Oddly, this guitar has two serial numbers, CLF13393 on the back of the headstock and G046028 on the neck plate. Someone entered this guitar in the registry with the note that it was a custom build for Paul Arron who worked at G&L from 1987 to 2002. The body is stamped Dec 12th, 1995. And, sure enough (or maybe coincidentally) the neck has four markings on it: in pencil, "neck work" with a signature and "99", "Paul" in red ink, and "Tint Shiny BE CC" in blue ballpoint maybe, and "pay GS neck only"(?) in black. So that's kind of cool, I approached the instrument with the thought that it might be a parts-SAT masquerading as the real thing. Also, it was listed in the registry as a one-off design, but I think it's an early 2nd gen ASAT III.
Photos just don't do the bird'e eye maple justice, and cherryburst has never been a favorite finish, but with a tortoise guard, imho, it looks pretty sexy. Shows very little wear, looks like it spent most of its life in a case. Great sounding pickups, each of the five positions has a distinct sound, definitely some quack on tap. The controls feel very responsive, I love the PTB system, but the simplicity of a single tone control is nice. I'm not sure how to identify the neck exactly, I like it, whatever it is. I'm also wondering what the dot markers on the neck are made of, they almost have a tortoise like coloring (doesn't show up too well in the photos).
And where would we be with no photos...
Cheers,
art