G&L Custom Shop ASAT Classic Bluesboy in Black Widow Burst..

[Craig]

From a post on G&L's facebook page (4/20/2024):

G&L Custom Shop ASAT Classic Bluesboy in Black Widow Burst over spalted alder on okoume, 1-ply black guard,
paired humbucking ASAT Classic MFD pickups in the neck position with coil control by 3-way mini toggle for series/single/parallel,
3A flame maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, stainless steel frets, model logo delete and clear satin finish.
Built for G&L Premier Dealer Brickhouse Music in River Falls, Wisconsin.

[mutts]

Paired MFDs in the neck position? Is that something new?
Nice looking guitar

[Craig]

Paired MFDs in the neck position? Is that something new?
Nice looking guitar

Being that it is a Custom Shop build, the Paired MFDs in the neck position are custom for this guitar.
It is the first time I have seen one like this.

[vacant]

Wasn't that how the Doheny V12 pickups were developed?

[DanDoulogos]

I am ..intrigued by the paired MFDs configured as a humbucker. I think I would really like that.

[y2kc]

Really stunning!

[DanDoulogos]

Really stunning!

I wish the site had a dedicated thumbs up button, I'd wanted to mash it a few times when I read this.

[yowhatsshakin]

Being that it is a Custom Shop build, the Paired MFDs in the neck position are custom for this guitar.
It is the first time I have seen one like this.

Craig,

The idea of combining 2 MFDs not a bucker goes all the way back to the Leo days. He used the idea on what allegedly is the last guitar he was involved in: this Superhawk prototype.

- Jos

[Craig]

Being that it is a Custom Shop build, the Paired MFDs in the neck position are custom for this guitar.
It is the first time I have seen one like this.

Craig,

The idea of combining 2 MFDs not a bucker goes all the way back to the Leo days. He used the idea on what allegedly is the last guitar he was involved in: this Superhawk prototype.

- Jos

Hi Jos,

Yes, I saw that the S-500/Shyhawk pickups were use that way, but this is the first time I have seen AC bridge pickups configured that way.
I would love to hear them that way. I wonder if Tim thought about using them configured as a humbucker for the Bluesboy.

[Expert_Fretwork]

Paired MFDs in the neck position? Is that something new?
Nice looking guitar

That pickup idea was one of the guys in my crew, Tyler Spracher. He paired two ASAT MFD neck pickups together, similar to a humbucker, and gave it special wiring after collaborating with the owner of the store who was buying the guitar. If I recall correctly, it went to Brickhouse Music in Colorado. The owner came to visit the shop during NAMM and saw us working on the build, and bought it as well as a Widow Burst Legacy.

We're currently planning to do a small batch run of builds with similar pickup configurations to this ASAT for Brickhouse to celebrate their 30th anniversary this year.

[Expert_Fretwork]

I am ..intrigued by the paired MFDs configured as a humbucker. I think I would really like that.

That pickup matchup sounded truly incredible. I was extremely impressed with the results, and gave Tyler the go-ahead to run with the idea further in the future.