Hey G&L fans

[nemp]

Are all G&Ls (ASATs, Legacy's) 2 piece bodies or just the trans finish ones?

[hunter]

Had a three piece body ASAT with the transparent honey finish so I'd say they sometimes have three piece bodies. FWIW I have had several of these and only one was three piece but they do exist. The three piece sounded fine too (better to my ear than two other "identical" two piece body ASATs I compared it to when buying). Don't know about Legacies.

hunter

[GeraldCleveland]

I used to have an ASAT. Was a nice guitar, but I could never figure out what ASAT stands for?

[GeraldCleveland]

Thanks for the trivia. I would have never guessed that in a million years. I never once made the connection to defense systems.

Raoul gets it right.

I have two G&L ASATs and they are fantastic guitars.
both are two piece ash.
One is a butterscotch Classic the 2nd a Tobacco burst Bluesboy.

[bluesman69]

Originally posted by rbisherw
I have two G&L ASATs and they are fantastic guitars.
both are two piece ash.
One is a butterscotch Classic the 2nd a Tobacco burst Bluesboy.

I agree!!
G&L Asat Classic

[HHB]

love my asat classic!

[Grap]

Got a few myself (no suprises there then...)



www.guitarsbyleo.com Limited Edition. Mahogany semi-hollow ASAT with S-500 pickups. Birdseye maple neck and ebony board.



ASAT Jr. Mahogany semi-hollow with no f-hole. Mahogany neck and ebony board.



ASAT Special. Ash body and MOTS guard.

Cheers - Steve

[HHB]

wow, really like the triple MFD's on semi hollow mahogany, way cool and I'm sure it sounds amazing

[Grap]

Yeah, the Gbl_LE sounds pretty special. Unfortunately they only made 25 of 'em, and they mostly have different neck shapes becasue the original purchasers were allowed to specify what they wanted (mine has a honkin' big V neck). They crop up for sale occasionally and typically go for US$900-1000.

- Steve

[Dotneck]

I've been looking at G&L's lately and have a question. What is the defining difference between a Legacy and an S-100. I know some S-100's have fancy maple tops but some that I've seen look very much like Legacies. There must be something I'm missing.

[Grap]

The differences between a Legacy and a modern production S-500[1] are as follows:

Machine heads: Legacy has non-locking. The S-500's are locking.

Pickups: The Legacy has G&L's CLF AlNiCo single coils. The S-500 has G&L's single-coil sized MFD's. The MFD's give a higher output, more "Hi-Fi" tone than the vintage Strat voiced CLF's.

Circuitry: The S-500 and the Legacy both have a five-way selecter switch with passive treble-cut and bass-cut (PTB) tone controls. The S-500 has an additional switch that, when engaged, changes the pickup selections to be:

1 = Neck & Bridge
2 = Neck, Middle & Bridge
3 = Middle only.
4 = See 2
5 = See 1

The fancy tops that you see occasionally are available on all G&L models as their "Deluxe" option. There has recently been a limited run of mahogany-bodied S-500's.



My S-500



My Legacy



My Legacy Special.

I sort of like G&L's

Cheers - Steve

1) The original 80's S-500 was a different beast altogether. Different body shape, diferent headstock, different pickups (although still MFD's).

[jordanL]

I own several G&L's and AFAIK most are made using 2 piece bodies, you would probably be better off asking this over on the

G&L discussion Page


Heres My G&Ls (L to R) '80 F-100 I, 96 Asact Classic,'94 S-500, '98 Asat Jr(#126), '84 SC-2

[Grap]

I'd love to pick up an F-100. They're a bit rare in my neck of the woods though!

However I did find my '88 Interceptor here back in '98, so who knows, maybe one of these days...



Oh yeah, to answer the original question. All of my solid-bodied G&L's have two piece bodies. You have to look very hard to see the join from the front or the back though.

- Steve

[Scott Cioe]

Originally posted by bluesman69
I agree!! I have three!
G&L - Will Ray Model


G&L Classic S


G&L - Asat Special Hollow w/Bigsby

Nice pieces Bluesman: Can you (and anyone else as well) please advise what the differences are between the different pickups available. That is, I have heard/played the ASAT classic pickups and have been extremely impressed. However, I was thinking that I kind of prefer the newer "saddle lock" bridge that comes with the bigger soapbar style p/ups. Can anyone compare?