Al Evans wrote:Thanks, guys!
I have already added this guitar to the registry. As for the tone... Well, so far, I haven't found any way to make it sound bad! It even sounds good unplugged (which, to me, is always a good sign in a solid-body guitar).
This is the first Tele-type guitar I've had, so I'm sort of twisting the knob and flipping the switch at random, looking for sounds. So far, great tone everywhere I look, and a few sounds I've been searching for without success on every electric guitar I've had.
I'm really loving this one. I've had a good number of nice instruments -- this is only the third guitar I've felt like this about, and the first electric.
--Al Evans
Thanks for registering your guitar! I notice that it has the Galaxy Black test color and I checked the online listing of
G&L Prototype Guitars, but did not see yours in the list.
There is another one just like yours (S/N CLF071756, Date Completed: October 6, 2014). I have sent an email to Dave McLaren to find out the history on your guitar and
to find out if Galaxy Black is now available as a standard or premier finish.
Here's the description on the CLF07156 prototype, which likely applies to yours as well:
ASAT Classic Bluesboy 90
Serial Number: CLF071756
Date Completed: October 6, 2014
Description: Galaxy Black, pickguard deleted, model logo deleted, silver border G&L logo, full matching painted neck, rosewood fingerboard.
Purpose: Dave McLaren recalls, "In the mid-to-late '80s, G&L made many instruments with full matching necks. Some of us here, especially me,
have had a thing for this look so we decided to build a few instruments and let the idea sink in. At the time this is written, February 2015,
we've not decided whether to, or how exactly to offer this option. However, we've had our fun and the point has been made. The full matching neck may
someday become an option, but there will be quite a bit of sussing out to do before we get there. This guitar has another twist, as it's painted in Galaxy Black,
a color we were developing two years before (see prototype CLF066126 of November 16, 2012). At the time this is written, Galaxy Black has not been introduced. "
As soon as I hear back from Dave, I will post his reply.
Hope this helps.
