Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:34 am
Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:14 pm
Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:38 pm
yowhatsshakin wrote:Here's the Superstrat page on my website with the history and name changes for this model. It contains pictures of the Invader plus from the 1996 Catalog (and the 2001 Catalog. Both can also be found in the Gallery.
Hope this helps,
- Jos
Sat Feb 18, 2017 12:16 am
invader1993 wrote:yowhatsshakin wrote:Here's the Superstrat page on my website with the history and name changes for this model. It contains pictures of the Invader plus from the 1996 Catalog (and the 2001 Catalog. Both can also be found in the Gallery.
Hope this helps,
- Jos
Thank you very much , this is EXACTLY the information I was looking for. Now the only question I have is, I found out mine is a 2009 so would the floyd be a OFR floyd, or a gotoch licensed. And is the neck flatsawn or quatersawn, that i cant find.
Sat Feb 18, 2017 12:52 am
Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:59 am
invader1993 wrote:Great information, I think you are right its a OFR so that is good, but they say the neck is hard rock maple, and birdseye neck, but does not mention if its quatersawn or flatsawn, or did I miss it?
Sun Feb 19, 2017 8:41 pm
Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:00 pm
invader1993 wrote:As some of you have read I just got this new guitar. Well new to me anyways. In my search for information on it, (which there is hardly any out there) I have come up pretty much empty. I saw the 2009 catalog that is posted on this site and it does not show a deluxe option. I have looked on line from several places and still have not found any information. Whats years were they made from, what were the options etc ets? One reason is I see someone posted that there is a brand new one up on ebay but yet I thought they stopped making them a while ago.
There are also only 3 or 4 people who have registard their invader deluxe plus on the registry. So who all had one post pics if you got them. I hope this is an active community I am joining. Have a great day everybody!!!
Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:22 pm
yowhatsshakin wrote:invader1993 wrote:Great information, I think you are right its a OFR so that is good, but they say the neck is hard rock maple, and birdseye neck, but does not mention if its quatersawn or flatsawn, or did I miss it?
Most necks on G&L throughout history are rift-sawn or flat-sawn; those of us interested in pre-BBE G&L's have never seen a quarter-sawn neck from that era. In the BBE-era, with the exception of certain models produced in limited quantities by the CCD, quartersawn and/or BEM have always been options that had to be specified on the order, otherwise it wouldn't happen.
- Jos
Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:29 pm
invader1993 wrote:Can you tell me what the typical string gauge is when from the factory if not specified on this guitar?
Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:41 pm
Craig wrote:yowhatsshakin wrote:invader1993 wrote:Great information, I think you are right its a OFR so that is good, but they say the neck is hard rock maple, and birdseye neck, but does not mention if its quatersawn or flatsawn, or did I miss it?
Most necks on G&L throughout history are rift-sawn or flat-sawn; those of us interested in pre-BBE G&L's have never seen a quarter-sawn neck from that era. In the BBE-era, with the exception of certain models produced in limited quantities by the CCD, quartersawn and/or BEM have always been options that had to be specified on the order, otherwise it wouldn't happen.
- Jos
Quarter-sawn necks were standard on the Rustic models (2009-2015) and the ASAT Bass Tom Hamilton Signature Model (2013-present), see: 2014-15 (pre-July 1) G&L U.S. Specifications and Options and Production List of G&L Instruments (USA).
Beginning in January 1, 2013, Quarter-sawn necks became a standard option, see this PDF file in our Gallery: U.S. Dealer Price List - Jan. 1, 2013.
Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:49 pm
yowhatsshakin wrote:Craig wrote:yowhatsshakin wrote:invader1993 wrote:Great information, I think you are right its a OFR so that is good, but they say the neck is hard rock maple, and birdseye neck, but does not mention if its quatersawn or flatsawn, or did I miss it?
Most necks on G&L throughout history are rift-sawn or flat-sawn; those of us interested in pre-BBE G&L's have never seen a quarter-sawn neck from that era. In the BBE-era, with the exception of certain models produced in limited quantities by the CCD, quartersawn and/or BEM have always been options that had to be specified on the order, otherwise it wouldn't happen.
- Jos
Quarter-sawn necks were standard on the Rustic models (2009-2015) and the ASAT Bass Tom Hamilton Signature Model (2013-present), see: 2014-15 (pre-July 1) G&L U.S. Specifications and Options and Production List of G&L Instruments (USA).
Beginning in January 1, 2013, Quarter-sawn necks became a standard option, see this PDF file in our Gallery: U.S. Dealer Price List - Jan. 1, 2013.
Have to correct myself in that the short-lived pre-BBE L-5000 Bass actually did have a quarter-sawn neck. The reason was easy to understand. The extra B-string exerts extra force on the neck but the truss-rod was still the same as for the 4-string models and not sufficient enough. The necks were picked out carefully too (source is this page on the ggjaguar.com site).
- Jos
Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:34 pm
Craig wrote:invader1993 wrote:As some of you have read I just got this new guitar. Well new to me anyways. In my search for information on it, (which there is hardly any out there) I have come up pretty much empty. I saw the 2009 catalog that is posted on this site and it does not show a deluxe option. I have looked on line from several places and still have not found any information. Whats years were they made from, what were the options etc ets? One reason is I see someone posted that there is a brand new one up on ebay but yet I thought they stopped making them a while ago.
There are also only 3 or 4 people who have registard their invader deluxe plus on the registry. So who all had one post pics if you got them. I hope this is an active community I am joining. Have a great day everybody!!!
The Invader Deluxe models were discontinued in 2014, see: Production List of G&L Instruments (USA).
Because the Deluxe models had a Flame Maple top and there is a Maple Top option (Flame or Quilt), it was decided to eliminate the Deluxe models and let the customer get a deluxe
version via the Maple Top option.
Tue Feb 21, 2017 1:03 pm
invader1993 wrote:Craig wrote:invader1993 wrote:As some of you have read I just got this new guitar. Well new to me anyways. In my search for information on it, (which there is hardly any out there) I have come up pretty much empty. I saw the 2009 catalog that is posted on this site and it does not show a deluxe option. I have looked on line from several places and still have not found any information. Whats years were they made from, what were the options etc ets? One reason is I see someone posted that there is a brand new one up on ebay but yet I thought they stopped making them a while ago.
There are also only 3 or 4 people who have registard their invader deluxe plus on the registry. So who all had one post pics if you got them. I hope this is an active community I am joining. Have a great day everybody!!!
The Invader Deluxe models were discontinued in 2014, see: Production List of G&L Instruments (USA).
Because the Deluxe models had a Flame Maple top and there is a Maple Top option (Flame or Quilt), it was decided to eliminate the Deluxe models and let the customer get a deluxe
version via the Maple Top option.
But I though that the whole point of the deluxe was not just the maple, top but the mahogany body am i wrong? As from reading the catalogs it says the deluxe plus all had mahogy body with a maple top, so while you say they could get a maple top option, there is still the question of the mahogany body though.