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New CLF Research S-500 model releases today!
Date: 10/12/22
New CLF Research S-500 model releases today!
e CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies-1
Mocha Madness ???? The CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies. Over decades the look blended into a smokey warm vibe recalling those late ‘70s earth tones
Date: 10/15/22
Mocha Madness ???? The CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies. Over decades the look blended into a smokey warm vibe recalling those late ‘70s earth tones
e CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies-2
Mocha Madness ???? The CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies. Over decades the look blended into a smokey warm vibe recalling those late ‘70s earth tones
Date: 10/15/22
Mocha Madness ???? The CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies. Over decades the look blended into a smokey warm vibe recalling those late ‘70s earth tones
e CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies-3
Mocha Madness ???? The CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies. Over decades the look blended into a smokey warm vibe recalling those late ‘70s earth tones
Date: 10/15/22
Mocha Madness ???? The CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies. Over decades the look blended into a smokey warm vibe recalling those late ‘70s earth tones
e CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies-4
Mocha Madness ???? The CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies. Over decades the look blended into a smokey warm vibe recalling those late ‘70s earth tones
Date: 10/15/22
Mocha Madness ???? The CLF Research S•500’s Mocha color was inspired by vintage G&Ls with natural finishes over mahogany bodies. Over decades the look blended into a smokey warm vibe recalling those late ‘70s earth tones
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CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
Date: 10/15/22
CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
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CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
Date: 10/15/22
CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
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CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
Date: 10/15/22
CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
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CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
Date: 10/15/22
CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
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CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
Date: 10/15/22
CLF Research S-500 in Tobacco Sunburst checking in with the big boss like it’s 1979 on Fender Avenue CLF2209165
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209158 is headed to Tulsa Band & Guitars in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Date: 10/17/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209158 is headed to Tulsa Band & Guitars in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209123 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Fret Nation in Murrieta, California
Date: 10/18/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209123 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Fret Nation in Murrieta, California
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209178 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Drum City-Guitarland in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Date: 10/18/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209178 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Drum City-Guitarland in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209163 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Wolfe Guitars in Jupiter, Florida
Date: 10/20/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209163 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Wolfe Guitars in Jupiter, Florida
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209136 is headed to Jacks Music - Australia
Date: 10/20/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209136 is headed to Jacks Music - Australia
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209084 is headed to La Boite Noire du Musicien in France
Date: 10/23/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209084 is headed to La Boite Noire du Musicien in France
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209175 is headed to Music Village USA in Riverdale, Utah
Date: 10/29/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209175 is headed to Music Village USA in Riverdale, Utah
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209128 is headed to Brickhouse Music in River Falls, Wisconsin
Date: 10/29/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209128 is headed to Brickhouse Music in River Falls, Wisconsin
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209101 is headed to guitarguitar in the U.K.
Date: 10/29/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209101 is headed to guitarguitar in the U.K.
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209103 is headed to George's Music Center in Torrington, Connecticut
Date: 11/02/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209103 is headed to George's Music Center in Torrington, Connecticut
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209102 is headed to Mountain Jam Guitars in Oneonta, New York
Date: 11/08/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209102 is headed to Mountain Jam Guitars in Oneonta, New York
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209138 is headed to Jacks Music - Australia
Date: 11/21/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209138 is headed to Jacks Music - Australia
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209106 is headed to Bentley Guitar Studios in Parkville, Missouri
Date: 11/29/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209106 is headed to Bentley Guitar Studios in Parkville, Missouri
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209210 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Sweetwater
Date: 12/03/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209210 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Sweetwater
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209210 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Sweetwater
Date: 12/03/22
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209210 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Sweetwater
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Here’s CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209346 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer REvolve Guitar & Music Shop in Bartlett, Tennessee.
Date: 12/26/22
Here’s CLF Research S•500 in Mocha over okoume. CLF2209346 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer REvolve Guitar & Music Shop in Bartlett, Tennessee.
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209147 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Mo's Fullerton Music Center in Fullerton, California
Date: 05/19/23
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Tobacco Sunburst over okoume. CLF2209147 is headed to G&L Premier Dealer Mo's Fullerton Music Center in Fullerton, California
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The CLF Research S•500 is back with a fresh color palette . Cherryburst over alder and Honeyburst over swamp ash! For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD
Date: 09/15/23
The CLF Research S•500 is back with a fresh color palette. Cherryburst over alder and Honeyburst over swamp ash!
For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD pickups, Passive-Treble-Bass tone circuit and expander switch. These enhancements give the S•500 levels of grit, energy and sophistication that other, similar guitars just can’t reach.
