and snappy response, giving notes plenty of bite when needed and upper mid-range vibrancy. This guitar can easily cut through a mix and delivers great tone across all settings.

 

The neck profile is a comfortable C-shape and plays fast as you want, it feels modern and vintage at the same time! The fingerboard is vintage at 7 ½” radius and it has 22 medium jumbo frets. Keeping both modern and old-school camps happy, this fret size allows you to easily add vibrato to lead lines without hindrance.

 

Electronics

Boasting G&L's signature Leo Fender-designed MFD pickups, these innovative single-coils utilise ceramic magnets and iron pole pieces to provide ultra-clear and articulate sounds, with low-noise too. As the Jumbo versions of G&L's standard single-coils, these pickups have a slightly fatter sound with a more-punchy mid-range. They can drive an amp hard or roll-off for plenty of different sweet tones. They are a lot like classic P-90s.

 

Responding well to your playing dynamics, the bridge pickup has a super-sweet top-end that sparkles with clean settings. Add overdrive, and things will get far more gnarly! Flick to the neck single-coil and you'll attain smooth jazz-style tones, projecting a bold low-end with more contained highs. Move the pickup selector switch to the middle, and you'll get the best of both worlds.

 

Hardware

Fitted with G&L's 'Saddle-Lock' bridge, this ergonomically engineered design features a clever mechanism that essentially stops the string saddles from moving. This ensures that they are evenly spaced for consistent distance between the strings, and in contact with one another to improve the instrument's sustain.

The ASAT's 100% natural bone nut also enhances string vibration, whilst allowing them to glide freely so that they don't snag when performing string bends. With all these thoughtful appointments, it's clear that the G&L USA ASAT Special is a pro-standard guitar.

 

Specifications

Construction: Bolt-on

Scale: 25 1/2"

Pickups: Leo Fender-designed Jumbo G&L MFD Single-coils

Body Wood: Swamp Ash

Neck Wood: Hard-Rock Maple w/ Rosewwod Fingerboard

Neck Profile: G&L Modern Vintage with 7 1/2" Radius

Nut: 100% Natural Bone

Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo

Tuning Keys: 12:1 Ratio, Sealed-back

Bridge: Leo Fender-designed G&L Saddle-Lock w/ Chrome-plated Brass Saddles

Controls: 3-position Pickup Selector, Volume, Tone

Case: original G&L Hardcase

 

This is guitar is in excellent working condition with no issues and has been well looked after. I have owned it for about 15 years and only gigged it about 10 times. The serial number suggests it was made in around 2000; but it is notoriously difficult to date G&Ls precisely.

 

It comes in its original G&L case, with case candy.

 

Any questions please send me a message. Collection only from Mountsorrel, LE12.

Edited March 19 by Bassnut62
Item now sold

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NB. Now SOLD elsewhere. Thanks for looking.