FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The G&L Cavalier is a rare guitar.  Most were made with ash bodies, but the example shown here was made with a mahogany body making it rarer still.  Add in the hardtail bridge and you've got quite a rarebird indeed.  It's a shame that that G&L discontinued the Cavalier model.  The small humbuckers are bright and, for the most part, sound like a hum cancelling version of the ASAT soapbar MFD pickups which they resemble.  The mahogany body works particularly well with these pickups and smooths out the top end nicely.

Body: Solid; 2-piece mahogany

Finish: Natural, polyurethane

Neck: 2-piece maple, bolt-on

Fingerboard: Ebony; pearloid dot markers

Number of Frets: 22

Pickguard: Black-white-black plastic laminate with black crinkle powder coated aluminum control plate

Bridge: G&L Locktight, black crinkle powder coat

Nut: Plastic

Tuners: G&L/Schaller, sealed, chrome

Pickups: Two, G&L Magnetic Field Design Offset Humbucking with adjustable pole pieces

Controls: Master volume, treble, and bass, 3-way pickup selector

Scale Length: 25 1/2 inches

Neck Width at Nut: 1 5/8 inches

Body Width at Lower Bout: 12 7/8 inches

Body Depth: 1 5/8 inches

Weight: 7.8 lb.