S500 3 bolt neck

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emergencysean
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S500 3 bolt neck

Post by emergencysean »

Hi all,

It looks like I may be getting the S500 I spoke about in a previous post. This is a 96 model with 3 bolt rosewood neck. I am a bit of a fender kid in the past and used to 4 bolt necks so just after a bit of reassurance about the 3 bolt on the s500 ? Also, what size are the frets usually ?? Also the vendor says it is a one piece body, is this the norm for a 96 S500 ?

Thanks in advance. :rolleyes:
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Katefan
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Re: S500 3 bolt neck

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Sounds like a cool axe - I think you'll be pretty impressed with it.

3-bolt Fenders Vs. 3-bolt G&Ls - NIght & Day difference in overall quality and anyone familiar with G&L guitars would agree...
Some folks can't get past the visuals and prefer 4-bolts. Aside from the current offerings from G&L, my only interest is in 3-bolt models.

The mid 90's G&L's use jumbo fret wire so that may take some getting used to but I think you'll find that guitar (if set up well) plays great.

Cheers,
KF
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Re: S500 3 bolt neck

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emergencysean wrote:Hi all,

It looks like I may be getting the S500 I spoke about in a previous post. This is a 96 model with 3 bolt rosewood neck. I am a bit of a fender kid in the past and used to 4 bolt necks so just after a bit of reassurance about the 3 bolt on the s500 ? Also, what size are the frets usually ?? Also the vendor says it is a one piece body, is this the norm for a 96 S500 ?

Thanks in advance. :rolleyes:
Regarding 3-bolt neck, see When and why did G&L switch to a four-bolt neck?

Regarding fret sizes, see 6100 Fretwire.

For the transparent finished bodies, G&L uses 1 or 2 piece bodies and many of the 2 piece bodies can be hard
to tell.

Hope this helps.

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emergencysean
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Re: S500 3 bolt neck

Post by emergencysean »

Love this forum. The information is so concise.

Fingers crossed the guy wants to do the final deal.

Thank guys.