G&L ASAT Classic S Vintage White Rosewood w/wood binding

The G&L ASAT Classic S is our pick as G&L's most versatile guitar. With it's dynamic MFD pickups and a total of seven possible pickup combinations, you can uncork a range of country, rock and blues tones, making it truly a Swiss Army Knife guitar. This classically appointed beauty is certain to be the MVP on your guitar team.

This custom USA ASAT Classic S features the following specs and upgrades:

• Vintage White on Alder, 8.2 pounds
• Original Leo Spec. 1.625" body depth
• Rear body contour for additional comfort
  
• Scraped wood binding
• Clear satin finish maple neck with Indian rosewood fretboard
  
• Modern Classic neck profile, 9.5" radius, 1-11/16" nut width
• Jescar Medium jumbo frets
• G&L split and drilled tuners
• 3-Ply tortoise shell pickguard
• G&L MFD ASAT “ashtray” bridge pickup assembly
• G&L MFD S-500 middle pickup, reverse wound
• G&L MFD neck pickup
• Volume and tone controls
• 5-way pickup switch with pull volume control for neck + bridge
• Deluxe tolex hardshell case
  
• Made in Fullerton, CA

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. The Alder provides a punchy attack and provides good midrange support. If you like to lean on the bridge pickup, we give Alder the nod.

The G&L ASAT Classic MFD pickups take the best of the Tele tones: Round and warm or bright and twangy, and fills them out with greater clarity, dynamics, and output. The neck pickup has the bell-like tones of the original Telecaster, but with less compression and spongy feel. If you find yourself in a love/hate relationship with Tele neck pickups, the G&L ASAT is the cure.

The ashtray bridge pickup assembly combines plenty of rich twangy goodness, but with more body, midrange, and no icy top end. It too drives pedals really well, with lots of output and harmonic complexity. Big rock tones are no problem with this guitar, and it's got humbucker-like output with superior clarity and detail. Players underestimate the ability of almost any T-style to crank out great rock tones, and with the ASAT Classic bridge pickup and the right pedal you have a potent rock machine, or you can knock out some Marty Stuart or Brad Paisely

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 have that spunky out-of-phase cluck, but are a little fuller and more punchy than the typical Strat. Lastly, the pull-tone control lets you access the traditional neck+bridge combination for a total of 7 possible pickup combinations.

This guitar comes with G&L's standard neck profile, the Modern Classic. 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 take to the Modern Classic.