FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

Here's a Skyhawk Signature with a rosewood fingerboard. Of real interest is the flat sawn body. Most G&Ls have rift sawn bodies, but quite a few were made with flat sawn spreads. Often, the flat sawn bodies produce a relatively heavy guitar. Also, as with the 1st style models, the different pickup positions were retained on the 2nd style Skyhawk and S-500.

 Body:  Solid; 2-piece ash

 Finish:  Natural,  nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck:  2-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard:  Maple; black pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets:  22

 Pickguard:  White-black-white plastic laminate

 Bridge:  G&L Dual Fulcrum Vibrato, chrome

 Nut:  Plastic

 Tuners:  Sperzel Trim-Lok, satin chrome

 Pickups:  Three, G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil with adjustable pole pieces

 Controls:  Master volume, treble, and bass, 5-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:  9.4 lb