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G&L Custom Shop ASAT Junior Clear Red Mahogany Solid Body w/OSHC *Authorized Dealer*

The G&L Custom Shop is a dedicated area of the G&L factory in Fullerton, CA where magic often happens. Allowing the customer an even wider range of options than their Build-to-Order line, the Custom Shop is turning out one gem after another. We gave the Custom Shop a special assignment to make us an ASAT Junior, a unique version of the ASAT that has been made in small batches over the years. With G&L's excellent P-90's and Custom Shop build quality, this ASAT Junior sonically and aesthetically a unique statement.

On the build sheet G&L describes this guitar as an "HHRMC" which it's not as "HH" stands for two humbuckers. 

This Custom Shop G&L ASAT Junior:

  • Clear Red on Mahogany, 8.2 pounds
  • Rear body contour
  • Dark Toffee satin quarter-sawn maple neck
  • Modern Classic neck profile, 12" radius, 1-11/16" nut width
  • .820 depth at first fret, .870 depth at 12 fret
  • Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Medium jumbo frets
  • G&L split and drilled tuners
  • Logo delate option
  • 3-ply custom shape black pickguard
  • G&L Alnico 5 P-90 neck pickup ~6.3K ohms
  • G&L Alnico 5 P-90 bridge pickup ~7.3 ohms
  • 3-position blade selector, volume, tone
  • Deluxe Black tolex hardshell case
  • Made in Fullerton, CA

P-90 pickups have been around since the late 40's and were the original pickups in the first Les Paul guitars. Our experience is that P-90's don't respond well to the "hotter is better" school of thought, and luckily G&L thinks the same way. Their own take on the P-90 pickup is wound lower than most other manufacturers -- other than maybe a 50's wind Lollar -- and the result is a clean tone with plenty of note definition, and no pronounced midrange snarl. The neck pickup has more warmth and body than a typical Fender single coil, but still plenty of snap and response. If you've been disappointed by dull, woody neck P-90's this is the antidote. Great for blues and rock, it takes pedals well, with a crunchy vibe that does not devolve into mush when pushed. It's a very respectable lead pickup.

The bridge pickup also has clean profile and less midrange bark than many P-90's exhibit. You can get pretty twangy with this pickup, and the lack of midrange snarl means there is much better tonal flexibility. Keep in mind that Keith Urban plays some pretty hot county on a Les Paul junior. This is how we like our P-90's to sound and we let the amp (or pedal) do the work. It's great for roots, indie, blues and cleans up nicely when turned down. 

Keeping with the "Junior" aspect of things we opted for a nice piece of Mahogany for the body, clear red finish, and a flatter 12" radius Modern Classic neck. Mahogany fattens up the mids, but being a bolt-on neck and longer scale, it still has the G&L feel and harmonic clarity that you get with this type of construction.

The Custom Shop is a great way to color outside the lines, and this new "Junior" is a great way to discover the joys of a good set of P-90 pickups with a feel that Leo Fender fans will instantly bond with.

We are an authorized G&L Premier dealer located in Bellingham, Massachusetts, and this is a new guitar with all tags, tools, paperwork and certificates. We have a wide selection of G&L’s in stock at all times, and please feel free to browse our other listings, or contact us for information on a custom order.