FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The George Fullerton Model was introduced in 1995. This model has its roots in the same ancestral idea that produced the Legacy guitar. The Fullerton is a tribute to George Fullerton's work at Fender, Music Man, and G&L specifically his contributions to the Fender Stratocaster. The Fullerton was originally designed as a '57 Stratocaster clone, but this strict configuration quickly changed when a slab rosewood fingerboard was made an option.  Vintage narrow frets are standard on the model as well. According to G&L researcher Paul Bechtoldt, the pickup design was based on the blueprints drawn by Mr. Fullerton in 1954 for the Fender Stratocaster, but it appears that these pickups are identical to the G&L alnico slug units found in the Legacy. The first production run of Fullertons in April and May 1995 had huge V-shaped necks. These necks took significantly longer to make so G&L switched to an oval shape neck beginning in June 1995, though the large V-neck was still available through 1996. The guitar shown here is an early example and has an oval neck profile as does this Fullerton model from later in the year.

 Body:  Solid; 2-piece ash

 Finish:  Sunburst, polyurethane

 Neck:  2-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard:  Rosewood; pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets:  22

 Pickguard:  Single ply white plastic

 Bridge:  G&L Dual Fulcrum Vibrato, chrome

 Nut:  Plastic

 Tuners:  Sperzel, sealed, satin chrome

 Pickups:  Three, G&L vintage-style alnico single coil with non-adjustable pole pieces

 Controls:  Master volume, tone, tone; 5-way pickup selector

 Scale Length:  25 1/2 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 5/8 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  12 1/2 inches

 Body Depth:  1 5/8 inches

 Weight:  n/a