First time post and waiting on the Mailman

[dbirchett]

I bought this off of Ebay earlier this week. Its supposed to be a 1998 ASAT Deluxe Thinline with Bigsby. A previous owner switched out the Humbuckers with Harmonic Design Z90s. Not sure what the coil cut switch does now. Maybe a phase switch or perhaps a series/parallel.







It's out for delivery now and I'm just waiting for it. Other than the pickups, does anything look wrong with it?

Don

[Fumble fingers]

sweet guitar !! .... I was watching that and seen it had sold today , congrats on a real fine instrument ..... I have a 2014 Deluxe with Bigsby and natural wood single binding ..... here lately these guitars with binding are really triggering gas attacks ..... the switch on mine is a coil split , it makes the humbucker sound like single coil

[Salmon]

Well there is one I would not mind having myself. That has a beautiful Cherryburst finish. I'll bet that sounds good. How do Bigsbys fit inside guitar cases? Has the jack been changed? It looks like it is recessed or something in addition to being a color I would not have expected with the binding.

[Fumble fingers]

the early ASAT Bigsby are recessed , my 2014 is not

you just rotate the handle backwards for the case , fits perfect

[Case24]

Nice looking ASAT! Congratulations.

[darwinohm]

Wow! Another Bigsby, simply gorgeous Asat. Bigsbys rule and this is just another example! Welcome by the way and what a start. -- Darwin

[fianoman]

Beauty! Go chase that mailman down. 'Bout time for a follow up report here. How's she sound?

[dbirchett]

Well, I've had it for a little more than a week and my opinion on it just keeps getting stronger. It plays more easily than any of my other guitars and sounds great. I love the pickups. They have a P90ish sound but are not as, for want of a better word, rude as the P90. Not that either sound is bad, just different. I have heard the Vintage Alnico (staple) pickups described in the same way and wonder if these might be similar.

The switch no long is a coil splitter since there are no coils to split. At first I thought it might be a series parallel switch but it is a phase reversal switch. It obviously only works in the center position but activating it thins out the sound and introduces a Strat-like quack. Not my favorite sound but it is sometimes useful.

Anyway, it is definitely a keeper. Here are some more pictures that I took after it got here:







Can you tell I like it?