The Legacy goes in next week to a highly respected luthier in my area to get setup hopefully better than I can do. Then this guitar is finally going to get played regularly.
One thing I found interesting is that from this same manufacturing date someone had mentioned having a single dot or speck under the finish near the arm rest, and mine has that same little dot. I wonder if that had any significance. I also found other posts from the same 1994 period where the neck pickup didn't align perfectly with the high E string. Mine has that same anomaly. The issue is not neck misalignment during shipping like with some other G&L's.
I put all of the information for the guitar in the registry.
Can any of you identify the wood type of the body from the image, below? Alder?
Here are some pics:
The guitar came in a hard case with the twist lock closures and the G&L logo and has raised ribs across the length of the case.
1994 G&L Legacy 3-Tone Sunburst with 3-bolt maple neck, Sperzel non-locking tuners, single ply white (yellowed to ivory) pickguard.
Serial Number G036811
Purchased new in January of 1995
Body dated Jan 17, 1994
Neck dated Jan 20, 1994
Pickup Cavity and control cavity. SB -- Does anyone know the significance of "SB"? I know the basses were named SB1 and SB2.
Head branding
Here is a close look at the pickups. I couldn't find any logos or markings indicating Seymour Duncan, but they should be Seymour Duncan SSL single coil flats given the timeframe. Does anyone recognize these as something different? The white covers don't have the G&L logo.
Certificate of Authenticity
Tag that came with guitar. I'm not sure if this was from the music store or was from the factory.
If anyone has any additional information about this guitar, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
At one time the serial number could be researched. Does that still exist? Thanks so much.
Best regards,
Salty
It's also great for trying out vintage amp equipment virtually. It's also great for practice, because it outputs to headphones where only you hear what is produced. But that line out can be sent to an external small speaker like an Alexa Echo or Google Home or any other system that can take a 3.5mm jack if you want to hear it in a room. It can also be sent to an amp with a 3.5mm to standard jack adapter. It can also be connected to a computer via USB-C and it can receive backtrack music via Bluetooth. You can create an entire "studio" where you hear the backtrack through the headphones and hear your playing through the headphones in real time, and the USB cable can capture it and record it on the computer. So slick. Using something like a "virtual" Fender Black Face with an Ibanez Tube Screamer, (they show it as a green overdrive pedal in the app), the Seymour Duncan's sound fantastic. It was a real wow moment for me.