G&L ASAT Classic Semi-Hollow Alpine White, Ebony, Double Bound

Got a formal gig? Have we got the guitar for you: This fetching ASAT Classic Semi-Hollow in Alpine white with double black binding. While original Fender Telecaster® Thinline was a niche offering at best, G&L has kept this great style of guitar alive with the ASAT Classic Semi-Hollow. Featuring the classic layout and pickup configuration of Leo Fender's groundbreaking Telecaster®, the ASAT Classic Semi-Hollow has several important updates including their specially wound Magnetic Field Design pickups. And while the Semi-Hollow Swamp Ash design makes the guitar even more soulful and resonant, there is plenty of power lurking in the shadows.

This USA ASAT Classic Semi-Hollow has some great upgrades and features:

• Semi-Hollow Swamp Ash Body with Alpine White finish, 6.6 pounds
• Black Double Binding
• G&L "Slim C" hard-rock maple neck, 1-5/8" nut, 9.5" radius
• Satin clear finish neck with Ebony fingerboard
• Jescar medium jumbo frets
• G&L split and drilled tuners
• 2 G&L MFD Classic single-coil pickups
• 3-way pickup selector
• Volume and tone controls
• 3-ply black/white/black pickguard
  
• Plek® laser guided fret finishing
• Deluxe tolex hard shell case

Why select and ASAT Semi-Hollow? Besides light weight, the semi-hollow design has some very nice benefits. Tonally, it balances the midrange of the guitar, the swamp ash add a touch more sweetness to the high end and makes the guitar less "peaky". The attack is bit softer than a solid ASAT, but the MFD pickups are very touch responsive and there is more than enough bite available just by varying picking style. Overall it's a great blend of richness and cluck with a leaner midrange and good clarity. If maximum attack and punch is your game, stick with solid Alder; but for a wide range of styles the Semi-Hollow is all good.

If you like the "idea" of a Tele® neck pickup but never seem to actually like them, you'll really dig the ASAT Classic MFD neck pickup. Full up, it's clean, bold, with a very even response across the spectrum. Low notes are big and round with a generous percussive feel, and the high end is clean but smooth. Roll off the volume just a tad and the classic round, slightly hollow Tele neck tone appears, but with better clarity, less compression and a more satisfying attack. When gain is applied the MFD neck pickup produces smooth lead tones that are more creamy than crunch, but don't get flabby or mushy.

The ASAT Classic bridge is a Tale of Two Pickups. Played clean it is sparkly with plenty of twang on tap, and there is a slight "give" to the attack that lends the notes a nice springy feel. Hit it with some gain and this pickup becomes an awesome classic rock machine with loads of overtones, harmonic complexity, and great sustain aided by the string-through body and brass saddles. It's truly a great lead pickup; more articulate than a humbucker, and enough girth to lay down tight defined rhythms.

Topping it off is G&L's "Slim C" neck profile with a slick, dense ebony fretboard. This neck is great for players that prefer a slimmer feel, or those who simply like being able to really wrap around the neck or play complex licks in upper register. And thanks to the Plek® fret finishing and non-compression dual-action truss rod, the neck is consistent top to bottom, and sets up quickly.

In building the ASAT Classic, G&L has solved some of the love/hate issues with this classic design: Mainly, a more consistent and versatile neck pickup, and a bridge pickup with power and sparkle that won't slice your head off. The Semi Hollow design just makes it "more better" in a lot of ways. It is possible to improve on a classic, and this is one of those times.

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 30 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.