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G&L ASAT Classic Clear Blue Rosewood Wood Binding
This custom USA ASAT Classic features:
- Lemon Drop finish on Swamp Ash, 7.2 lbs
- Scraped wood Binding
- G&L 'Modern Classic' maple neck, 1-11/16" width at the nut, 9.5" radius
- Indian Rosewood fingerboard
- Original Leo Spec. 1.625" Body Depth
- Rear Contour for weight saving and comfort
- Medium jumbo frets
- G&L split and drilled tuners
- 3-ply Parchment pickguard
- G&L MFD neck pickup
- G&L MFD ASAT "ashtray" bridge pickup assembly
- G&L Saddle Lock Bridge
- 3-way switch, volume and tone control
- G&L non-compression truss rod
- Deluxe tolex hardshell case
We've always liked the look of Clear Blue. It shows off the Swamp Ash grain nicely, but with and understated look finished off with their scraped wood binding. If you like sweet detailed high end with a little midrange scoop, Swamp Ash is a good choice. While not quite as punchy as Alder, G&L's MFD pickups pair nicely with the Swamp Ash and produce a more balanced and complex tone.
The original Tele® neck pickup is somewhat of a quandary. Good one have a lovely bell-like tone, but compress easily. And bad ones are just dark and lifeless. Constructed with a low resistance coil and powerful ceramic magnet at the base, the ASAT Classic neck pickup leaves those issues behind. Full up, it's clean, bold, with a very even response across the spectrum. It can punch like a P90, but it's less dark and more detailed. Roll off the volume just a tad and the classic round, slightly hollow Tele neck tone appears, but with less compression. Distortion tones range from crunchy to creamy, and unlike the many guitars of this ilk, it's perfectly suited to lead work.
The ASAT Classic bridge pickup has a split personality that can straddle many styles of music. Played clean it is sparkly with plenty of twang on tap, and any icy tendencies are tempered by the even mannered response of the Swamp Ash body. There is more midrange and body than a traditional Tele® pickup, and overall its a richer sound but with all the traditional flavors packed in there. Add your favorite gain pedal and this pickup becomes an awesome classic rock machine with gobs of overtones, harmonic complexity, and great sustain aided by the string-through body and brass saddles. It's truly great lead pickup; more articulate than a humbucker, and enough bottom end to lay down tight defined rhythms. Remember, most of the early Led Zeppelin was all on a Telecaster, so with the ASAT you can play hard rock...or a square dance.
The neck on this guitar is the standard Modern Classic which blends a slightly wider nut width with G&L's Slim C profile, and a 9.5" radius fretboard. The wider nut reduces the chance of string falloff, and the slimmer profile and 9.5" radius keeps the extra width from feeling cumbersome. G&L makes several different neck profiles, but the Modern Classic has really been a hit with players of all types.
This is a deceptively versatile guitar, and its ability to flow from country twang to jazz, blues, funk and killer rock crunch makes it hard to put down. It's no surprise that the ASAT is still G&L's most popular guitar. The ASAT Classic combines classic looks, flawless finish, and outstanding flexibility.