But wait: flick the white toggle down to run the coils in series, and the pickup is louder, warmer, more mid-focused, and brings a legitimate humbucker tone. Jazz, blues, rock.... Plenty of growl with overdrive. In either mode, turning on the preamp (red toggle) boosts the volume substantially for leads. Switching it all the way down adds treble boost. For how I play, that's mostly unnecessary, but it might be great if you have darker amp settings, or it might work well with an old-school fuzz pedal to both boost the gain but get only ankle-deep in the mud. (I don't have a fuzz to try this with; just a theory.) Or, that treble boost can be handy for the neck pickup.
So, tonally, this guitar covers a lot of bases. Great for gigging with in different styles (once gigging returns...), and I'm sure all that tonal flexibility would be great to have in the studio.
I really like the 9.5 inch radius fretboard, the action is low and buttery—it's a pleasure to play. A friend who's more of a humbucker player and not a G&L user (except when he tries mine) places it in his top three of my G&Ls (alongside the Trinity and the G-200). Highly recommended!!
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). The Espada plays beautifully in all registers—quite easy to get around on.
), it would be easier to compare. If you already have Z coils, the Espada brings something else. I like 'em both. I'd like to see three Espada pickups in an S-style body, with an expander switch... it's been done with the Doheny 
