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The ASAT Classic III was the first model produced in the G&L Custom Creations Department (CCD) which was founded  June 15, 1998 and superceded by the G&L Custom Shop in December 2017. The CCD produces limited edition instruments which embody distinctive tonal and visual characteristics that separate these instruments from G&L’s regular line of instruments. The instruments produced by the CCD are hand-made by a select team of G&L’s most experienced craftsmen. With its bound sunburst body, the ASAT Classic III takes its vintage cues from the early 1960s Fender Telecaster Custom. Unlike the Fender, the G&L has high output Magnetic Field Design pickups. The middle pickup is standard ASAT Classic neck unit that has been reverse-wound for hum cancelling when combined with either the neck or bridge pickup. Only 100 ASAT Classic III’s were made.

 Body:  Solid, 2-piece ash, bound top

 Finish:  Sunburst top, black back;  polyurethane

 Neck:  2-piece birdseye maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard:  Maple; black pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets:  22

 Pickguard:  3-ply white-black-pearloid plastic

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

 Nut:  Plastic

 Tuners:  Schaller M6, chrome

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

 Controls:  Master volume, master tone, 5-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

 Weight:  7.9 lb