G&L ASAT Classic Bluesboy Limited Edition - Spalted Alder ?

[Craig]

I was browsing one of G&L's dealer's website (Martin Music) and saw this one listed:

G&L ASAT Classic Bluesboy Limited Edition - Spalted Alder



I contacted Steve Grom at G&L about this and here is his reply:

Hi Craig,

We made what I think is a one time purchase of some spalted alder body blanks. We offered about 20 instruments to selected dealers
and they could select the model, neck and finish they wanted. We have pretty much finished all the orders and it's a really interesting
mix of instruments.

We decided not go into the Custom Creations world with these. We wanted to keep it fairly simple.

Let the folks know to keep an eye open with some of the better G&L dealers for the spalted alder models.

In addition, we have put up on the G&L web site photos of a number of sample/proto instruments that are either up for sale (to dealers) or
have been sold (if the instrument is sold we will indicate the dealer who has it)

There are more of these being added to the gallery all the time

Thanks and please let me know if you have any questions.

Steve

[louis cyfer]

g&l committed a serious felony putting a pg on that guitar. someone should be losing their job and going to jail over this.

[Lazer]

g&l committed a serious felony putting a pg on that guitar. someone should be losing their job and going to jail over this.

Absolutely not, however with a white pickguard and a maple fingerboard,
it may well be the perfect guitar for me.

Cheers
L-zr

[oneeyedog]

g&l committed a serious felony putting a pg on that guitar. someone should be losing their job and going to jail over this.

you dont like pg's much, do ya louis?
john

[jakkanen]

I don't care for how the wood looks, and the neck pickup sits crooked. I'd put a chrome pickguard on it.

[KenC]

I love the wood, but not the pick guard. This kind of figure needs to be exposed all the way around. I do prefer the look of a black pick guard on a solid-color ASAT Classic though.

Ken

[willross]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the white/black/white & black/white/black plastic pickguards. They have a cheapnis(thanks Mr. Zappa) to them. On vintage S/T's it's cool, but much prefer a bakelite, one color guard or powder-coated aluminum... Or none at all.


Cheers,

Will

[louis cyfer]

g&l committed a serious felony putting a pg on that guitar. someone should be losing their job and going to jail over this.

you dont like pg's much, do ya louis?
john

not on wood that looks that good. i am fine with pg's on solid color and other finishes.

[yowhatsshakin]

g&l committed a serious felony putting a pg on that guitar. someone should be losing their job and going to jail over this.

you dont like pg's much, do ya louis?
john

not on wood that looks that good. i am fine with pg's on solid color and other finishes.

I think louis rather would have liked to see something like this as done for the spalted maple top series:


- Jos

[louis cyfer]

g&l committed a serious felony putting a pg on that guitar. someone should be losing their job and going to jail over this.

you dont like pg's much, do ya louis?
john

not on wood that looks that good. i am fine with pg's on solid color and other finishes.

I think louis rather would have liked to see something like this as done for the spalted maple top series:


- Jos

indeed. i think steve grom or whoever decided the pg should be turning themselves in, and await the firing squad to carry out the rightful sentence.

[Craig]

g&l committed a serious felony putting a pg on that guitar. someone should be losing their job and going to jail over this.

indeed. i think steve grom or whoever decided the pg should be turning themselves in, and await the firing squad to carry out the rightful sentence.

The dealer was the one who spec'd and ordered the guitar. The factory built what was ordered.