Lefty ASAT Special

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 1:13 pm

Hey everyone, this is my first foray into G&L as you've heard lefty's can be a bit of a hunt
please feel free to comment as this one seems fairly rare ...

guitar_ed · Post by **guitar_ed** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 1:46 pm

Love the 3 bolts. Got a couple of them

edg

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:19 pm

guitar_ed wrote:Love the 3 bolts. Got a couple of them
edg

hey thanks ! : )

Katefan · Post by **Katefan** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:34 pm

Howdy! Sweet Asat you have there. Not sure how rare but definitely a nice example of a mid 90's ASAT (Special) and yes Lefties in general are harder to come by. I would say yours has a premium finish… judging from the grain pattern it most likely lightweight and has an ash body. Tasty dark rosewood fingerboard too. Your ASAT has many of the Leo-era appointments - knobs, logo and string string + earlier model Saddle lock bridge and longer control plate (they changed a bit later to have pointier edges and not as nice chrome plating. The control plate shortened in length a bit later. By late '97 BBE did away with the 3 bolt neck design which they argued folks didn't like but also it meant they could save costs by streamlining production by doing away powder coating the neck plate & less tooling/parts in the neck & pocket. Few years after that the bicut neck design bit the dust too and they changed the headstock to an uglier stretched out look… I'll stop there... (I'm not a fan of BBE's later manoeuvres - questionable whether Leo would be too) Anyway congrats on your acquisition!

Cheers,
KF

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:40 pm

thanks for your reply and your lesson... I appreciate the knowledge : )

SouthpawGuy · Post by **SouthpawGuy** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:51 pm

My, also lefty, ASAT Special from the same era. It's also a 3 bolt version with factory fitted Sperzels.

Don't know what the finish is, it looks like rhubarb and custard.

btw ... your ASAT Special probably won't be your last G&L

darwinohm · Post by **darwinohm** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 4:39 pm

I think its a beautiful Blonde! -- Darwin

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 5:04 pm

SouthpawGuy wrote:My, also lefty, ASAT Special from the same era. It's also a 3 bolt version with factory fitted Sperzels.
Don't know what the finish is, it looks like rhubarb and custard.
btw ... your ASAT Special probably won't be your last G&L

Holy crap yours is awesome too love that finish, so rich !

darwinohm wrote:I think its a beautiful Blonde! -- Darwin

she got legs .... is your gold sparkle tele a G&L ?

darwinohm · Post by **darwinohm** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 5:13 pm

Yes, it is an ASAT Classic. -- Darwin

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:09 pm

cool I dig it

astutzmann · Post by **astutzmann** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:59 am

beautiful asat special. I call it streaky blonde over ash....love the ash bodies. Love that fretboard too, great find!

Post by **Craig** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:59 am

SouthpawGuy wrote:My, also lefty, ASAT Special from the same era. It's also a 3 bolt version with factory fitted Sperzels.

Don't know what the finish is, it looks like rhubarb and custard.

btw ... your ASAT Special probably won't be your last G&L

That's Cherryburst on Swamp Ash.

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:13 pm

That cherryburst ASATspecial is almost perfect, something about the white pickguard, I'd like to change it

Katefan · Post by **Katefan** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:36 pm

You're welcome - glad to help

Re swapping out the p/g - there used to be a forum member here who made aftermarket ASAT p/g to original specs…. Leo-era & BBE - that's another thing that changed over the years…
Chandler at some point was the supplier for BBE-era models but specs kinda drifted and once the 3-bolt to 4-bolt shift occurred the neck pocket / p/g thang really changed.
I think the forum member might be Thumbs but other folks here might chime in should they know.

Cheers,
KF

Nubs · Post by **Nubs** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:14 pm

Stop giving me GAS already dammit!!

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:26 am

Nubs wrote:Stop giving me GAS already dammit!!

Well the one thing you may find relief because I doubt SouthpawGuy's or my ASAT's would be easily found ... judging from the register. I realize it's just a sample but these combos even in righty seem few...
... and I'm sure you're still getting a ton of fun outta that Custom beaut !

