FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

This is an example of super rare variant of the ASAT III. It is fitted with a small MFD humbucker taken from the early 1980s G&L HG-2 model. The HG-2 pickup has a higher output than the S-500 bridge pickup, yet it is tonally very strident. It’s bright in the way that a Gretsch Filtertron is bright compared to a PAF style humbucker. And that’s not a bad thing. As with the standard 2-pickup ASAT, the 3-pickup variant was available with a vibrato tailpiece. The guitar shown here is the actual guitar pictured in George Fullerton's book Guitars from George and Leo.

 Body: Solid; 2-piece ash

 Finish: Black, 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 Locktight, chrome

 Nut: Plastic

 Tuners: Schaller M6, chrome

 Pickups: Two G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil with adjustable pole pieces and one G&L Magnetic Field Design humbucker 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