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I picked this up this week. 2005 Will Ray Signature ASAT
I was doing a setup on it this morning, decided to pull the neck and discovered some pretty exciting info on the neck!!! Looks like it was a NAMM guitar.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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!
Best guitar on the planet. That's a beauty for sure.
What year is the amp?
Hi Wil! Good to hear from you on the board! 
G&L USA ASAT Z-3 Will Ray Signature by Patrick Krook, on Flickr