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Z G&L Fallout Left Handed Vintage White w/binding

Lefty's rejoice! This G&L USA Fallout is perfect for those looking for vintage tone and modern feel. Wrapped in Glossy Vintage White, the Fallout combines G&L's coveted P-90 pickup with their in-house made humbucker for a great range of blues, soul and rock crunch. If you are looking to forge your own sonic path, the Fallout is a great platform.

The USA-made G&L Fallout is packed with high quality features:

  • Alder body, Vintage White finish, 7.2 pounds
  • Scraped Wood Binding
  • G&L 'Classic C' neck profile - with 12" fingerboard radius
  • Satin finish neck with rosewood fretboard
  • Sperzel standard tuners
  • Medium jumbo frets
  • 3-ply Tortoise Shell pickguard
  • G&L P-90 neck pickup
  • G&L AW4470B humbucker bridge pickup
  • G&L Saddle-Lock bridge
  • 3-way pickup switch
  • Volume and tone controls
  • Pull tone control to split bridge pickup
  • Delux tolex hardshell case

If you are not familiar with the P-90 pickup, G&L's own P-90 is a great introduction to this particular design. Originally developed by Gibson in the late 40's the P-90 is known for punchy tone and a solid midrange. However, wind them for too much output, and they can get dull and one-dimensional. Not a problem here; and with a mid-6K DC resistance G&L's P-90 has both excellent clarity and more midrange heft than the typical Fender-style single coil. Given some overdrive, the P-90 thickens up and takes on a somewhat creamy tone, but without the woody or mushy feel that you sometimes get with a humbucker. We are fans of P-90's, and this particular version deserves a spot in your guitar lineup. It's a great pickup for when you want "more" but still want to hear all the details.

In the bridge is G&L's own AW4470 Alnico Humbucker. At 7000 turns, this G&L Humbucker puts out a stout 17.8K and the overall specifications are pretty close to the previously standard Seymour Duncan JB. Slightly warmer and with less top end sizzle than the JB, the G&L AW4470B can really rock, but without the edgy fizz of some hot humbuckers. When tested with our Kalmazoo Love Pedal overdrive, it made for killer lead tones with a fat, tight low end and plenty of midrange crunch. For lighter moments you can pull the tone control for leaner and cleaner split bridge tones that blend well with neck pickup, or on their own do a credible job for crisp rhythm and picking.

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.

The neck on this Fallout is G&L's 'Classic C' profile, which was their standard neck for over a decade. With a 12" radius, and 1 5/8" nut width it has a palm-filling taper that starts out very much like a Modern Classic at the first fret and transitions to a .960 depth at the 12th fret. Big bends, complex chords and fast leads are all made easy on the Classic C. It's still our favorite, and in our opinion slightly fatter necks sound better and provide a little more low end heft and gravitas.

The G&L Fallout gives players a serious alternative to the typical choices for high quality electric guitars. By combining these two famous pickup styles you get a fresh sonic option that won't sound like all your other guitars.

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 over 25 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.