FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The ASAT Bass was introduced in 1990 and remains in G&L’s current catalog. It is essentially an L-2000 with a Telecaster style body and a Jazz Bass style neck. The early versions of this bass have a non-contoured slab body which most players found uncomfortable. When BBE took over production, they contoured the rea of body on all post-1992 ASAT Basses. Another interesting feature of some early ASAT Basses is the jack plate. This plate is the same unit used as a pickup toggle plate on G-200s! This particular bass is a Signature series model and sports Leo Fender’s signature on the body. The series ran from 1988 to early 1992 and was limited to a just a few models. The use of Leo’s signature, however, brought about a damaging lawsuit from Fender Musical Instruments Corporation which owned the rights to the Fender name. Hence, the Signature series instruments are considered somewhat more collectable. While most ASAT Basses had an ash body, this particular bass was ordered with an optional maple body and, although the it sounds very good, the maple body adds a substantial amount of weight.

 Body: Solid; 2-piece maple

 Finish: Cherry Sunburst, nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck: 2-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard: Rosewood; pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets: 21

 Pickguard: None

 Bridge: G&L Locktight, chrome

 Nut: Plastic

 Tuners: G&L/Schaller Ultra-Lite, open, chrome

 Pickups: Two, G&L Magnetic Field Design humbucking with adjustable pole pieces, active/passive

 Controls: Master volume; bass and treble controls; pickup coil splitter, 3-way pickup selector, passive/active/active treble boost selector

 Scale Length: 34 inches

 Neck Width at Nut: 1 5/8 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout: 13 inches

 Body Depth: 1 5/8 inches

 Weight: 11.1 lb