FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

This ASAT Classic Signature has a bound body (top and back) and a bound rosewood fingerboard.  Some had bound maple fingerboards. According to G&L enthusiast Paul Bechtoldt, only about 10 of these were made and they are thought to be the field prototypes for the G&L Commemorative model guitar. However, Dale Hyatt introduced bound bodies and necks on ASAT style guitars as early as Spring 1991. Regardless of their origins, these early, bound ASAT Classics are very rare and were the basis for G&L to offer the ASAT Classic with binding as an option beginning in 1995. One really interesting note is that every late 1991 bound ASAT Classic I've played has sounded extraordinarily good. I don't know what magic is in them, but whatever it is makes them some of the most outstanding ASAT Classics ever assembled at the Fullerton, California factory.

 Body: Solid; 2-piece ash, bound top and back

 Finish: Cherry Sunburst, nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck: 2-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard: Rosewood, single bound; pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets: 22

 Pickguard: White powder coated aluminum

 Bridge: G&L ASAT Classic, steel, chrome

 Nut: Plastic

 Tuners: Schaller M6, 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 5/8 inches

 Weight: 8.0 lb