Nubs · Post by **Nubs** » Wed Apr 20, 2016 6:30 am

AllroyPA wrote:
Nubs wrote:Stop giving me GAS already dammit!!
Well the one thing you may find relief because I doubt SouthpawGuy's or my ASAT's would be easily found ... judging from the register. I realize it's just a sample but these combos even in righty seem few...
... and I'm sure you're still getting a ton of fun outta that Custom beaut !

Yes I am, but I'm always looking out for more ASATs. I'd love to have the whole lefty collection eventually.

SouthPaw · Post by **SouthPaw** » Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:32 pm

Very nice Looking instruments there guys, and both just beautiful as they are... But on the subject of the pickguards (and just my 2c) i think that you guys should swap guards, i think the pearl guard would look brilliant on the cherryburst and the white guard would allow the more subtle blonde to show off its grain a little more... But as i said beautiful just as they are.

Tooslowhand · Post by **Tooslowhand** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 11:45 am

I saw a Cherryburst ASAT Special with white pickguard and black MFD pickup covers. It was beautiful. If you're looking to change something you might try that before a pickguard change out.

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 3:04 pm

We are talking about southpawguy's guitar and I'm sure he's cool with us dreaming on it ... I don't know if I'd like my cream-pearl on his, but if it was just a white-pearl I think that might look tough ... I also once ran into a mint-pearloid on a friend's tele that was pretty nice on a red'ish sunburst

SouthpawGuy · Post by **SouthpawGuy** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:16 pm

Craig wrote:
SouthpawGuy wrote:My, also lefty, ASAT Special from the same era. It's also a 3 bolt version with factory fitted Sperzels.

Don't know what the finish is, it looks like rhubarb and custard.

btw ... your ASAT Special probably won't be your last G&L
That's Cherryburst on Swamp Ash.

I have four other cherry bursts, a Legacy, an S500 Deluxe, a Bluesboy and a Legacy Special ... they are all the same colour as each other on the body edges, or rim. This ASAT is way different, it is a deep maroon or plum finish.

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Plum burst maybe ?

( apologies to the OP for the thread hijack

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SouthpawGuy · Post by **SouthpawGuy** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:22 pm

AllroyPA wrote:We are talking about southpawguy's guitar and I'm sure he's cool with us dreaming on it ... I don't know if I'd like my cream-pearl on his, but if it was just a white-pearl I think that might look tough ... I also once ran into a mint-pearloid on a friend's tele that was pretty nice on a red'ish sunburst

Dipping your toes into G&L water can be a dangerous pastime.

Dreaming of pickguard colour schemes is just the start. Soon you'll be thinking of adding a Legacy, or a Bluesboy, ...maybe an S500

Post by **Craig** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:29 pm

SouthpawGuy wrote:
Craig wrote:
SouthpawGuy wrote:My, also lefty, ASAT Special from the same era. It's also a 3 bolt version with factory fitted Sperzels.

Don't know what the finish is, it looks like rhubarb and custard.

btw ... your ASAT Special probably won't be your last G&L
That's Cherryburst on Swamp Ash.

I have four other cherry bursts, a Legacy, an S500 Deluxe, a Bluesboy and a Legacy Special ... they are all the same colour as each other on the body edges, or rim. This ASAT is way different, it is a deep maroon or plum finish.

[

Plum burst maybe ?

( apologies to the OP for the thread hijack )

The only other standard burst finish that it could be is Tobacco Sunburst. I found the G&L Catalog for 1996-97 in our Gallery and here's a link to the Color chart. What do you think?

BTW, this sunburst finish is now known as "Old School Tobacco Sunburst".

Hope this helps.

AllroyPA · Post by **AllroyPA** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:15 pm

SouthpawGuy wrote: ( apologies to the OP for the thread hijack )

It's all good man, epic lefty ASAT thread

SouthPaw · Post by **SouthPaw** » Fri Apr 22, 2016 1:43 am

SouthpawGuy speaks the truth when he says " Dipping your toes into G&L water can be a dangerous pastime.
Dreaming of pickguard colour schemes is just the start. Soon you'll be thinking of adding a Legacy, or a Bluesboy, ...maybe an S500"

I started with an ASAT Special, then came a Legacy and now i have an ASAT Classic that i am in the process of paying off... Thats the thing about G&Ls they really do tend to accumulate,

Loving this Lefty ASAT thread too

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