CL Semi Hollow Asat Bass

[flipnaut]

I found a US ASAT Semi Hollow Bass used:
-Birdseye Maple
-F-hole
-colour is orange
-CL without F... so it must be 1997 right? There was only one year where they went from CL to CLF.

Could anyone tell me more? Not many basses have the birdseye or? Did they build in 1997 already tributes?

Instrument is great! Sound is super. Got it for 900 Euros. If anybody wishes i can add photos...

[yowhatsshakin]

I found a US ASAT Semi Hollow Bass used:
-Birdseye Maple
-F-hole
-colour is orange
-CL without F... so it must be 1997 right? There was only one year where they went from CL to CLF.

Could anyone tell me more? Not many basses have the birdseye or? Did they build in 1997 already tributes?

Instrument is great! Sound is super. Got it for 900 Euros. If anybody wishes i can add photos...

From the information provided, it is for sure an American built bass. Bird's Eye Maple (BEM) was an option for the neck in those days and given that they were still using a Bi-Cut neck, those necks did not have the same stability issues as current BEM necks with non-compression truss rods.The BEM neck fell under the same 10 year warranty as the rest of the instrument. Now BEM isn;t even a listed option anymore.The body is likely ash with the Premium Clear Orange finish. It indeed is good guess to date the instrument back to 1997, maybe early 1998 given the missing "F" in the S/N. The Tribute economy line of instruments only came along in 2003.

Hope tis helps,

- Jos

[flipnaut]

interesting is the body has two dots and the neck as usual one. so there are three.
are the two dots in body normal?

And the neck has 4screws to lock into the body.

Yeah i guess with the bem and cl number it is a great guitar and year. Really happy.

[Craig]

interesting is the body has two dots and the neck as usual one. so there are three.
are the two dots in body normal?

And the neck has 4screws to lock into the body.

Yeah i guess with the bem and cl number it is a great guitar and year. Really happy.

Yes, that is normal, see: http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/FORUM/viewt ... 373#p75373.

Hope this helps.

[Craig]

I found a US ASAT Semi Hollow Bass used:
-Birdseye Maple
-F-hole
-colour is orange
-CL without F... so it must be 1997 right? There was only one year where they went from CL to CLF.

Could anyone tell me more? Not many basses have the birdseye or? Did they build in 1997 already tributes?

Instrument is great! Sound is super. Got it for 900 Euros. If anybody wishes i can add photos...

From the information provided, it is for sure an American built bass. Bird's Eye Maple (BEM) was an option for the neck in those days and given that they were still using a Bi-Cut neck, those necks did not have the same stability issues as current BEM necks with non-compression truss rods.The BEM neck fell under the same 10 year warranty as the rest of the instrument. Now BEM isn;t even a listed option anymore.The body is likely ash with the Premium Clear Orange finish. It indeed is good guess to date the instrument back to 1997, maybe early 1998 given the missing "F" in the S/N. The Tribute economy line of instruments only came along in 2003.

Hope tis helps,

- Jos

I agree with Jos.

However, this may be a special build or prototype, since standard production did not start until 2001, see: Production List of G&L Instruments (USA).
We have another CLxxxxx serial number ASAT Bass Semi-Hollow in our G&L Registry.

Please do post photos of your bass (front and back photos), see: Tutorial: Posting photos.
Also, please add your bass to our G&L Registry, too.
Looking forward to seeing your bass.

[flipnaut]

Ah i do not believe it is a prototype but one of the early made and first Asat basses i guess When it is even younger as the production line then it is a cool thing. But sure it is a special one because it is so old and one of the first basses of these.

Here are the photos in my dropbox zipped:

NOTE: link posted failed the link check and has been removed.
See this post: How to check links using the urlvoid website before posting links]


The Bi-Cut neck: I guess yes it is... there is a thin line on the back of the neck. Good to know that this means even more stability and quality.

[Craig]

Ah i do not believe it is a prototype but one of the early made and first Asat basses i guess When it is even younger as the production line then it is a cool thing. But sure it is a special one because it is so old and one of the first basses of these.

Here are the photos in my dropbox zipped:

NOTE: link posted failed the link check and has been removed.
See this post: How to check links using the urlvoid website before posting links]


The Bi-Cut neck: I guess yes it is... there is a thin line on the back of the neck. Good to know that this means even more stability and quality.

Please post individual inline photos, see my previous post which has a link to the Tutorial on posting photos.

[flipnaut]

Ah i do not believe it is a prototype but one of the early made and first Asat basses i guess When it is even younger as the production line then it is a cool thing. But sure it is a special one because it is so old and one of the first basses of these.

Here are the photos in my dropbox zipped:

NOTE: link posted failed the link check and has been removed.
See this post: How to check links using the urlvoid website before posting links]


The Bi-Cut neck: I guess yes it is... there is a thin line on the back of the neck. Good to know that this means even more stability and quality.

Please post individual inline photos, see my previous post which has a link to the Tutorial on posting photos.

it was not possible. I registered there and it did not work with the login.

[Craig]

Ah i do not believe it is a prototype but one of the early made and first Asat basses i guess When it is even younger as the production line then it is a cool thing. But sure it is a special one because it is so old and one of the first basses of these.

Here are the photos in my dropbox zipped:

NOTE: link posted failed the link check and has been removed.
See this post: How to check links using the urlvoid website before posting links]


The Bi-Cut neck: I guess yes it is... there is a thin line on the back of the neck. Good to know that this means even more stability and quality.

Please post individual inline photos, see my previous post which has a link to the Tutorial on posting photos.

it was not possible. I registered there and it did not work with the login.

I'm sorry but I don't understand. Where did you registered? Please PM or EM me with the link to your dropbox album (not the zip file) and I would be happy to help you get your photos posted.

Thanks.

[flipnaut]

I tried to register and make an account here a few times: http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... itemId=228
It did not work and i got no register email as usual and checked even spam etc.

Okay perhaps you have an issue with dropbox? Here's my Onedrive-Link direct out of my computer:
[this link failed link check and has been removed].
This link will work!

[flipnaut]

Here is a wetransfer link if one drive does not work:

https://we.tl/jm4tMnXYYt

[Craig]

I tried to register and make an account here a few times: http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... itemId=228
It did not work and i got no register email as usual and checked even spam etc.

Okay perhaps you have an issue with dropbox? Here's my Onedrive-Link direct out of my computer:
[this link failed link check and has been removed].
This link will work!

I sent you an email. Please reply back and I will manually activate your Gallery account.

Notice that I removed your Onedrive-Link because it failed 3 of the link tests. Please don't post any link without checking it first.

Thanks.

[flipnaut]

Seems the platform is extremly buggy. I always got server errors. But it seems that it took the photos in the end. No thumbs have been generated but there should be thumbs.

If i try to edit i get this:

"Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log."

[Craig]

Seems the platform is extremly buggy. I always got server errors. But it seems that it took the photos in the end. No thumbs have been generated but there should be thumbs.

If i try to edit i get this:

"Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log."

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[updated 6/2/2013: increased maximum photo size]

I have resized your photos and removed the oversized photos.

Here are two of them:




Very nice bass!

Hope this helps.