 | 1999 www.guitarsbyleo.com Limited Edition |
| 1999 www.guitarsbyleo.com Limited Edition |
| I have a whole section of the Gallery devoted to the '99 GbL_LE, featuring pics of the prototypes and production guitars, as well as scans of the documentation that accompanied the guitars (including the Site History Document written by myself). To get there, click here. |
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Doug Abrams (owner of Indoor Storm) approached us in the summer of 1998 with
the idea of creating a Guitars by Leo Limited Edition guitar
(or GbL_LE for short), designed by -
and intended for - the enthusiasts who frequent this page. G&L
was quite open to the idea, and after months of effort by a number of
individuals, the instrument became a reality. The resultant 25 guitars (and
two prototypes) sold out within a matter of 36 hours. As far as we know,
this is the first-ever production instrument to be entirely designed by the
members of a web-based "community"; naturally, I'm pleased as punch!! ;-)
After months of discussion on this topic on the G&LDP (and a few "false
starts"), the specifications for the instrument were finalized on December,
17th, 1998, and they appear below in their entirety. I suggested the
ASAT III Semihollow as the "base model" for a number of reasons:
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