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FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

A small quantity of guitars were finished in silver flake in the late Leo Fender era at G&L. This fine flake finish should not be confused with a metallic finish as the two are totally different. The original idea for the finish was for John Jorgenson, however the flake size is much, much smaller than the large flake used on the John Jorgenson Signature model. G&L did not pursue this type of finish for a couple of reasons. First, the flakes contaminated the paint booth so silver flakes started showing up on other bodies. Second, shooting a flake guitar properly is tricky business and many of the flake guitars checked and crazed. The ASAT shown has this rare finish (and non-checked at that!). Another example can be found on the Guitars by Leo website.

G&L ASAT (August 1989)

 
 Body: Solid; 2-piece maple

 Finish: Silver Flake, 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

 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: 7.4 lb



















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