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[john o]

I like ASAT specials, been jonesing for a fullerton red gtr, and i am a bargain shopper. Found one that satisfies these criteria and took delivery today.
2007 or so ASAT special, sperzel locking tuners (my 1st gtr with these), maple fretboard with mild wear - has been played alot, nice and smooth, fast. frets still in good shape. Probably a 1C neck, chunky but not unpleasant. Perfect string alignment, very resonant, no neck bow, nice string action. Body with no sig dings or scratches, surprising in light of neck wear. p'ups DCR 5.18 at neck, 5.35 at bridge, compared to my '89 ASAT which has 4.57 n and 4.88 b. Sounds glorious, a little hotter than the '89 thru the drive channel. I'm such a huge fan of these p'ups!
What a beauty. I am going to put a cream guard and pup covers and some custom knobs on it. I really like the cream/fullerton red combo. Currently has black pearloid guard and black pup covers. Not bad looking as is. I'll show some pics after I fix it up and also take a look in the neck pocket. cheers...

[Nubs]

[Cactus Jack]

Pictures or it didn't happen!

[john o]

duly noted! here's a pre-mod teaser

[blargfromouterspace]

That’s going to look great with cream plastic on it
HNUGD!

[WitSok]

Congratulations! I think it will look better with the cream as well. Would even be tempted to try mint green.

[Cactus Jack]

Awesome guitar. I think it looks good as is, but will look super classy with your mods. I especially love the wear on the neck. No doubt that guitar has many interesting stories it could share! Hopefully many more to come.

[Danley]

Great looking guitar - but will be much more to my taste once that pickguard is changed Congratulations, happy it's gone to someone who will make it better (neck wear reminds me of my F100 ; nice.)

[john o]

Thanks, guys. I did peek into the closet and the neck and body dates are both in June 2007.
It is a heavy guitar. Right up there with my comanche and my les paul. I should get a decent scale to compare.
A good strap balances that out a bit. Maybe the non-contoured alder body contributes.
Plus, the ASAT bodies in '07 were a little thicker than the original Leo era specs they are using now.
The + trade off is amazing tone. That's part of what we're after, right?

[glvourot]

Its going to look great in cream, but then again pearloid always has to go . Nice grab, I look forward to seeing it post mod

[john o]

i just think cream on fullerton red is so right...



I'll post a few more in the gallery and then post a link

[Danley]

Much better

[john o]

here's a link to the gallery for some more pics without the annoying slick pic thing:

http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3


oh, and I did weigh it, along with a few others for comparison
'76 LP: 9 lb 12 oz
2007 ASAT: 8 lb 15 oz, 1 and 3/4 in thick
2013 Comanche : 8 lb 12 oz
'96 Tele: 8 lb 5 oz, 1 and 3/4 in thick
'89 ASAT : 8 lb 1 oz, 1 and 5/8 in thick
2015 Bluesboy: 7 lb 1 oz (not chambered, no f hole), 1 and 3/4 in thick, but contoured back, black limba over ash

[anteriorl5]

Creme looks great. Gold anodized would also be good but expensive. And I agree with you about those MFDs. Wonderful pickups.

[glvourot]

Amazing what difference small changes can make, its looks great !

[Craig]

here's a link to the gallery for some more pics without the annoying slick pic thing:

http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... alNumber=3


oh, and I did weigh it, along with a few others for comparison
'76 LP: 9 lb 12 oz
2007 ASAT: 8 lb 15 oz, 1 and 3/4 in thick
2013 Comanche : 8 lb 12 oz
'96 Tele: 8 lb 5 oz, 1 and 3/4 in thick
'89 ASAT : 8 lb 1 oz, 1 and 5/8 in thick
2015 Bluesboy: 7 lb 1 oz (not chambered, no f hole), 1 and 3/4 in thick, but contoured back, black limba over ash

Here are your photos inline: (just put the links between img BBcode):







Very nice indeed!

Hope this helps.

[art]

Nice! Love fullerton red paired with a creme pg.
art

[john o]

Thanks, Craig! I'm not too handy with that html stuff. I do prefer the gallery to slic pic.
Thanks, danley, glvourot, anteriorl5, art, much improved for sure!