Members JBJ Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 It's a bowling ball asat, cool! ha i've never thought of that BEHOLD my bowling ball maroon asat:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JorisBlack Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 The things I would do for this guitar are unspeakable: Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted September 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 14, 2009 Mine is at least 3rd hand (buddy here that traded it to me had gotten it from someone at work, its a ~2000), but the guitar has nearly zero play wear. Neck is pretty much flawless. Frets are beautifully leveled, neck feels super fast b/c of the satin finish - still poly so it doesn't feel like a broken in Nitro neck - somewhere between a light poly & a worn nitro neck. Cool. I am thinking of getting an ASAT Classic next. I think I'm gonna have to go for the Gun Oil Tint finish on the neck. It's just too nice. The satin seems a little plain to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drasp Posted September 14, 2009 Members Share Posted September 14, 2009 Cool. I am thinking of getting an ASAT Classic next. I think I'm gonna have to go for the Gun Oil Tint finish on the neck. It's just too nice. The satin seems a little plain to me. Yeah, its deff. a vanilla/modern finish. I've got much darker necks on other guitars (my '60 Duo-Sonic & my CIJ Jag) and my CIJ Tele is somewhere in between. For me, the light satin is cool b/c it looks like an un-f_cked-with piece of wood. However, I can't imagine your sexy black ASAT w/o the dark butterscotch neck. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted September 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 14, 2009 Heh, yeah, I am really used to it now. I can't imagine having anything else as my number 1 guitar. http://www.proguitarshop.com/product.php?ProductID=457&CategoryID= This is pretty unreal though. Look at that birdseye! One thing though, G&L offer a 90 day warranty on the birdseye maple necks. I find that quite dubious...is birdseye prone to being unstable or something? I've heard that flamed maple necks can be quite unstable. One dealer I know won't even stock guitars with flame maple necks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Loobs, I don't know why you're even considering a CS Fender over a G&L. Don't be silly. My S-500 has the SC sized MFDs in it- it's a little hotter and "girthier" than my friend's 90s USA Deluxe Strat w/Lace Sensors, but can be toned down by dialling back the volume and bass cut. I'd love to do a proper A/B comparison of those two guitars with my rig to see whether I could get the same "strattiness" from my guitar that his has. I still haven't played any of my other electrics since I got the G&L. That's just over two months Did CabrasGuitars come back with any news about that Legacy he was going to try out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 One day I WILL own a Honeyburst Legacy and a Honeyburst ASAT. Mark my words, world. It's in the cards for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted September 15, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Loobs, I don't know why you're even considering a CS Fender over a G&L. Don't be silly. My S-500 has the SC sized MFDs in it- it's a little hotter and "girthier" than my friend's 90s USA Deluxe Strat w/Lace Sensors, but can be toned down by dialling back the volume and bass cut. I'd love to do a proper A/B comparison of those two guitars with my rig to see whether I could get the same "strattiness" from my guitar that his has. I still haven't played any of my other electrics since I got the G&L. That's just over two months Did CabrasGuitars come back with any news about that Legacy he was going to try out? I know, every time I look at or play a Fender CS, I just think "why would I pay double for this when I can just get a G&L that'll be equally as good". It's funny that only such a small percentile of guitarists are hip to them. I think most players look at the headstock/bridge/pickups and just discount them. It took me awhile to get used to the design quirks, but I now I love them. I sold my Fenders when I got my ASAT. They were just sitting around gathering dust, literally. It'd also be interesting to see how 'stratty' your S-500 sounds. Guitar Adoptions have a lot of the 3-pickup ASAT Classics with the S-500 middle coil, I bet that's a really cool and versatile guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 I know, every time I look at or play a Fender CS, I just think "why would I pay double for this when I can just get a G&L that'll be equally as good". It's funny that only such a small percentile of guitarists are hip to them. I think most players look at the headstock/bridge/pickups and just discount them. It took me awhile to get used to the design quirks, but I now I love them.I sold my Fenders when I got my ASAT. They were just sitting around gathering dust, literally. It'd also be interesting to see how 'stratty' your S-500 sounds. Guitar Adoptions have a lot of the 3-pickup ASAT Classics with the S-500 middle coil, I bet that's a really cool and versatile guitar. don't hip them to em. they hold their value like dog {censored}. so they are incredibly cheap used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted September 15, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 I know. Not so much so in the UK, but nothing is cheap in the UK. Well, actually, I guess I got a mad cheap deal on mine. And it still had the plastic on the guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 I know. Not so much so in the UK, but nothing is cheap in the UK. Well, actually, I guess I got a mad cheap deal on mine. And it still had the plastic on the guard. nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted September 15, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Enough with that clapping {censored} now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Enough with that clapping {censored} now i'm sorry. i really can't stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members redprince Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Can anyone tell me what the difference between the G&L Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow and something like that beautiful butterscotch is? Meaning sound and quality wise, price on PGS looks almost identical, though on ebay the semi-hollow can be found for $750... