Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:18 pm
Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:18 pm
Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:22 pm
Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:01 pm
sam wrote:Sounds like you’ve kept the early G&L influences going and have some fine examples to play. Post some pics of yer guitars and basses, we love to see G&L’s of GLDP family members.
sam wrote: What type music do you typically play and are you focused more on guitar or bass?
Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:27 pm
john o wrote:Welcome SignalSmith!
There is some magic in the old ones (and the new ones)
post a few pics for us.
here's my oldest: 1981 F100, mahogany body, ebony board, passive, 12 in radius (series 1) ]
Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:29 pm
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:59 pm
sam wrote:Great looking guitars!
I'm a tinkerer as well, quite a few mods over the years, ya never know what yer gonna get, but sometimes it's magic.
Dig the L5500 My son just got a JB-5 and is rolling with the 5 string vibe. Are those G&L pickups?
Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:14 pm
SignalSmith wrote:john o wrote:Welcome SignalSmith!
... The F100 and G200 are the only models I’ve seen with those pickups. Are they on any other models out of curiosity?
Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:22 am
Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:03 pm
Craig wrote:SignalSmith wrote:john o wrote:Welcome SignalSmith!
... The F100 and G200 are the only models I’ve seen with those pickups. Are they on any other models out of curiosity?
Welcome to our site!
Yes, a few more models were done with those MFD humbucker pickups, here is the complete list:
F-100, G-200, 25th Anniversary, F-100 Return Edition LE, F-100 (2009-1/2018), 30th Anniversary F-100, bridge pickup in GbL LE2.
[Reference post in our G&L Knowledgebase forum, General G&L Questions sub-forum: List of pickups used in G&L guitars]
Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:12 pm
sam wrote:Hi SignalSmith,
Been meaning to get back to ya on the mods. Will get more pictures later.
Took a Tribby ASAT, added Legacy tribute neck, replaced pups with a Z coil neck and Will Ray bridge and added a HipShot b-bender. My attempt at a “bendy” ASAT Z-2 since I can’t find one. I dig this guitar because the neck feels great and I love those Z-Coil pups!
ASAT Deluxe changed pups to Dimarzios, Air Norton Neck and Evolution bridge, 4 way switch and added push pull splitter for neck and kept toggle to split bridge. I’m a Dimarzio fan and these sound really good together for those “metal moods”
Took an Arbor tele knock off and made a top loader with Z coil bridge and ASAT MFD in neck. (Leftover from Z-2 project) This is an attempt to do a mod our own Mac Whiteside did for Will Ray years ago with a semi hollow ASAT. Mine is a butcher job but functional. The top loader with these pick ups give a real spanky feel.
Took an USA ASAT and put a leftover ASAT Deluxe neck Seymour Duncan pup in the neck. The big MFD bridge and hummer neck is a nice combo.
My last project is from about 2 years ago is still one I play a lot. ASAT tribute Irish Ale mahogany with Tribute Legacy maple neck (prefer the 12” neck), G&L CLF 100 neck pickup and an overwound big MFD like on ASAT Super in neck, 4 way Grigsby switch with orange drop capacitor. Pearloid ASAT guard. Still want to get a custom pickguard to fit the neck CLF better.