The new CLF Research S•500 pauses to consider the history unfolding on Fender Avenue in the late 1970s. It’s a sort of retro-futurist dream, imagining Leo Fender’s late ‘70s Magnetic Field Design pickup technology and Dual Fulcrum vibrato system packaged on a model that could have predated the earliest G&L guitars produced in 1980. For the journey back in time, John R. McLaren has substantially modified the pickups from the current production S•500 spec, including the coil bobbin aperture, length of pole pieces, wire turns and more. John sought to create a softer, sparklier sound without losing the sense of smoothness and strength expected from an S•500.
Dave McLaren’s #Project1979s500 is the prototype for this model, with its development shared with followers of the CLF Research pages on Instagram and Facebook. Interaction with the fans inspired Dave to draw together functional and styling elements prepared at CLF Research in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, including a 3-ply black pickguard and beautiful machined CLF knobs. Even the headstock is based on the original G&L design, modified to fit Kluson tuners and sporting a ‘70s-flavored “go faster” logo.
The CLF Research S•500 has a look, sound, and vibe that takes us back to the golden age of Leo on Fender Avenue, home of what he considered his finest creations.
For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD pickups, Passive-Treble-Bass tone circuit and expander switch. These enhancements give the S•500 levels of grit, energy and sophistication that other, similar guitars just can’t reach.
The new CLF Research S•500 pauses to consider the history unfolding on Fender Avenue in the late 1970s. It’s a sort of retro-futurist dream, imagining Leo Fender’s late ‘70s Magnetic Field Design pickup technology and Dual Fulcrum vibrato system packaged on a model that could have predated the earliest G&L guitars produced in 1980. For the journey back in time, John R. McLaren has substantially modified the pickups from the current production S•500 spec, including the coil bobbin aperture, length of pole pieces, wire turns and more. John sought to create a softer, sparklier sound without losing the sense of smoothness and strength expected from an S•500.
Dave McLaren’s #Project1979s500 is the prototype for this model, with its development shared with followers of the CLF Research pages on Instagram and Facebook. Interaction with the fans inspired Dave to draw together functional and styling elements prepared at CLF Research in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, including a 3-ply black pickguard and beautiful machined CLF knobs. Even the headstock is based on the original G&L design, modified to fit Kluson tuners and sporting a ‘70s-flavored “go faster” logo.
The CLF Research S•500 has a look, sound, and vibe that takes us back to the golden age of Leo on Fender Avenue, home of what he considered his finest creations.
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The CLF Research S•500 is back with a fresh color palette. Cherryburst over alder and Honeyburst over swamp ash! For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD
Date: 09/15/23
The CLF Research S•500 is back with a fresh color palette. Cherryburst over alder and Honeyburst over swamp ash!
For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD pickups, Passive-Treble-Bass tone circuit and expander switch. These enhancements give the S•500 levels of grit, energy and sophistication that other, similar guitars just can’t reach.
The new CLF Research S•500 pauses to consider the history unfolding on Fender Avenue in the late 1970s. It’s a sort of retro-futurist dream, imagining Leo Fender’s late ‘70s Magnetic Field Design pickup technology and Dual Fulcrum vibrato system packaged on a model that could have predated the earliest G&L guitars produced in 1980. For the journey back in time, John R. McLaren has substantially modified the pickups from the current production S•500 spec, including the coil bobbin aperture, length of pole pieces, wire turns and more. John sought to create a softer, sparklier sound without losing the sense of smoothness and strength expected from an S•500.
Dave McLaren’s #Project1979s500 is the prototype for this model, with its development shared with followers of the CLF Research pages on Instagram and Facebook. Interaction with the fans inspired Dave to draw together functional and styling elements prepared at CLF Research in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, including a 3-ply black pickguard and beautiful machined CLF knobs. Even the headstock is based on the original G&L design, modified to fit Kluson tuners and sporting a ‘70s-flavored “go faster” logo.
The CLF Research S•500 has a look, sound, and vibe that takes us back to the golden age of Leo on Fender Avenue, home of what he considered his finest creations.
For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD pickups, Passive-Treble-Bass tone circuit and expander switch. These enhancements give the S•500 levels of grit, energy and sophistication that other, similar guitars just can’t reach.
The new CLF Research S•500 pauses to consider the history unfolding on Fender Avenue in the late 1970s. It’s a sort of retro-futurist dream, imagining Leo Fender’s late ‘70s Magnetic Field Design pickup technology and Dual Fulcrum vibrato system packaged on a model that could have predated the earliest G&L guitars produced in 1980. For the journey back in time, John R. McLaren has substantially modified the pickups from the current production S•500 spec, including the coil bobbin aperture, length of pole pieces, wire turns and more. John sought to create a softer, sparklier sound without losing the sense of smoothness and strength expected from an S•500.
