Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:40 am
Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:16 am
Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:25 am
tomanche wrote:What's interesting about the logo is that it appears to be inlaid, rather than a decal. That partly accounts for why it looks different. As to why it's inlaid... who knows?
Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:12 pm
Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:34 pm
Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:31 am
Tooslowhand wrote:Back then it would have been an "ASAT", as there weren't Classic and Deluxe at that time. It might have been some type of pink burst that has aged. Whatever it is, it's clearly authentic and very beautiful. Enjoy.
sam wrote:Definitely beautiful guitar. I’m thinking employee build like mentioned before.
Not so sure about the Leo Fender signature In pocket.
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:29 am
Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:38 pm
Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:10 am
Craig wrote:I sent your photos to Dave McLaren to see if he can figure out what you got.
The body does have a figured Maple top with some flame and some quiltting.
I think it might be a test body (or employee build) since it is Mahogany with a Maple top
which were not used until 1996 with the ASAT Custom and ASAT Deluxe models.
Yours is similar to the ASAT Special Deluxe model which first came out in 2001.
Let's see what Dave has to say about this one.
Stay tuned.
mutts wrote:Pretty cool.
I'm not the G&L expert that many members are but I don't recall ever seeing those string trees on a G&L. I believe most 87s had the old style string bracket. I'm also a little surprised that the fretboard is so striped; seems like back in the 80s ebony was usually blacker.
Will be curious to hear what Dave says.
Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:35 pm
That body seems ‘90s to me, wood binding, maple that looks like a not great piece of what we called curly maple plus wood binding. My guess is it was an employee guitar that got modded some years later, probably by the same employee, and Malcolm probably painted it. The Leo Fender signature is probably someone messing around, again here, and putting a correct date stamp was easy, just roll the date back on a stamp in Woodshop.
Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:17 am
Craig wrote:Here are Dave's comments:That body seems ‘90s to me, wood binding, maple that looks like a not great piece of what we called curly maple plus wood binding. My guess is it was an employee guitar that got modded some years later, probably by the same employee, and Malcolm probably painted it. The Leo Fender signature is probably someone messing around, again here, and putting a correct date stamp was easy, just roll the date back on a stamp in Woodshop.
Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:28 pm
KevinC wrote:Craig wrote:Here are Dave's comments:That body seems ‘90s to me, wood binding, maple that looks like a not great piece of what we called curly maple plus wood binding. My guess is it was an employee guitar that got modded some years later, probably by the same employee, and Malcolm probably painted it. The Leo Fender signature is probably someone messing around, again here, and putting a correct date stamp was easy, just roll the date back on a stamp in Woodshop.
Again, thanks a lot Craig and thanks a lot to Dave too ! That seems to be an accurate guess to what might have happened here with this guitar.
If I could ask you for one last thing, how much do you think would be a reasonable price to sell this guitar ?
It's a hard decision I have to take, but times are hard...