Members Long Crapper Posted July 27, 2012 Members Share Posted July 27, 2012 I just stumbled onto this article. Thought it might interest some of you.>> http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/gl-unveils-the-asat-classic-alnico-554173 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted July 27, 2012 Members Share Posted July 27, 2012 That's cool. Strange in that they always offered the ASAT as a Tele that was a bit something else and now they are offereing an ASAT that is more like a Tele though. Not that it is a bad thing. I had a Tribute ASAT and I liked it quite a bit but I did want it to be more classic Tele so I had a custom bridge pickup wound and I got an OLD Lindy Fralin neck pickup for it. The ASAT was like: The old Fralin came in this box: and the bridge pickup came like this: so, now it is like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted July 27, 2012 Members Share Posted July 27, 2012 That's cool. Strange in that they always offered the ASAT as a Tele that was a bit something else and now they are offereing an ASAT that is more like a Tele though. Not that it is a bad thing. I had a Tribute ASAT and I liked it quite a bit but I did want it to be more classic Tele so I had a custom bridge pickup wound and I got an OLD Lindy Fralin neck pickup for it. Leo always hated going back to the more Fender-esque models. He was said to have resisted re-modeling the ASAT into a more Tele-esque -- and then having to offer the ASAT Classic -- and he didn't like the idea of the Strat-like Legacy. But, ultimately, the market drove the model releases. Dont know what he would think of the new model, I believe the Legacy had OEM pickups for so long because Leo didn't want to design anything for it originally...but he still offered it. I have to say though that lately the company seems to be adrift, more and more of their offerings seem generic and without anything distictively G&L about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Presc Posted July 27, 2012 Members Share Posted July 27, 2012 Seems like a good idea to me. The ASAT is a really nice guitar, and the MFDs are good pickups in their own right, but they don't sound like a traditional Tele. Makes sense for G&L to take what is a good platform and offer a stock set of vintage-style Alnicos when many people out there are buying ASAT Classics and doing pickup swaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ravelleman Posted July 27, 2012 Members Share Posted July 27, 2012 The Legacy has been around for years so we can't really complain about them using alnico singles now. Anyway, large MFDs are the best G&L pickups as we all know so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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