About the G&L Custom Shop

The Finest From Fender Avenue

The quality of the instruments and variety of options available in the main G&L factory are legendary, and that’s precisely the reason why the G&L Custom Shop has opened. You see, some owners love everything about their Made-in-Fullerton G&Ls, but there’s always been one option they have never been able to select. That is, they want the very best of G&L: the finest cuts of wood and unsurpassed craftsmanship coming together in the most spectacular instruments ever made on Fender Avenue.

It starts with hand selected woods, carefully chosen for each instrument, and continues with very best craftsmanship and attention to detail. It’s not just what you see, but what you feel that makes the difference. From exquisite fretwork to pickguard edges delicately sanded and buffed to feel like an instrument loved and played for decades.

Thin urethane finishes polished to perfection. Players who prefer a tastefully worn in look can opt for light to medium aging which projects an authentic vibe.

Even more options are available than in the G&L main factory, including pickups hand-wound on Leo Fender’s personal 1960s hand winder.

About the Legacy HSS Model

The G&L Legacy HSS fattens things up with a G&L AW4470 alnico bridge humbucker to complement the vintage alnico G&L CLF-100 single coils in the neck and middle positions. Masterminded by G&L VP Engineering Paul Gagon, the Legacy HSS has that ideal balance that’ll let it play well in a variety of settings, and its splittable bridge humbucker will does a convincing job as a single coil with rich, ringing harmonics.

The Legacy HSS brings all of the Legacy features, starting with Leo’s PTB™ (Passive Treble and Bass) system which functions on all three pickups for dramatically more variety than the vintage setup and a split coil switch for the bridge pickup. What’s more, the Legacy HSS features a Leo Fender-designed Dual-Fulcrum vibrato, a work of engineering art which allows bending up or down with unsurpassed stability, while offering a silky feel through its beefy aluminum vibrato arm. The Legacy HSS’s hard-rock maple neck features an easy-playing satin finish, comfortable 9 1/2″ radius and Jescar 57110 medium-jumbo nickel-silver frets for silky playability. The moment you open the luxurious hardshell case, you’ll be greeted with a stunning instrument and delicious aroma that’ll have your pulse racing.

If you’re looking for that extra power to properly rock the house in a classic looking axe, then you owe it to yourself to check out the Legacy HSS.

This exquisite example from the G&L Custom Shop represents the pinnacle of craftsmanship from Fender Avenue.

Special features include:

Black Ice Gloss Finish over Swamp Ash Body

3A Roasted flame maple neck- highly figured, with hand rubbed satin finish

Locking tuners

Slim C (1A Neck) shape - 1 5/8” nut width, extra fretboard edge roll for a broken-in feel, mild taper from 0.800”@ 1st to 0.840” @ 12th fret.

Mint 3-ply pickguard with white plastics

Expander mini-toggle to get neck+ bridge and all 3 pickups on

Push/Pull Tone for Splitting the bridge position Seymour Duncan TB-4 Pickup

Weight is 7 pounds 12 ounces

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