Can't resist the blondes

[fenderfan]

I admit to a major weakness for the Mary Kaye type see-through blonde finish on lightweight ash bodies, with the glossy tinted neck. I have these two beauties: a Legacy, and an S-500.

[SouthpawGuy]

Nice !

My own '90s Legacy in trans blonde








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[kakerlak]

Ooh, can I play? Here's my "touch of blonde." Seriously oddball finish -- it's about 4 times the normal thickness and has just a hint of blonde cloudiness to it. I don't know if it's some sort of factory mess-up, custom order, employee guitar, or???

[fenderfan]

Some beauties being posted!

[darwinohm]

Here are mine! --Darwin

[blargfromouterspace]

That is a beautiful pair, Darwin. That Fender is spot on, and that gold hardware really blings it up nice. It beats that Legacy for looks in every department, and that is a seriously good looking Legacy.

Here's my trio amongst a mess of cables and other mess - my all time No.1 ASAT in blonde, a blonde Princeton amp copy, and the profile of a Japanese Tele in less attractive Butterscotch Blonde.

[helle-man]

Mine

[fianoman]

Yo Helle-man, that is one cool WR!!

Some serious eye candy in this thread.

I would say blondes are the best but my wife might have something to add to that...

[glvourot]

My 86 ASAT i suppose was blonde but is quite custardy looking these days. You can see the grain but just barely.
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[LarryNJ]

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Basses (Blonde in this case) come and go. THIS one should never have went, but I got to rock it for many years.
I hope the new owner is doing the same.

Absolutely beautiful build by G&L- Blonde w/ wood binding, BE Maple board with TNG neck, no dots.
Awesomeness.

[darwinohm]

LarryNJ, that is one spectacular looking ASAT bass. New owner was lucky! -- Darwin

[LarryNJ]

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LarryNJ, that is one spectacular looking ASAT bass. New owner was lucky! -- Darwin

Darwin, my loss; his (or her ) gain!! That ASAT was my very 1st G&L, and what a MONSTER it was. No neck-dive, and the pic doesn't begin to do it justice.

Now as long as I'm venting it out, above another one- a very special Blonde finish G&L did for the 50-piece run of CLF Centennial L2Ks.
Again, poor picture does not do justice to the fine G&L finishers! And what a KILLER bass that was too! O M G.

I re-located and wanted to thin my herd, of course I wish I had both these basses back, however my current (non-blonde) M2K is the business as well.
As far as the Mary Kaye Blonde finish- G&L out-fenders Fender. Superb work all around.

[Katefan]

Here's one of my faves - Early model ASAT w/ ebony fingerboard + natural relicing of the nitro finish…



Cheers,

KF

[fenderfan]

The outstanding S-500 that I included in my first post in this thread, in action a few nights ago, through a Quilter Mach II Micro Pro Head and Weber California 15" speaker. I play in a surf band, so lots of deep, clear headroom is required, and the Quilter delivers southern California style surf glory, with headroom left to spare. And, being able to dial in the neck pickup is perfect for tonal variety (and those MFD pickups add just that extra body that makes the lead lines stronger). Plus, that glossy birdseye neck is just fun to look at while playing a gig!
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[helle-man]

Here's another blonde.

[yowhatsshakin]

Beyond my lovely wife, this is my favorite Blonde:


- Jos

[sam]

Here is my dip into the 1988 blonde pool (crappy picture, doesn't show the blonde well but she can sing)

[yowhatsshakin]

Nice one Sam!

- Jos

[sam]

Thanks Jos,

After looking at your Rembrandt serial number GO22929 this one is a fairly close sibling at serial number G022993.

[yowhatsshakin]

How about that! Ever checked the date stamps? Since S/Ns were used out of sequence that would be a better indicator to see how close they are.

- Jos

[sam]

Well Jos, I finally pulled the neck on this one, never thought I would, but now her age can be shown.

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Neck


The dual dates on the neck are interesting, wonder why?

The neck dates are close enough to be siblings 4-4 and 4-19...maybe.

The bodies will have to be distant relatives 10-23-87 and 1-18-88.

Still LOVE the way this one plays and sounds.

[yowhatsshakin]

Nice pics Sam! If I would have had the page 2 pages over of Dale Hyatt's sales log, I undoubtedly would have found your guitar as the 2nd entry from the top and we would know the difference in date it was entered. My G022959 was entered 4-15-88, not far ahead of the neck date on yours. And both bodies were in the shop at the same time for sure!

BTW, the double stamp happens when there is some additional neck work happening.

- Jos

[glvourot]

And also, the April 19 neck date was my 17th birthday. That's a keeper ! And also cool that your guitars are cousins.