dominic wrote:Hey folks - just picked up this ASAT Classic S semi - hollow (no f hole) in a trade. This is my 5th G&L so I know a little about them, but all my others were bought new and came with the build sheet. On this one, I am guessing at a few things and wanted to see if you all can help me fill in the blanks. By the way, this is "the one" for me (ahead of my Anderson, Red Rocket, B3, Collings, Gretsch, Fender, other G&L, Alvarez, Taylor, and Gibson guitars)....based on the music I am doing now, this guitar is the perfect sound and feel. I already have MFDs in other guitars but they work especially well in this one.
OK - so I know there was a special run of these in 2007 and then they went into production...is this one of the 100 made in 2007? If so, these were all Swamp Ash? Looks like a tinted maple neck...is this the "gun oil tint with polished gloss"? And, the neck feels just a bit more comfortable then my other G&Ls with the Classic C 1A....maybe this is a slim C?
...I like this one so much I am considering a new custom build of the same guitar except for a rosewood fingerboard, tobacco burst finish, and body binding.
Thanks in advance!
Yes, it is one of 25 of the Butterscotch Blonde finished
2007 Special Builds. It was registered by a previous owner (and still is) in our G&L Registry,
but was listed as the standard production model. There is no mention that it is semi-hollow without F-hole nor the build year.
I changed the model name in the Registry to reflect it as a Special Build. The standard production model did not come out until 2008.
Please do edit the registry entry and change ownship to yourself.
The neck tint is a Gun-oil tint with a Glossy finish.
The standard production model only comes as a solid body, but you might be able to request it as a Semi-Hollow (with or without F-hole).
Check with a G&L dealer to see if you can order it the way you want it.
Nice score!
