Solid Will Rays?

NickHorne · Post by **NickHorne** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:34 am

G&L's seem to only be showing a Hollowbody Will Ray model on their site; surely they haven't stopped making this model in solid??

Post by **Craig** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:59 pm

NickHorne wrote:G&L's seem to only be showing a Hollowbody Will Ray model on their site; surely they haven't stopped making this model in solid??

Not sure, I will check next week.

Stay tuned.

NickHorne · Post by **NickHorne** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:04 pm

Craig,
thank you for this; I'd be most grateful, as a developing new order might be a WR.
I have a silver WR, which is a great friend of a guitar, and I'm now gathering together many thoughts regarding a wide-necked Asat.
Best wishes
Nick

helle-man · Post by **helle-man** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:23 pm

To my knowledge, you may order a WR model with any option offered for the other models. You may opt for a solid or a semihollow. That's my understanding.

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:33 pm

Good to see you Will. How have you been? - ed

NickHorne · Post by **NickHorne** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:09 am

Thanks Will, very much!

jwebsmall · Post by **jwebsmall** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:20 pm

Can you order an ASAT or Z3 with just the bridge pickup? (i.e. Esquire configuration).

Post by **Craig** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:10 am

jwebsmall wrote:Can you order an ASAT or Z3 with just the bridge pickup? (i.e. Esquire configuration).

AFAIK it is not a standard option. I suggest contacting a G&L dealer and asking if they can custom order for you.

Let us know what you find out.

Hope this helps.

NickHorne · Post by **NickHorne** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:55 am

A "Hellesquire" with Will's specially gruntytwangy back pup would be great

; but without his endorsement / blessing, it would be in conflict with his signature 3 - pup (which I have, and is the best - built electric, from the best woods, that I've ever had)...

jwebsmall · Post by **jwebsmall** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:18 pm

Hellesquire - I like that!

By the way I talked to the dealer and they are going to talk to the
G&L rep about esquire configurations in general whether the factory
will do it. Otherwise the dealer is just going to order a new pick guard
without the neck (and middle) pickup cut outs and do the rewiring.
I was going to get an RS Electronics esquire conversion kit but the
dealer said they can do the same thing already.

I'm still holding back until I get the neck width issue resolved.
I want to order a 1 11/16" but my playing skill is still novice so
I may wait until I get better. I have a legacy with 1 5/8" nut and
I recently bought a used tribute invader to try the 1 11/16" nut
which I like a lot better. But I may not know enough to appreciate
double stop playing and things like that. BTW I really like the saddle
lock bridge on my invader XL too.

I do like the sound of custom shop esquires and tele's that have been modified
to a single pickup and that is why I'm considering modifying an ASAT and
converting it into a "Hellesquire".

To my ears the single coils are preferable to humbuckers (although I find the
invader XL useful). But I noticed what I perceived to be an extra edge to the
single pu tele as will that seems to be a kind of parallel analogy to the single versus
humbucker. In other words single pu verse 2 or 3 pu's. Using the lever switch to
pull in different tone circuit presets gives some really useful tones from what I could
tell from youtube (not much but it is relative to the other vids).

Guitars by Leo (aka "GbL")

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