FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

G&L's Customs Creations Department struck again in 2004 with the release of a new model, the ASAT Classic S. The “S” stands for “Session” as in Nashville session. The guitar is simply an ASAT Classic Semi-Hollow (sans F-hole) with a middle pickup. Recall that G&L attempted this once before with the ASAT Classic III, but with that model the middle pickup was a reverse wound neck pickup. With the Classic S, the middle pickup is an S-500 MFD. Unfortunately, instead of putting an S-500 MFD in the neck position as well, G&L opted to leave the stock ASAT Classic neck pickup. There is plenty of room for the larger S-500 neck pickup thanks to the "mini-bathtub" route in the body.  Though some may feel that the S model comes up short because of this, a quick test drive of the Classic S will prove otherwise. Thanks to the push-pull pot’s “expander” switch (allowing the bridge+neck pickup combination) this is an extremely versatile guitar. In fact, it makes the ASAT Classic III all but obsolete. They aren’t super abundant as a little over 100 were made -- 50 in honeyburst, 50 in 3-tone sunburst, but they still trickle out of the factory in custom colors.

Body: Semi-hollow; 2-piece ash

Finish: Sunburst, polyurethane

Neck: 2-piece maple, bolt-on

Fingerboard: Maple; black pearloid dot markers

Number of Frets: 22

Pickguard: Tortoise-white-black-white plastic laminate

Bridge: G&L ASAT Classic, chrome with brass saddles

Nut: Plastic

Tuners: G&L/Schaller, sealed, chrome

Pickups: Three, G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil with adjustable pole pieces

Controls: Master volume w/push-pull expander, master tone, 3-way pickup selector switch

Scale Length: 25 1/2 inches

Neck Width at Nut: 1 5/8 inches

Body Width at Lower Bout: 12 5/8 inches

Body Depth: 1 5/8 inches