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Name:	Dave McLaren
Handle:	Darth Invader
Home Page:	(Not Specified)

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Caption: Here I am (center), with Tim Pershing (left) and Greg Gagliano (right) of 20th Century Guitar Magazine.

Boy, I suck. You'd think that I could at least put some interesting and updated material in here. And so this is brief.

I'm Executive Vice President of BBE Sound, which, as you know, G&L has been a part of since '91 following Leo's death. Apart from being a major guitarhead, I'm a major motorhead. I love cars, high performance ones in particular.

I've got a wife and son and live in Orange CA, not far from the G&L factory in Fullerton.

Dave McLaren

(As extracted from this site's Registry)

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Model Neck Date Body Date Color Fretboard Body Bridge Other Features Owner

1. CL06511 ASAT Classic III JUN ??, 1998 JUN ??, 1998 Three-tone Sunburst (1992-present) Bird's Eye Maple Swamp Ash Traditional boxed steel-6 individual saddles Darth Invader

2. G047225 ASAT Deluxe Clear Blue Ebony Maple cap/Mahogany body Saddle-Lock #2 mahogany neck with ebony board, black headstock, neck binding, and satin rear finish added later. Loaded with Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers. Darth Invader

3. CL03020 ASAT Junior Translucent Cherry Ebony Mahogany Tune-a-Matic (Stop Bar Tailpiece) First ASAT Junior. Darth Invader

4. CL07011 ASAT S-3 Tobacco Sunburst Rosewood Alder Saddle-Lock Prototype S-3. Actually a non-working prototype. Center pickup is not reverse wound as would be on production S-3, but same as neck pickup. Rushed in time for Summer NAMM show. Darth Invader

5. G040069 ASAT Special Lake Placid Blue Metallic Rosewood Alder Saddle-Lock #2 neck, 3-ply white pickguard, white pickup covers. Darth Invader

6. G050174 ASAT Special Gold Metallic Maple Alder Saddle-Lock #2 neck, creme pickguard, black covers. 1996 model signed by all members of INXS. Used in filming of video for single "Elegantly Wasted". Darth Invader

7. G009041 F-100 Black Maple Saddle-Lock [RA note: G&L factory log page entry is blank] Darth Invader

8. B022656 L-2000 Signature White Maple Swamp Ash Saddle-Lock Leo Fender signature on body and headstock. Black crinkle finish bridge. Darth Invader

9. G044446 Legacy Electric Blue [1995-2009, returned 2023] Rosewood Alder DF Vibrato System #1 neck. Headstock painted to match later, without Legacy logo. I loaded a pearl pickguard with WD lipstick tube pickups, S-500 mini toggle, solid shaft pots and chrome knobs. Darth Invader

10. G011241 S-500 JAN 5, 1983 AUG 10, 1982 Clear Blue Ebony Swamp Ash DF Vibrato System 7.5" neck radius, graphite nut, original case [Reg Admin note: now part of G&L Factory collection. The loose nut has been replaced with a new bone nut] Darth Invader

11. G051922 S-500 Black Maple Alder DF Vibrato System #1 neck, creme pickguard, black covers. 1996 model signed by all members of INXS. Used in filming of video for single "Elegantly Wasted". Darth Invader

12. G021243 Skyhawk APR 30, 1987 MAY 19, 1987 Sunburst (1980-1991) Ebony Maple Fine Tuner, Pat Pend Neck is double dated, also June 5, 1987 Matching headstock. Wilkinson roller nut, ambidextrous vibrato on 1st gen Fine Tuner Bridge [RA note: Completed 6/17/87-Details from G&L factory log page posted on CLF Research facebook page] Darth Invader

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