Product Overview
This super cool blue guitar features a brand new G&L Premier Finish called Cloud Blue. It is a tinted blue version of translucent white blonde (the wood grain is visible through the paint) and looks sinply incredible in contrast with the black binding and pickguard. This guitar was a 2018 Winter NAMM show display piece, and we are very fortunate to be able to offer this head-turner to our GAS patients!
The G&L ASAT® Special just might be the quintessential G&L guitar, viewed by many as Leo’s ultimate single-cutaway. Back in 1985, Leo Fender† launched this model under the G&L Broadcaster name, which prompted a response from Fred Gretsch of Gretsch Guitars over the name just as it had thirty-five years earlier. History buffs will recall that the Broadkaster® name is owned by Gretsch, and once again, a Broadcaster from Leo was required to have its name changed. This time around, the name became “ASAT” which is US military shorthand for an “Anti-Satellite” missile.
The ASAT Special, as the model became known, features jumbo single-coil Magnetic Field Design™ pickups, each with a narrow bobbin aperture for a coil which is shallow yet wide. In this regard, an MFD™ jumbo single coil is similar to a P-90 or Jazzmaster® pickup, yet the MFD principle provides a punchier bottom end and brighter top end sparkling with harmonics. Leo further departed with the past with the addition of his innovative Saddle-Lock™ bridge which transfers string energy right into the body end-grain for an incredibly resonant instrument. The result is one of the most versatile guitars ever, serving up ballsy twang to searing blues to smooth jazz tones.
This ASAT Classic Alnico in Cloud weighs 7 pounds 13 ounces, and includes the following special order options:
Swamp Ash Body
1-ply Black Pickguard
Body Top Binding, Black
Neck Binding, Black
Standard Specs:
CONSTRUCTION: bolt-on
SCALE: 25 1/2"
PICKUPS: Leo Fender†-designed jumbo G&L MFD™ single coils made in Fullerton, California
BODY WOOD: Swamp Ash
NECK WOOD: Hard-Rock Maple with Maple fingerboard
NECK PROFILE: G&L Modern Classic with 9 1/2" radius
NUT: natural bone
FRETS: 22 medium jumbo, Jescar 57110 nickel silver
TUNING KEYS: 12:1 ratio, sealed-back
BRIDGE: Leo Fender-designed G&L Saddle-Lock™ with chrome-plated brass saddles
CONTROLS: 3-position pickup selector, volume, tone
CASE: deluxe Tolex hardshell
The G&L ASAT® Special just might be the quintessential G&L guitar, viewed by many as Leo’s ultimate single-cutaway. Back in 1985, Leo Fender† launched this model under the G&L Broadcaster name, which prompted a response from Fred Gretsch of Gretsch Guitars over the name just as it had thirty-five years earlier. History buffs will recall that the Broadkaster® name is owned by Gretsch, and once again, a Broadcaster from Leo was required to have its name changed. This time around, the name became “ASAT” which is US military shorthand for an “Anti-Satellite” missile.
The ASAT Special, as the model became known, features jumbo single-coil Magnetic Field Design™ pickups, each with a narrow bobbin aperture for a coil which is shallow yet wide. In this regard, an MFD™ jumbo single coil is similar to a P-90 or Jazzmaster® pickup, yet the MFD principle provides a punchier bottom end and brighter top end sparkling with harmonics. Leo further departed with the past with the addition of his innovative Saddle-Lock™ bridge which transfers string energy right into the body end-grain for an incredibly resonant instrument. The result is one of the most versatile guitars ever, serving up ballsy twang to searing blues to smooth jazz tones.
This ASAT Classic Alnico in Cloud weighs 7 pounds 13 ounces, and includes the following special order options:
Swamp Ash Body
1-ply Black Pickguard
Body Top Binding, Black
Neck Binding, Black
Standard Specs:
CONSTRUCTION: bolt-on
SCALE: 25 1/2"
PICKUPS: Leo Fender†-designed jumbo G&L MFD™ single coils made in Fullerton, California
BODY WOOD: Swamp Ash
NECK WOOD: Hard-Rock Maple with Maple fingerboard
NECK PROFILE: G&L Modern Classic with 9 1/2" radius
NUT: natural bone
FRETS: 22 medium jumbo, Jescar 57110 nickel silver
TUNING KEYS: 12:1 ratio, sealed-back
BRIDGE: Leo Fender-designed G&L Saddle-Lock™ with chrome-plated brass saddles
CONTROLS: 3-position pickup selector, volume, tone
CASE: deluxe Tolex hardshell
