My first G&L: 1987 asat. what to tune up?

[cporro]

i've been interested in g&l for a while. it took me a while to pull the trigger. i've found it very difficult to evaluate tone when trying out new guitars. i bring my current guitar in and try to do an A/B but it's still hard. i think it takes some time. and the new g&ls seem to have a thicker neck then my strat which i'm very used to. don't know if i'll warm up to that. this older g&l seems to have a thinner neck.

finally i found this. i got into the zone while comparing it to my strat and could hear it obviously beat the strat in many places. we agreed the market value was about $850 and settled on that price. unlike the 86' asat i looked at this was not all rusted with flat frets, crusty strings, and a missing bridge saddle screw. yay!

now i want to tune it up a bit. should i follow the g&l manual for a set up? also the switch has some crusty white corrosion? on it. it works but has a bit more resistance then i'd like. ideas?

thx.

sorry can't get flickr to work with the forum.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18245418@N00/10827249386/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18245418@N00/10827250076/

[Craig]

i've been interested in g&l for a while. it took me a while to pull the trigger. i've found it very difficult to evaluate tone when trying out new guitars. i bring my current guitar in and try to do an A/B but it's still hard. i think it takes some time. and the new g&ls seem to have a thicker neck then my strat which i'm very used to. don't know if i'll warm up to that. this older g&l seems to have a thinner neck.

finally i found this. i got into the zone while comparing it to my strat and could hear it obviously beat the strat in many places. we agreed the market value was about $850 and settled on that price. unlike the 86' asat i looked at this was not all rusted with flat frets, crusty strings, and a missing bridge saddle screw. yay!

now i want to tune it up a bit. should i follow the g&l manual for a set up? also the switch has some crusty white corrosion? on it. it works but has a bit more resistance then i'd like. ideas?

thx.

sorry can't get flickr to work with the forum.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18245418@N00/10827249386/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18245418@N00/10827250076/

Check out this post, which is in the G&L Knowledgebase, G&L Tech Tips sub-forum: Boogie Bill's - Things to do when you get a new guitar.

The links you posted are not links to the direct .jpg files, so you will not be able to use them in the Img tag.
You need to go to the flickr page which shows you all of the various sizes of each image. Select the size you want to include and then copy the url of the displayed image.

Here are your photos:





Hope this helps.

[cporro]

good stuff. thanks!

[darwinohm]

Welcome CP, extremely nice Asat Special. -- Darwin