Some G&L photos from Jan 2018 NAMM

[Craig]

Posted on G&L's Facebook pages:

The new CLF Research L-2000 is a fully modern 2k with some vintage twists, starting with the early CLF/G&L headstock and neck profile,
beautifully reproduced CLF knobs and '81 control plate, and colored mini toggle switch tips. Thin urethane finish choices are Candy Apple Red or
Jet Black over basswood, Natural Ash, and faded 3-Tone Sunburst over Okoume.

Let's have a better look at the new CLF Research L-2000 in Candy Apple Red.

Specifications from the January 25, 2018 Dealer Price List:

NEW! CLF Heritage L-2000
L2000-CLF-JTB
Jet Black with maple fingerboard, basswood body
L2000-CLF-CAR
Candy Apple Red with maple fingerboard, basswood body
L2000-CLF-3TS
3-tone Sunburst with maple fingerboard, okoume body
L2000-CLF-NAT
Natural Gloss with maple fingerboard, swamp ash body
Pickups: Two “CLF Heritage” Magnetic Field Design humbuckers
Controls: G&L Tri-Tone active/passive electronics, 3-way mini-toggle pickup selector, series/parallel mini-toggle,
preamp control mini-toggle (off/on/on with high frequency EQ boost), volume, treble, bass
Control Plate: Chrome
Neck wood: Maple with vintage tint gloss finish
Neck profile: 1 5/8” Heritage C
.790” at 1st fret .890” at 12th fret
Radius: 9.5”
No Options Available

The new Doheny Semi-Hollow shown in Clear Orange over swamp ash with double white binding. Oh man, just look at this thing.

Specifications from the January 25, 2018 Dealer Price List:

NEW! Doheny Semi-Hollow ORDER CODE: DOHENYSH
Pickups: Two wide bobbin G&L Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups
Controls: Rear mounted 3-way pickup selector, volume, PTB system
Bridge: G&L Dual-Fulcrum Vibrato or Saddle Lock Fixed Bridge
Neck profile: Modern Classic (no neck profile options are available at this time)
Radius: 9.5” (all radius options are available)
Body wood: Swamp ash
Includes Wood binding
Finish: Standard or premier finishes included

Check out the new G&L Tribute Series Doheny. The requests for this have just been crazy.
Four color combos: Jet Black or Olympic White with maple, Surf Green and Lake Placid Blue with rosewood.

Specifications from the February 1, 2018 Tribute Series Dealer Price List:

NEW! Doheny
Finishes
- Jet Black, 3-ply White pickguard, tinted gloss neck with Maple fingerboard and black block inlays
TI-DOH-113R01M13 UPC: 791018366720
- Olympic White, 3-ply black pickguard, tinted gloss neck and Maple fingerboard and black block inlays
TI-DOH-113R56M23 UPC: 791018366751
- Surf Green, 3-ply white pickguard, tinted gloss neck and Brazilian Cherry fingerboard with white pearloid block inlays
TI-DOH-113R51R13 UPC: 791018366744
- Lake Placid Blue, 3-ply white pickguard, tinted gloss neck and Brazilian Cherry fingerboard with white pearloid block inlays
TI-DOH-113R04R13 UPC: 791018366737
Body wood Basswood
Neck wood Hard-Rock Maple
Neck dimensions 1 5⁄8” width at nut, 9.5” radius
Pickups Two wide bobbin G&L Magnetic Field Design pickups
Controls 3-position pickup selector, volume, PTB system
Bridge G&L Dual-Fulcrum™ vibrato

G&L Custom Shop now at NAMM.

Custom Shop ASAT Special. This one is thin urethane Fullerton Red with light aging. Plays like buttah!

Custom Shop ASAT Classic in Butterscotch Blonde thin urethane
We brought a few builds to the NAMM show and the response has been amazing.

Meet Phyllis Fender and Dr. Randall Bell, co-authors of the new bestselling book Leo Fender: The Quiet Giant Heard Around the World.
1pm at the G&L booth Hall D 3947.

Phyllis and Randy are having a good time signing books! Working hard though.

Danny Kortchmar at the NAMM TEC Awards, making this Doheny sing.

[sam]

Hey Craig,

Thanks for sharing! Everyone needs to get the book. Got it for Christmas and breezed through it, great read and learned a lot.

