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FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The ASAT Bass Signature shown here is an interesting transitional example from the BBE period.  The new owners of G&L made sweeping changes almost immediately after taking over the company in November 1991.  This bass has a Leo-era slab body with output jack plate, but the neck is from early 1992 and has different tuner posts (satin finish with shoulder vs. polished aluminum conical), a semi-gloss neck finish (Leo-era necks were high gloss and later BBE-era necks were satin), and a thinner neck thickness behind the nut.  This bass retains the thin veneer fingerboard of the Leo-era.  Later in 1992, BBE switched to a thick veneer  board and by 1993 the boards were slab.  Most importantly, the BBE-era ASAT Basses (and L-2000s) used a different preamp labelled as Version 1.0 on the circuit board.  This circuit uses a different op-amp and a series/parallel humbucking switch in place of the former coil splitter.  This results in a different sounding ASAT Bass.  Around 1999, G&L revised the preamp once again (Version 1.1) using the original Leo-era op-amp and similar circuit, but retained the series/parallel selector.

G&L ASAT BASS Signature (early 1992)


Body: Solid; 2-piece ash

Finish: Sunburst, polyurethane

Neck: 2-piece maple, bolt-on

Fingerboard: Rosewood; pearloid dot markers

Number of Frets: 21

Pickguard: None

Bridge: G&L Saddle-Lock, chrome

Nut: Plastic

Tuners: G&L/Schaller Ultra-Lite, open, chrome

Pickups: Two, G&L Magnetic Field Design humbucking with adjustable pole pieces, active/passive

Controls: Master volume; bass and treble controls; series/parallel selector, 3-way pickup selector, passive/active/active treble boost selector

Scale Length: 34 inches

Neck Width at Nut: 1 1/2 inches

Body Width at Lower Bout: 13 inches

Body Depth: 1 5/8 inches

Weight: 10.3 lb.











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