G&L ASAT Classic S Vintage White 2025 Electric Guitar w/Gig Bag

The guitar to bring when you only can bring one, the G&L ASAT Classic S packs a ton of tonal options into Leo's classic shape. With the enhanced dynamics of G&L's MFD pickup and the added flexibility of a middle pickup with 7-possible pickup combinations, the ASAT Classic S has more uses than Duct Tape and sounds a lot better!

• Vintage White gloss finish on Alder, 7.4 pounds
• Rear body contour
• Scraped wood binding
• G&L 'Modern Classic' neck profile, 9.5" radius, 1-11/16" nut width
• Satin finish hard rock maple neck
• Indian Rosewood fretboard
• G&L split and drilled tuners
• Jescar medium jumbo frets
• ASAT Classic Neck and Bridge Pickup
• S-500 Middle Pickup, reverse wound
• 5 way pickup switch
• Tortoiseshell pick guard
• Pull volume for Neck+Bridge or All Three
• Plek fret finishing
• G&L padded gig bag

The G&L ASAT Classic S is G&L's interpretation of the "Nashville" style Telecaster that is popular with many session musicians. By adding the middle Stratocaster -- but in this case S-500 -- pickup, this type of guitar is capable of the classic Tele sound plus the funky middle and "out of phase" tones typically available only with the Strat. 

This guitar comes with G&L's popular Modern Classic neck profile. Slimmer like the old "Slim C", the Modern Classic has a 9.5" radius and a 1-11/16" nut width. The string spacing is the same as their 1-5/8" Classic C necks, and the extra width is there to help prevent string fall off. Players who like an American Fender neck will find the feel of the Modern Classic very familiar. G&L still offers a few neck profile optiosn, but the Modern Classic is the runaway favorite.

The G&L ASAT Classic MFD pickups take the best of the Tele tones: Round and warm or bright and punchy, and fills them out with greater clarity, dynamics, and output. The neck pickup has the bell-like tones of the original Telecaster, but with much less compression and better attack. Clear without being edgy and with a rich full bass, it's captures the essence of Fender's original design but makes it vastly more usable. Roll off the volume a little and the more traditional softer, rounder Tele tones come out.

The bridge pickup assembly combines plenty of rich twangy goodness, but with more body, midrange, and a sweeter top end. It's a great pedal pickup and will drive distortion and overdrive pedals with lots of gusto and harmonic content. You can truly rock it, and it's got humbucker-like output with enhanced clarity and detail. It's a great pickup for lead guitar work, and with your favorite stomp box you go can go from Bad Company to Brad Paisley in an instant.

The addition of the S-500 middle pickup adds the slightly metallic, grainy blues tones you'd expect from this position, but with that extra MFD midrange presence and dynamic range. With its 5-way switch, the in-between positions on Classic S are pretty spunky -- not as much quack as a true Strat -- but fuller and with less of an output drop. And of course you can pull up the volume control to engage the classic neck+bridge setting.

While vintage tone is often be revered as sonically superior, in reality the demands of live playing and modern tastes have changed the requirements. In all styles of music guitar tones are "heavier" than in the past, and most country bands today are grinding out tones that would make Hank Williams roll over in his grave. The G&L ASAT Classic S provides traditional vintage flavors but with the output, clarity and punch that makes it great for both recording and live performances (And you can plug your ASAT and your Les Paul in the same amp and not have to redo all your settings). With its highly flexible morph of Tele/Strat sounds, and the ability to put out some serious crunch, the ASAT Classic S is the perfect go-to guitar for a wide variety of playing situations.

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 plenty 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. You can contact us at 508-657-1817