Anyone get a clip of Danny Kortchmar playing? Would love to have been in that audience

I see part of an ASAT at the bottom left, interesting color, kinda camo looking, what is it?

[Craig]

Hey Craig,

Thanks for sharing! Everyone needs to get the book. Got it for Christmas and breezed through it, great read and learned a lot.

Anyone get a clip of Danny Kortchmar playing? Would love to have been in that audience

I see part of an ASAT at the bottom left, interesting color, kinda camo looking, what is it?

Here are two videos with Danny playing with Jackson Browne who had recieved a NAMM TEC Award.

[video]https://youtu.be/lN4Fsm-Xcm4[/video]
[video]https://youtu.be/nn5YpClzte4[/video]

G&L did not have any labels on the instruments in the booth, so I will contact them to find out the various body woods they used.
That ASAT Special looks an "ink blot test pattern" on the top.

I will be posting more photos in the next day or so.

Stay tuned.

[sam]

Thank you sir!

[john o]

Lee Sklar's bass looks pretty cool, too!

[Nubs]

Very awesome pics! Thanks for posting them. Has there been any word of a lefty Doheny Tribute? The lefty community is DYING for an affordable, quality offset.

[Craig]

Here are my G&L Booth photos:

[yowhatsshakin]

Great shots Craig! Thanks for posting!

- Jos

[FZTNT]

Great shots Craig! Thanks for posting!

- Jos

+1...it's almost like I was there. Thanks.

Tom

[Nubs]

I'm really liking those shots of the Doheny without a pickguard. Think I would want one of them (in lefty of course). And that one shot with the Whiskey frost Doheny with the black pickguard...OOOO BABY!!

[Craig]

And that one shot with the Whiskey frost Doheny with the black pickguard...OOOO BABY!!

Is it this one, in the middle?


If so, it is a special build and the body is Monkey Pod (East Indian Walnut) with a Natural Frost finish.

It was already claimed by one G&L's dealers, as were most of the booth instruments on display.

I liked it too!

[Nubs]

Yup that's the one. That's a natural huh? Looks dark for natural. In any event, a whiskey frost over ash with the same pick guard would look sexy as all hell!

Is it possible to order a custom Doheny without a pick guard?

[Craig]

Is it possible to order a custom Doheny without a pick guard?

Both the Doheny Deluxe and the Doheny Semi-Hollow have rear-mounted controls without pickguard.
The Doheny requires a pickguard.

NEW! Doheny Deluxe ORDER CODE: DOHENYD
Pickups: Two wide bobbin G&L Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups
Controls: Rear mounted 3-way pickup selector, volume, PTB system
Bridge: G&L Dual-Fulcrum Vibrato or Saddle Lock Fixed Bridge
Neck profile: Modern Classic
Radius: 9.5”
Body wood: Premium flame maple top over basswood
Includes Wood Binding
Finish: Standard or premier finishes included

NEW! Doheny Semi-Hollow ORDER CODE: DOHENYSH
Pickups: Two wide bobbin G&L Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups
Controls: Rear mounted 3-way pickup selector, volume, PTB system
Bridge: G&L Dual-Fulcrum Vibrato or Saddle Lock Fixed Bridge
Neck profile: Modern Classic
Radius: 9.5”
Body wood: Swamp ash
Includes Wood binding
Finish: Standard or premier finishes included

Hope this helps.

[yz250f49]

Thanks for the pics!

Does anybody know if they will be at Summer NAMM in Nashville this year?

[matbard]

Definitely want an L-2000 Heritage

[rauchman]

Hotness. Really like the Legacy HH and HSS guitars w/out pick guards. Are those the RMC's?

[Craig]

Hotness. Really like the Legacy HH and HSS guitars w/out pick guards. Are those the RMC's?

Are these the ones you are referring to?



If so, those are the new Invader and Invader XL, for details see: January 25, 2018-present G&L U.S. Specifications & Options

As I recall there was a Legacy HSS RMC in the booth:


Hope this helps.

[rauchman]

Hotness. Really like the Legacy HH and HSS guitars w/out pick guards. Are those the RMC's?

Are these the ones you are referring to?



If so, those are the new Invader and Invader XL, for details see: January 25, 2018-present G&L U.S. Specifications & Options

As I recall there was a Legacy HSS RMC in the booth:


Hope this helps.

