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drjho7 wrote:I shimmed the neck and then it was perfect.
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I have possession of my Dad's Tribute ASAT Deluxe Carved. He bought it after seeing it on sale, and watching a video on YouTube demonstrating it. Very good guitar, with a few caveats:
It arrived new from the box totally without a setup. No attempt had been made at intonation. High action. Not an issue for me, but my dad wondered why it never played in tune till I got a hold of it
Upper treble side frets are not leveled well; doesn't matter to me because I like the action sort of medium anyway but you couldn't go max-low with it
Matter of taste, but I dislike satin/un-tinted necks. That said, the satin Tributes use is at least not papery/nasty like a Squier or other cheap guitar, and tinted/gloss necks are available on Tributes. I do really like the finished headstock
Pickups are also not bad and it's a gorgeous guitar- But I'm really not in a mindset where I want to buy import guitars any more. US-made models are inexpensive used and much better
Female musicians: I don't really think of guitarists in terms of male and female guitarists. There's a lot more guys out there playing guitar than there are gals, even if girls are buying more guitars these days. I like Tal Wilkenfeld on the bass, and she is not a bad singer to boot.
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I have two tribby's, an ASAT Deluxe Carved Top P-90 and an ASAT Special that I turned into an ASAT Z2 with a B Bender and a tribby Legacy neck. (12" neck versus 9.5" neck, way better IMHO). Overall G&L has put together an incredible value with the Tribute line. The ASAT Special was a great guitar in the first place, I can see why people who want to "try an ASAT" could go this route and get a taste of BIG MFD's. I have considered the Tribute Fallout which is a crazy good, and would like to get a tribute Will Ray and do some ASAT Studio VI mods.
G&L tributes: my first G&L was a tribute Legacy, which I gigged with several times. Loved the CLF-100 p'ups and the PTB, they just sounded great. I sold it on Reverb after I got my comanche, for obvious reasons. My second was a tribute ASAT special, mahogany body with tobacco sunburst finish. What a great guitar. I shimmed the neck and then it was perfect. It played, looked and sounded great. I played entire gigs with it. When I got my '89 ASAT, I gave the tribute to my oldest son who is an excellent guitarist. There are days I regret parting with it, but I love the neck on the '89 so we're good. I do think the tribute sounded better in some ways. The current large coil MFD's are overwound compared to the 80's ones. The '89 has its own great voice and mojo blues vibe, but the tribute sounded GREAT.
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