G&L Fullerton Deluxe Fallout Sunset Coral 2021 w/ G&L Gig Bag *Authorized Dealer* ...

This is a 2021 Fullerton Deluxe model that has been discontinued and is being offered at a special price. We replaced the original zebra pickup with a Chrome covered G&L AW4368C bridge pickup. This model is new, never sold and carries the standard G&L 10-year warranty

This Fullerton Deluxe USA Fallout features the following:

• Sunset Coral finish on Alder, 7.2 pounds
• Tinted satin finish G&L 'Slim C' neck profile - 1-5/8" nut with 12" fingerboard radius
• G&L locking tuners
• 3 ply parchment pickguard
• G&L P-90 neck pickup
• G&L AW4368C covered bridge pickup
• 3-way pickup switch
• Volume and tone controls
• Dual saddle lock bridge
• Pull-tone control to split bridge pickups
• G&L non-compression truss rod
• G&L gig bag
  

The Fallout is one of Leo Fender's "other" shapes and uses the same body as the old SC-2. Originally intended as a starter guitar in the Fender Musicmaster/Duo Sonic days, the Fallout is anything but. The slightly narrower waist gives it a compact appearance, and the fully contoured body is super comfortable. The neck is their Slim C, with a 12" radius and 1-5/8" nut width. The slim taper not too far from a typical American Fender, and as part of the Fullerton Deluxe package G&L gives it a nice satin vintage tint.

The P-90 pickup was originally developed by Gibson around 1946, and was also the original pickup used in the the first Les Paul guitars in the early 50's. Using a fairly shallow, wide bobbin and a bar magnet underneath, the P-90 develops a thicker tone than a traditional Fender single coil, with more midrange, and a firm attack.

G&L's P-90 is wound to around 6.3K, which is on the low side for a P-90. The result is one of the cleanest, clearest P-90's that we've experienced, and it's a fantastic neck pickup. It has some of the characteristics of a good Tele pickup but with better clarity, note separation and percussive bass response. As more gain is applied, the pickup takes on a creamy voice that sings nicely, without the midrange getting too clogged up and stuffy. This pickup will open up a new avenue for many players, and it neatly fills the void between the lean Strat tone, and the typical humbucker.

At the bridge, the G&L AW4368 Alnico Humbucker uses Alnico magnets, and 6800 turns of 43 guage wire. This is G&L's answer to the venerable Seymour Duncan JB, which was previously standard equipment in the first Fallouts. Compared to the Seymour Duncan JB, the G&L AW4368C 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 balanced response of this pickup is very pedal-friendly, and overdrive tones are tight, crunchy with lots of harmonic detail and lingering overtones.

Speaking of which, 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. With the bridge pickup split, there is a definitive country twang, and when combined with full humbucker mode it gains some lower midrange thickness without losing the country cluck.