FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

This is a very early example of an ASAT Classic Signature. It is very unusual because it has a maple body which was an option, but one that was not common. The tone of this guitar is different from the usual ASAT Classic not only because it has a maple body rather than ash body, but also because the electronics are different. Specifically, the pickups have fewer windings and the circuit is slightly different from later Classics (bootstrapping resistor that changes the taper of the tone pot). Later ASAT Classics do not have this resistor. 

 Body: Solid; 2-piece maple

 Finish: Sunburst, nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck: 2-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard: Rosewood; 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: 7.5 lb