Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:13 pm
Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:39 pm
zambly wrote:Hi,
I play an Asat Special since 4 years, it was produced in 2006.
I love that guitar, and I'm just wandering from what year does G&L started to use the non-compression truss rod and the Plek Machine.
Does my Asat (2006 USA Made) has these specs or not? Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Ric
Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:11 am
Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:18 am
Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:50 pm
Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:56 am
Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:39 am
Tim Buffalo Bros wrote:Howdy:
It was in September of 2006 that they began the switch to non-compression and adding PLEK. The Trinity series were the first, and all had PLEK but 1/2 were bi-cut and 1/2 were non-compression. Since instruments are made in parts, it's very very very (did I say "very?") possible that a neck in the 4th quarter of 2006 could be bi-cut. My personal opinion to the time line based on observation and checking in weekly on Trinity and going to the factory is this:
PLEK: September 2006.
Non-Compression "full time": 2007 for certain. But I'd pick Nov. 2006 because of the necks being in transistion.
Regards,
Tim
Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:41 am
zambly wrote:thanks Tim,
so because of what you explained, it's possible to say that if a G&L has the non-compression t.r. it surely has been plek'd too... right? (because both the specs started together in the last months of 2006, even if bi-cut necks have been available until the begin of 2007)
Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:18 pm
The truss rod access hole is now cut using the HAAS CNC router; where in the past it was a secondary,
manual operation using a drill and small barrel sander. The new method allows for a cleaner hole that will not end
up “out-of-round” as some of the older ones could. The other improvement with this method is consistent location
of the truss rod nut. The depth and side-to-side location of the truss rod nut could vary and this would make
certain necks much more difficult to adjust.