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.
S500 3 bolt neck
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Re: S500 3 bolt neck
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
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
Regarding 3-bolt neck, see When and why did G&L switch to a four-bolt neck?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.
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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Re: S500 3 bolt neck
Love this forum. The information is so concise.
Fingers crossed the guy wants to do the final deal.
Thank guys.
Fingers crossed the guy wants to do the final deal.
Thank guys.