Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:14 pm
Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:38 pm
Jorg wrote:I was just looking at a tribute that says on the neck “crafted in India”. I didn’t know they make tributes in India too. When I googled it I found nothing about it.
Is there any info on them? I’m guessing they’re just as good as the Indonesian models?
Also I haven’t this serial number format before
H22040402
Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:14 pm
Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:09 pm
Jorg wrote:Here is the link which includes pictures.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285568645978 ... media=COPY
Yes, I find it strange too. There is no info anywhere I can find on G&L’s made in India
A factory in India made some samples a few years ago: I think we have like 4 or 5 in our office.
I don’t think any were actually produced for sale anywhere. My guess is that the factory’s internal samples got liquidated and
somehow this wound up on the UK.
Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:17 pm
Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:38 pm
Jorg wrote:Oh wow. Thanks for finding out!!
So this actually is a legit G&L tribute.
I noticed that the body is a different shape too. On the back there’s a contour which isn’t there on the regular ASAT tributes.
I was thinking about buying this one but now I’m not so sure
Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:47 am
Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:25 pm
Craig wrote:Jorg wrote:Oh wow. Thanks for finding out!!
So this actually is a legit G&L tribute.
I noticed that the body is a different shape too. On the back there’s a contour which isn’t there on the regular ASAT tributes.
I was thinking about buying this one but now I’m not so sure
Well it is a prototype/sample but never intended to be sold.
Beside the rear contour which is a standard option on the US ASAT Classic, it also has the neck pickup in the same location as the US model.
The Tributes made in Korea and Indonesia have the pickup closer to the neck (which is the location used on the Fender Telecaster).
The pickups look like G&L factory supplied MFD pickups which are exactly the same as used in the US ASAT Classic model.
The serial number (H22040402) might indicate the Country code "H" and build YY/MM, which is April 2022 and a sequence number of 0402.