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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.  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:  G&L/Schaller, sealed, 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.