FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The G&L semi-hollow "Thinline" series was introduced in May 1997.   The thinline body offers lighter weight, greater resonance and slighty different tonal characteristics -- the midrange frequencies tend to be scooped a bit.  The ASAT shown here abounds with factory options including the large flake silver sparkle finish, mirrored pickguard, birdseye maple neck, and Bigsby B-5 tailpiece.  The silver sparkle finish on this guitar was done by G&L.  A few prototype guitars from the late 1980s and the John Jorgenson Signature models were finished by a subcontractor that specialized in the large flake finish.  The finish became so popular that the subcontractor could not keep up with the demand so G&L’s finishing department set up a special spray booth and acquired the skills and techniques necessary to produce the large flake finishes correctly in-house.

Body: Semi-hollow; ash

Finish: Silver Flake, polyurethane

Neck: 2-piece birdseye maple, bolt-on

Fingerboard: Rosewood; pearloid dot markers

Number of Frets: 22

Pickguard:  1-ply mirrored plastic

Bridge: Gotoh tune-a-matic type with Bigsby B-3 tailpiece

Nut: Plastic

Tuners: G&L/Schaller, sealed, chrome

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

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 27/32 inches

Weight: n/a