FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The F-100 was based on the design of Leo Fender’s Music Man Sabre guitar. After Leo broke off his business relationship with Music Man in late 1979 to form G&L, he needed to produce guitars and basses quickly. His solution was to take the basic Music Man guitar and refine it. The result was the F-100 which was the first guitar model produced by G&L. It was introduced in mid-1980 and was made through 1991 although it was dropped from the price list in 1986. It was offered with a variety of options including fingerboard radius (Series II = 7 1/2, Series I = 12 inch), fingerboard wood (ebony, rosewood or maple), tailpiece (hardtail or vibrato), and electronics (active or passive). To separate his F-100 from the Music Man even further, Leo chose to use mahogany, in addition to ash, for the body. The F-100 shown here is a very early example made during the first two months of regular production in August/September 1980.

 Body: Solid; 2-piece ash

 Finish: Natural, nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck: 1-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard: Ebony; pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets: 22

 Pickguard: None

 Bridge: G&L Dual Fulcrum Vibrato, chrome

 Nut: Graphlon (non-original)

 Tuners: Schaller, enclosed, nickel

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

 Controls: Volume, treble, bass, 3-way pickup selector, pickup coil splitter, phase switch

 Scale Length: 25 1/2 inches

 Neck Width at Nut: 1 5/8 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout: 13 inches

 Body Depth: 1 5/8 inches

 Weight: 9.1 lb