G&L Legacy Opinions?

[jlf2960]

Can anyone comment on the G&L Legacy. I have not had the opportunity to play one & they look interesting to me. I'm looking for a guitar with a narrow width at the nut & a fat neck.

Also I noticed that some of them are made of a wood called "American Tilia." Can anyone comment on how this wood sounds?

[Scott Cioe]

Hi,

American Tillia is a fancy term for Basswood. It probably sounds fine with the maple top...Kind of balancing each other out.

As far as the G&L line in general and the Legacy in particular, I think they're fantastic value guitars. I am not sure if they offer the neck width that you require, but they do offer different profile shapes.

The basic Legacy has pickups that are a bit mild for my taste. I prefer the MFD's higher output; but that is about the only criticism. You really can't go wrong with G&L's quality and price.

Scott

[MichaelK]

I they're fantastic, stock pickups and all. EDIT - I was curious about the basswood, so I looked it up and I see they use it under maple tops. Never played one of those, though.

[rwe333]

Brilliant guitars - my faves...
They do offer a range of neck profiles.

[aquadog]

Pretty much all the G&L's are great. I'd definately look at the legacy, or any other of their stratoid makes (I've got a Comanche myself, and its just amazing). You definately can't go wrong with their guitars- even the tributes are excellent for the prices.

G&L makes a pretty damn fine tele too.

[jlf2960]

Thanks for all of the replies. How is the neck on the G&L Legacy? Is it a chuncky C shape?

I am familiar with the PRS Wide Fat, Fender Clapton Strat, Ibanez Wizard, & EBMM Axis neck.

[aquadog]

Here's the neck sizes that you can order with any G&L (assuming you get one new), excluding maybe one model or so.

* Guitars ~ # 1 neck - 12" radius, 1-5/8" nut
* # 2 neck - 7.5" radius, 1-5/8" nut (the smallest neck/vintage Fender feel)
* # 3 neck - 12" radius, 1-3/4" nut (the largest neck)
* # 4 neck - 12" radius, 1-11/16" nut (vintage Gibson feel)
* You can order any of the necks above with a standard "C" shape back, or with a "V" shape back.

Note: There are NO neck options for the Invader model, it can only be ordered with the # 4 neck so as to optimize the Floyd Rose USA Locking Tremolo System. ASAT guitars ordered with a Bigsby will automatically come with a # 1 neck.

[aquadog]

I guess it couldn't hurt to look at the legacy on the G&L website either.

http://www.glguitars.com/frameset.htm

[wilder]

You'll need try try a few out or place a custom order to get anything approching a PRS wide-fat profile. I've owned quite a few, and they don't tend towards fat necks. The Legacy and ASAT I have now are the two chunkiest examples I found. Great guitars though. I like the stock legacy pups quite a bit.

Chris

[Grap]

When it comes to the shape of the back of the neck on a G&L, well, they are all different because they are shaped by hand. You either have to try ouut a whole bunch to find one that fits, be pretty ambivilant about neck shapes (like me), or special order one asking for a particular neck profile. The only spoecial order G&L I own is my www.guitarsbyleo.com Limited Edition, which I ordered with a chunky #1 V neck, and that's precisely whay I got.

- Steve

[mlynn02]

what are the differences between the legacy and the s500?

[Scott Cioe]

Originally posted by mlynn02
what are the differences between the legacy and the s500?

The S-500 has different electronics/Pickups and also has the locking tuners...I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that is about it.

Scott

[KRosser]

G&L guitars are fantastic, I own a Legacy and an ASAT and use them all the time in many kinds of working situations. Absolutely top notch all the way

[Grap]

Here's a run down on the G&L guitars that use the Legacy "chassis"

Legacy: G&L's CLF100 alnico pickups. Vintage style machine heads. Passive treble & bass cut tone circuit. 5-position switch. G&L Dual fulcrum bridge or saddle lock bridge (special order only). C shaped neck with 12" radius fretboard and medium fret wire.

Fullerton: As the Legacy, but with Strat style tone circuit and a V shaped neck.

Legacy Special: As the Legacy, but with Gotoh dual blade single coil sized humbuckers in the neck and middle positions, and a Gotoh power blade at the bridge. Sperzel locking machine heads and a graph-tech nut.

S-500: As Legacy but with G&L "Strat-sized" MFD pickups, "Tele-style" knobs. Sperzel locking machine heads and a mini-toggle switch that allows you to get the "neck & bridge" and "all 3 on" pickup combinations.

Commanche: As the S-500, but with z-coil pickups and a graph-tech nut.

The only one I don't own is a Commanche, and that's only because I ain't been offered one cheap yet!

Cheers - Steve

[VaughnC]

The G&L Legacy is an excellent guitar in its own right. However, IMO it has its own thing going on and will never out-strat a "good" Fender Strat. However, finding a "good" Fender Strat is a whole other issue....but they are out there!