Z G&L Fallout Emerald Blue Frost

Avoid Sonic Redundancy in your guitar collection: The G&L Fallout gives players a serious alternative to the typical choices for high quality electric guitars. By combining their own excellent in-house P-90 and Humbucker pickups you get a fresh sonic option that won't sound like all your other guitars. Covered in a frosted Emerald Blue finish this Fallout is a new age beauty with an old soul.

This USA Fallout features the following:

• Emerald Blue Metallic Frost finish on Alder, 7 pounds
• Scraped wood binding
• G&L Slim C neck profile - 1-5/8" nut with 12" fingerboard radius
• .820" depth first fret, .870" depth at the 12th
• Clear finish satin neck
• Rosewood fingerboard upgrade
  
• G&L split and drilled tuners
• 3-ply Parchment pickguard
• G&L P-90 neck pickup
• G&L AW4470B humbucker bridge pickup
• Black pickup covers
• 3-way pickup switch
• Volume and tone controls
• Pull-tone control to split bridge pickups
• G&L non-compression truss rod
• Deluxe Tolex hardshell case made in the USA

The Fallout is one of Leo Fender's "other" shapes uses the same body as the SC-2. While it gives the impression of being a "junior" guitar, it's actually the same length as the Legacy. The slightly narrower waist gives it a compact appearance, and the fully contoured body is super comfortable. This Fallout features a nice optional Rosewood fingerboard, and the Emerald Blue satin finish looks sleek and hides smudges and fingerprints even on a hot summer night.

At the bridge, the G&L AW4470 Alnico Humbucker uses Alnico magnets, and 7000 turns of 44 gage wire. This is G&L's answer to the venerable Seymour Duncan JB, which was previously standard equipment on the Fallout. Compared to the Seymour Duncan JB, the G&L AW4470B has a bit more midrange warmth and a smoother high end that's not quite as sharp and metallic as the JB. The G&L "AW" has a full-bodied tone without the over-emphasized midrange bump of many hot humbuckers. The full, balanced response of this pickup is very pedal-friendly, and overdrive tones are tight, crunchy with lots of harmonic detail and lingering overtones.

Both pickups together produce the bell-like clean rhythm tones often associated with this combination. The sound is Tele like, but a little fatter, and with slightly less edge. Percussive and snappy without being fatiguing, it's got a little bit of a Gretsch or Rickenbacker twang that works well for country, roots rock and lush rhythm strumming.