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Can anyone tell me what the difference between the G&L Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow and something like that beautiful butterscotch is? Meaning sound and quality wise, price on PGS looks almost identical, though on ebay the semi-hollow can be found for $750... Quality-wise, anything that goes out the door of the G&L factory should be stellar. The pricing on new G&Ls is quite hard to work out, since they're all essentially made to order, and some of the options cost extra- nobody I asked when I was first looking at G&L seemed to want to let on what the base price was, but it's somewhere around the $1000 mark on the regular solidbody ASATs and Legacy/S500s. The hollow models are normally more expensive. Used G&Ls are another story- as others have mentioned, their resale value seems to vary from poor to downright depressing (if you're the seller...), so what you see on eBay may reflect 50% of the price of an identical new instrument. The other thing to be aware of is that G&L have a mid-price far-east line called Tribute, made under licence by Cort. The Tribute guitars offer similar bang-for-the-buck, but for considerably fewer bucks. They're not in the same league as the USA models, but for a $500 guitar, they kick some serious ass. The model names are the same, and the looks are similar, but the headstocks should clearly show that they're Tribute models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted September 15, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Yup, there is a base price of just over $1k for ASATs/Legacys/S500s. I think the base price of Comanches & Z-3s is slightly higher and then obviously the semi hollow models and ASAT/Legacy Deluxes start a couple hundred above that. There are also up-charges for binding, gun oil tint, locking tuners, flamed maple tops etc. Even so, for $1000 that is a really superb guitar. I would put it up against anything that the Custom Shop at Fender make. http://www.proguitarshop.com/product.php?ProductID=1831&CategoryID= This guitar, for example. Incredible value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CiceroTJones Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 It'd also be interesting to see how 'stratty' your S-500 sounds. Guitar Adoptions have a lot of the 3-pickup ASAT Classics with the S-500 middle coil, I bet that's a really cool and versatile guitar. The cool thing about the S-500 is all G&L strats come with the PTB system. Volume, Treble Roll Off, and Bass Roll Off. All you do is roll the bass all the way out and it's a typical strat sound, spank cut and all. Roll on and it's big fat heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted September 15, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 I've never tried one of those, that sounds very cool. How come you're selling yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CiceroTJones Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 I've never tried one of those, that sounds very cool. How come you're selling yours? My gigging acoustic got broken (Headstock is currently not attached to the guitar ) the other week and I'm borrowing one. I just need to replace my acoustic, and money is tight. Keeping: PRS McCarty Goldtop Kustom Coupe 36 Timmy, Nova Delay, OCD, TRex Mudhoney, Small Fry, TU-2 and liquidating everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted September 15, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 That's a shame. PRS McCarty Goldtop with P90s? Or hums? Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CiceroTJones Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 That's a shame. PRS McCarty Goldtop with P90s? Or hums? Nice. 'tis a shame. McCarty w/ Hums. Daddy likey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JBJ Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 unfortunately gl's seem to be going up in price on ebay now. I got my legacy with hard case and the plastic still on it from some dunce in sound control for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vinnies Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 i {censored}ing love the G&L semi hollows. i will kill for one some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 The cool thing about the S-500 is all G&L strats come with the PTB system. Volume, Treble Roll Off, and Bass Roll Off.All you do is roll the bass all the way out and it's a typical strat sound, spank cut and all. Roll on and it's big fat heaven. I've been saying this for a while now, but I'll say it again: Why this isn't standard on all Strats is a mystery to me. So useful, so simple, any DIY-er should be able to do it- you can use it the way Cicero says, or you can do all the dull, practical stuff with it- trim a little bit of flabby bass of your neck pickup sounds, shave some ice-picky-ness off the bridge etc. Extreme bass cut sounds awesome with my Tonebender. Instant sixties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drasp Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 I'd be game to try that setup on my Strat, should be simple - anyone come across a schematic for how G&L does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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