G&L ASAT - Is cutaway wider than Fender tele?

[JWK]

Just wondering because I have a problem with the cutaway on a tele. It's not wide enough for my hands and the position in which I play.

It seems from the pictures I've seen posted here and other places the cutaway might be wider than a Fender tele. True? If so, by much? Just wondering if it's worth pursuing. I don't have any G&L guitars within reasonable driving distance from me.

[Boris Bubbanov]

If you find the ASAT easier to play, it may be because the fretboard sits higher off the plane of the body than you will find on a stock Tele.

But I cannot promise you it will matter enough. I mean, that's just the start. I don't know if you will like the neck section, and even with the necks being CNC'd and Plekked now, each G + L guitar IMO varies more in how it responds to you. I have 5 G + Ls and I played each one extensively before I bought it. I can't visualize not doing that, unless it was stupid cheap or something and I could flip it.

[korus]

http://www.ricecustomguitars.com/instruments/102.html
http://www.ricecustomguitars.com/instruments/097.html

from here
http://www.ricecustomguitars.com/index2.html
http://www.ricecustomguitars.com/

HTH

(not affiliated)

[JWK]

Soooooo..................no? The cutaway is not wider than Fender's?

korus, I've had my eye on those Rice guitars. A little out of my budget range.

[Chris Rice]

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