FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The Legacy was the first new guitar model produced by G&L after its acquisition by BBE in 1992.  BBE also took the opportunity to switch from the veneer rosewood fingerboard used by Leo Fender on pre-1992 G&Ls to a slab rosewood board. The main reason for the change from veneer to slab was economics; slab boards are cheaper to make and have less wasted wood. BBE also used the new style headstock that Leo Fender and his staff designed for the S-500 and Comanche around 1990. The early models (1992-93) used the highly regarded Seymour Duncan Vintage series pickups. Later models came equipped with G&L wound alnico pickups. The Legacy illustrated is an early model from February 1993. It has a very unusual feature in that the serial number is located on the bridge instead of on the neck plate. G&L routinely used bridge serial numbers from 1980-82, but then switched to stamping the serial numbers on neckplates from 1983 to the present. In early 1993, G&L had run out of neck plates with serial numbers and, in order to keep production moving, used some leftover bridges from the early 1980s. According to Tony Petrilla at G&L, less than 40 guitars left the factory with these old bridges. The serial number on this guitar indicates that bridge was manufactured around 1981.

Body: Solid; 2-piece alder

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: G&L/Schaller, sealed, chrome

Pickups: Three, Seymour Duncan vintage alnico single coil with non-adjustable pole pieces

Controls: Master volume, bass, and treble; 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: 7.7 lb.