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sirmyghin wrote: The ASAT slat body is pretty cool, I like the extra contours a lot also, kind of like an SG cross with a Tele.
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Kit wrote:Elwood, your G&Ls are certainly unique! And ditto on the body contour on the ASAT body.
Are those necks standard G&L issue? I have never seen anything like that from G&L before. I specially like the one with the slant dividing the neck between maple and ebony, and I noticed how the dots changed from pearl on ebony to black on maple. Way cool!
I am one of the NW locals from Portland. A G&L gathering would be fun if we can find a place to do it.
Kit
Madcity Fats wrote:Those necks are cuh-razy! I never knew G&L was up to anything like that. They can't be very common. Now I want a bass with a maple/ebony hybrid neck (or is that an ebony/maple hybrid neck?). Wonder if such a thing exists.
I could go on again listing the features that I love about G&L (being a bass player, that rock-solid monster of a bridge is a biggie), but I think the thing that has me collecting them is that they're such a great value. The older ones are the only Leo-era instruments I can readily afford and the new USA models go for half what some of the competition charges. With G&L you know you're getting a guitar (or bass) whose every detail has gotten in-house attention. There are other brands out there who don't even do their own finish work or milling/routing, and they'll cost you every bit as much or more than a G&L. I love that the Fullerton factory does it all and I hope they aim to keep it that way.
Katefan wrote:Hey Elwood,
I hail from Seattle and currently reside in West Seattle. I'd be up for a Pac NW GbL jam at some point tho I'm looking at relocating to NZ so I might not be here if & when it takes place.... still, I think it would be fun to have a go at it.
zapcosongs wrote: I wonder about the history of that ASAT-ish two-necked beauty. Did they build it to be presented to somebody special, an endorser perhaps? Was this to (maybe) become a production model? And why two uniquely lovely necks?
Maybe Tim or somebody else can shed some light here.
zapcosongs wrote: I suppose I feel a lot like MC Fats in that the quality and value is head and shoulders above the usual. Their instruments just feel and sound like somebody really cared, and one need not to be rich to enjoy and indulge...
darwinohm wrote:Great start Elwood. You were out of the gate first class with the basses you showed last week. Are the ones you showed today custom builds? The necks are interesting and it would be cool to do that on some current versions.
darwinohm wrote:
I can't remember the last time I heard a guy play like this dude. Everything from Chet though chicken picking to Rock. He played many guitars and played them all through a 2-12 Hot rod Deville. For me it was like a concert and I was green with envy over the licks that this dude had. Secondly, the Custom Shop Fs do not have as good flamed necks as many standard G&Ls.
Speaking of smoking, Steve our lead player, originally wrote Smoking in the Boys Room. He was under age at the time and lost the rights to it over a recording deal.
Boogie Bill wrote:
I would say my fav G&Ls are from the early-90's to about 2000; and that's what I have. I knew about G&L from the very start. I had a Music Man Sabre II from about '78-'79, one of the very first in the Seattle area, and a couple of years later met a guy who had a new F-100. I liked the Sabre better, and he did too!
Boogie Bill wrote: I would love to have a G&L jam, but haven't found a good place to do it. I'll help in any way I can--and I would certainly be there. I'd love to see Will Ray again; met him a few years ago in Portland, and then again in Seattle and Bellevue at clinics he did.
And it's taken me years of therapy to get over it! LOL!
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Katefan wrote: Thinking I may keep the neck as to have a replacement on hand if and when Char's original finally goes south.
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