Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:22 am
Hey Brentrocks!
Congrats on yer Will Ray from another WR owner.
Best guitar on the planet. That's a beauty for sure.
Do you have the B Bender? A Will Ray through that Super Reverb gotta be magic!
What year is the amp?
Sat Nov 18, 2017 12:10 pm
What we're looking at here is a 2005 Silver Metal Flake ASAT Special body where somebody swapped in a Will Ray Signature neck. It is not the
WR Sig proper which would have Z-coil pups and a Hipshot B-Bender.
Bit of an oddity.
- Jos
Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:20 pm
When I first saw this I thought someone mounted a Will Ray neck on a John Jorgenson body. But then I saw the body date, I knew the body was just an ASAT Special body with
an aftermarket clear pickguard. Perhaps a sort of tribute to 2/3rds of the Hellecasters.
Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:49 pm
Dean,
A while back I saw a similar set up on Reverb with b bender listed as a Will Ray, and also thought I saw an ad at some time with same set up. Was there ever a Will Ray model with big MFD's?
Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:15 pm
yowhatsshakin wrote:What we're looking at here is a 2005 Silver Metal Flake ASAT Special body where somebody swapped in a Will Ray Signature neck. It is not the
WR Sig proper which would have Z-coil pups and a Hipshot B-Bender.
Bit of an oddity.
- Jos
I have sent an email to G&L to see if the guitar left the factory this way.
Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:39 pm
sam wrote:Dean,
A while back I saw a similar set up on Reverb with b bender listed as a Will Ray, and also thought I saw an ad at some time with same set up. Was there ever a Will Ray model with big MFD's?
None as an official G&L signature model, but here are couple of images of Will with an ASAT and modded (he added a middle old style S-500 MFD pup) ASAT Special:
Hey Will if you see this, do you happen to recognize brentrocks guitar and if so, can you post some history about it?
Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:57 pm
Mr Ray posts here???
Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:10 pm
brentrocks wrote:Mr Ray posts here???
Yes, he used to be a regular poster here, but not so much anymore. You can check out his profile:
helle-man.
Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:38 pm
Nice Score,
As a WR fan, there's a few custom G&L's he had built that are worth checking out;
there's one of them here:
viewtopic.php?p=73055#p73055Welcome to the club!
Elwood
Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:04 pm
Wow! I just fell off my chair! Great guitar!
Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:37 am
docdynamite wrote:Wow! I just fell off my chair! Great guitar!
thanks man!
Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:40 am
Well I got a response back from G&L.
They said they cant find my serial number because they lost a bunch of serial numbers due to a computer failure.
I think its safe to say its a NAMM custom one off....due to the "WILL RAY NAMM" on the heel of the neck.
Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:30 pm
It looks like a regular silver sparkle ASAT that someone stuck a WR neck on. My model always had Z coils, not MFD's.
Keep in mind my timeline with G&L was this:
1991-1996 I was an endorsee, no signature model.
1996-2001 All 3 Hellecasters went with Fender on a 5 year contract with signature models.
Sept. 2001 I came back to G&L and started working on a signature model.
2002 the first Will Ray signature G&L's came out.
That said, I find it an interesting guitar. It probably was made as a NAMM guitar which adds value. The WR neck is a USA one which also adds value. Probably someone at the factory made it up as an employee guitar. I'd hold onto it. I'll bet it sounds great!
My 2¢
Will
Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:48 am
Hi Wil! Good to hear from you on the board!
Still enjoying my WR Signature...
G&L USA ASAT Z-3 Will Ray Signature by
Patrick Krook, on Flickr
Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:04 pm
WILL!!!
HOLY CRAP!!
Thanks for the reply dude!!!
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