FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The ASAT BB Semi-Hollow followed the introduction of the solidbody version -- the ASAT BB.  These models were designed by Tim Page (Buffalo Bros. Guitars of Carlsbad, California) and Seymour Duncan (Seymour Duncan Pickups) though they clearly followed what Fender players (e.g. - Keith Richards, Andy Summers) had been doing to their Telecasters for years. The ASAT BB is essentially an ASAT Classic fitted with a neck humbucker.  The 7.5-inch radius fingerboard has vintage-style Dunlop 6230 frets.  The guitar was available with either a rosewood or maple fingerboard with a gloss lacquer finish over a gun oil tint.  The neck plate is engraved "Special G&L Edition".  The "BB" denotes "Blues Boy" as this model was intended to have blues tone in spades (and it does!).  There were only 20 solidbody and 12 semi-hollow ASAT BB's made, but due to the immense popularity of this limited edition, G&L put the ASAT BB into regular production as the ASAT Classic Bluesboy in 2001 in both solid body and semi-hollow versions.

Body:  Semi-hollow, 2-piece ash, bound top

Finish:  Sunburst top, black back;  polyurethane lacquer

Neck:  2-piece maple, bolt-on

Fingerboard:  Maple; black pearloid dot markers

Number of Frets:  22

Pickguard:  White-black-white plastic laminate

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

Nut:  Micarta

Tuners:  G&L/Schaller, sealed, chrome

Pickups:  Two; G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil with adjustable pole pieces, and Seymour Duncan Seth Lover '55 humbucker

Controls:  Master volume, 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 3/4 inches

Weight:  n/a