When I got it back it was in a real state. The fingerboard was filthy, the strings were black and had a layer of gunk on the lower side, the chrome plating on the volume knob had corroded away and the whole thing had a disgusting oily residue over it, hopefully from some sort of polish... I have no idea where it had been kept! So as not to risk catching tetanus, I decided to clean it up before even playing it at all, let alone plugging it in. It doesn't look too bad in the photo, but the gunk was built up thicker than appears!
I took the whole thing apart to give it a good sanitising. The gunk on the fretboard was removed with a scalpel, and the frets polished up with steel wool. The body was stripped of all hardware and cleaned in warm soapy water then dried thoroughly. When I initially bought the guitar 5 or so years ago, it was sold to me as a 1997 model. It was thus mildly surprising to note that the actual build date is 1993, with only 2 weeks between build dates on the neck and body.
Once it was all back together, and with a favourite set of Seymour Duncan pickups installed, I was amazed that it was still as nicely set up as the day I sold it. Thats a real testament to the quality of G&Ls builds. I've been using almost exclusively for the last few months, and it was the only guitar used on an album we recorded last month - and it was certainly not the only one I brought along! Every now and then I get the urge to order another G&L to my specs, but I really don't think they'd be able to top this one.
It is not for sale
