Hello from a lapsed old-timer!

[WillisR]

Hi all,
I used to be a regular poster here in the early 2000s. I lost track of this board about 15 years ago, but have remained a G&L loyalist through years of gigging and now playing and recording mostly for fun. Here's the latest of my collection (all in the Registry, of course!):

From right to left:

• A 2000ish G&L Legacy in Belair Green with matching headstock, vintage frets, and the bridge swapped out for a Hot Rails;
• A 2001ish G&L Legacy 2HB in Baby Blue with matching headstock (IIRC, one of the very first in this model and this color).

These two were my main gigging guitars for many years.

• My latest pickup: a 2018 Fallout in Shell Pink with matching stealth headstock and a new (to me) 9.5" radius Chechen neck, which looks like rosewood but feels like ebony. Love the P90!
• A mid-2000-era homebrew Carvin neckthrough Firebird-style with hand inlaid purpleheart and yellowheart. Not a G&L, strictly speaking, but has a NOS black crinkle Saddle-Lock bridge acquired, IIRC, from the Buffalo Bros.

And, though I'm not a legitimate bassist, I added this Tribute SB2 to the fold sometime in the early 2010s:



Nice to see the Lunch Reports are still going! Look forward to seeing what's happening in G&L land these days.

-WR

[Danley]

The blue/green tones look amazing; I really need something in Bel Air. Welcome back

[WillisR]

Thanks! I love Belair Green and think it looks nicer in person, especially under stage lights, compared to Surf Green. I’m pleasantly surprised at how nice Shell Pink looks in person too.

[sam]

Hey Willis!

Welcome back from another old-timer. Those Fallouts keep tempting me, even as a devout ASAT fan those have a certain mojo.

Keep coming round, good stuff happening!

[WillisR]

Over the years, I’ve gravitated toward a single coil neck pickup for clean sounds (or the split HB on the 2HB) and a bridge humbucker for distortion. The Fallout nicely covers both bases with a pretty simple user interface! I don’t care for the middle (which feels a little lost) or split bridge (maybe this is to appeal to tele players?), but the P90 is a really nice SC flavor. Still trying to decide how I feel about the humbucker—it’s not as over the top as the Hot Rails or JB (and certainly not the Invader) with super high-gain settings. But it sounds a lot better clean and is super rich and sparkly with medium gain, which is new territory for me. I also really like the 9.5” neck and the Chechen fingerboard and the very light body. It’d be great to gig with.

[DogsPart2]

Very nice collection.

I lost track too of G&L for awhile and am happy to be back in the fold.

Belair Green..no affiliation with the seller at all , but there is a very nice ASAT Special in Belair Green on Reverb right now.