Dave McLaren’s #Project1979s500 is the prototype for this model, with its development shared with followers of the CLF Research pages on Instagram and Facebook. Interaction with the fans inspired Dave to draw together functional and styling elements prepared at CLF Research in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, including a 3-ply black pickguard and beautiful machined CLF knobs. Even the headstock is based on the original G&L design, modified to fit Kluson tuners and sporting a ‘70s-flavored “go faster” logo.
The CLF Research S•500 has a look, sound, and vibe that takes us back to the golden age of Leo on Fender Avenue, home of what he considered his finest creations.
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The CLF Research S•500 is back with a fresh color palette. Cherryburst over alder and Honeyburst over swamp ash! For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD
Date: 09/15/23
The CLF Research S•500 is back with a fresh color palette. Cherryburst over alder and Honeyburst over swamp ash!
For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD pickups, Passive-Treble-Bass tone circuit and expander switch. These enhancements give the S•500 levels of grit, energy and sophistication that other, similar guitars just can’t reach.
The new CLF Research S•500 pauses to consider the history unfolding on Fender Avenue in the late 1970s. It’s a sort of retro-futurist dream, imagining Leo Fender’s late ‘70s Magnetic Field Design pickup technology and Dual Fulcrum vibrato system packaged on a model that could have predated the earliest G&L guitars produced in 1980. For the journey back in time, John R. McLaren has substantially modified the pickups from the current production S•500 spec, including the coil bobbin aperture, length of pole pieces, wire turns and more. John sought to create a softer, sparklier sound without losing the sense of smoothness and strength expected from an S•500.
Dave McLaren’s #Project1979s500 is the prototype for this model, with its development shared with followers of the CLF Research pages on Instagram and Facebook. Interaction with the fans inspired Dave to draw together functional and styling elements prepared at CLF Research in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, including a 3-ply black pickguard and beautiful machined CLF knobs. Even the headstock is based on the original G&L design, modified to fit Kluson tuners and sporting a ‘70s-flavored “go faster” logo.
The CLF Research S•500 has a look, sound, and vibe that takes us back to the golden age of Leo on Fender Avenue, home of what he considered his finest creations.
For decades, guitarists have turned to the G&L S•500 for a classic design with added versatility and a bold sound thanks to its MFD pickups, Passive-Treble-Bass tone circuit and expander switch. These enhancements give the S•500 levels of grit, energy and sophistication that other, similar guitars just can’t reach.
The new CLF Research S•500 pauses to consider the history unfolding on Fender Avenue in the late 1970s. It’s a sort of retro-futurist dream, imagining Leo Fender’s late ‘70s Magnetic Field Design pickup technology and Dual Fulcrum vibrato system packaged on a model that could have predated the earliest G&L guitars produced in 1980. For the journey back in time, John R. McLaren has substantially modified the pickups from the current production S•500 spec, including the coil bobbin aperture, length of pole pieces, wire turns and more. John sought to create a softer, sparklier sound without losing the sense of smoothness and strength expected from an S•500.
Dave McLaren’s #Project1979s500 is the prototype for this model, with its development shared with followers of the CLF Research pages on Instagram and Facebook. Interaction with the fans inspired Dave to draw together functional and styling elements prepared at CLF Research in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, including a 3-ply black pickguard and beautiful machined CLF knobs. Even the headstock is based on the original G&L design, modified to fit Kluson tuners and sporting a ‘70s-flavored “go faster” logo.
The CLF Research S•500 has a look, sound, and vibe that takes us back to the golden age of Leo on Fender Avenue, home of what he considered his finest creations.
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The CLF Research S•500 brings back wonderful old-school G&L vibes, including softer and brighter sounding MFD pickups reminiscent of Leo’s original 1982 S•500, and George Fullerton’s styling touches including the early G&L headstock, slender machi
Date: 01/10/24
The CLF Research S•500 brings back wonderful old-school G&L vibes, including softer and brighter sounding MFD pickups reminiscent of Leo’s original 1982 S•500, and George Fullerton’s styling touches including the early G&L headstock, slender machined aluminum vibrato arm, and elegant machined aluminum knobs.
Inspired by Dave McLaren’s #project1979s500, even the “go faster” S•500 logo recalls the whimsical styling of the earliest CLF Research instruments made on Fender Avenue in the 1970s. Available at Sweetwater.
Inspired by Dave McLaren’s #project1979s500, even the “go faster” S•500 logo recalls the whimsical styling of the earliest CLF Research instruments made on Fender Avenue in the 1970s. Available at Sweetwater.
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Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Cherryburst over swamp ash. CLF2401059 is headed to Murphy's Music in Melville, New York.
Date: 03/01/24
Here’s a CLF Research S•500 in Cherryburst over swamp ash. CLF2401059 is headed to Murphy's Music in Melville, New York.