Yup, those would be the ones. Thanks! Didn't see the Invader / XL's listed on the link provided (I'm probably blind), nor on the website. These are new? Any idea when available? Will they have the Modern neck profile and 12" radius?

[Craig]

Yup, those would be the ones. Thanks! Didn't see the Invader / XL's listed on the link provided (I'm probably blind), nor on the website. These are new? Any idea when available? Will they have the Modern neck profile and 12" radius?

Here is the listing from that link:

Invader (Note: G&L website spec page not yet available)
Pickups: G&L CLF-100 Alnico single coils in neck and middle positions
G&L Alnico V humbucker in bridge position
Controls: rear mounted 5-way pickup selector, volume, tone
Neck profile: 1 11/16” nut width Slim Invader profile (.770” at 1st fret .830” at 12th fret) (no neck profile options)
Radius: 12” (no radius options)
Bridge: Floyd Rose Vibrato
Body wood: alder on standard and solid finishes, swamp ash on Premier finishes
Finish: Standard finishes included

Invader XL (Note: G&L website spec page not yet available)
Pickups: Two G&L Alnico V humbuckers
Controls: rear mounted 3-way pickup selector, volume, tone
Neck profile: 1 11/16” nut width Slim Invader profile (.770” at 1st fret .830” at 12th fret) (no neck profile options)
Radius: 12” (no radius options)
Bridge: Floyd Rose Vibrato
Body wood: Alder on standard and solid finishes, swamp ash on premier finishes
Finish: Standard finishes included

As you can see there are no neck options available.

Yes, they are new, with the "S" body style and new pickups. The past Invader and Invader XL models (1997 - January 2017) were discontinued in February 2017.

They can be ordered now; contact your local G&L dealer for pricing and ordering.

Hope this helps.

[JagInTheBag]

Nothing new on these on the website, any indication if they are going to offer any heel sculpting or 24 fret options? I know they have been after the Suhr market and have yet to really break through to shredders in a big way...

[Craig]

Nothing new on these on the website, any indication if they are going to offer any heel sculpting or 24 fret options? I know they have been after the Suhr market and have yet to really break through to shredders in a big way...

No other options than what is listed in the: January 25, 2018-present G&L U.S. Specifications & Options.
Dave Brown is still in the process of updating the new G&L Website. The most up to date info is in the link above.

[rauchman]

Yup, those would be the ones. Thanks! Didn't see the Invader / XL's listed on the link provided (I'm probably blind), nor on the website. These are new? Any idea when available? Will they have the Modern neck profile and 12" radius?

Here is the listing from that link:

Invader (Note: G&L website spec page not yet available)
Pickups: G&L CLF-100 Alnico single coils in neck and middle positions
G&L Alnico V humbucker in bridge position
Controls: rear mounted 5-way pickup selector, volume, tone
Neck profile: 1 11/16” nut width Slim Invader profile (.770” at 1st fret .830” at 12th fret) (no neck profile options)
Radius: 12” (no radius options)
Bridge: Floyd Rose Vibrato
Body wood: alder on standard and solid finishes, swamp ash on Premier finishes
Finish: Standard finishes included

Invader XL (Note: G&L website spec page not yet available)
Pickups: Two G&L Alnico V humbuckers
Controls: rear mounted 3-way pickup selector, volume, tone
Neck profile: 1 11/16” nut width Slim Invader profile (.770” at 1st fret .830” at 12th fret) (no neck profile options)
Radius: 12” (no radius options)
Bridge: Floyd Rose Vibrato
Body wood: Alder on standard and solid finishes, swamp ash on premier finishes
Finish: Standard finishes included

As you can see there are no neck options available.

Yes, they are new, with the "S" body style and new pickups. The past Invader and Invader XL models (1997 - January 2017) were discontinued in February 2017.

They can be ordered now; contact your local G&L dealer for pricing and ordering.

Hope this helps.

Mucho appreciated. Obviously, I can't read!!!! Thanks again!

[Aetrox]

Just now getting around to reading this. Wow! I love those burled woods! Some of the new paint options are pretty doggone nifty as well. I have heard folks jokeingly refer to G&L as the worlds largest custom shop, looking at some of the new items here, it reminds me of that. I really can not afford another guitar, and being a terrible player, I do not need one, but look at that burl!