FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The G&L ASAT was used and endorsed by John Jorgenson of the Hellecasters. In the late 1980s, John had the factory custom make him a large flake, silver sparkle ASAT using Z-coil MFD pickups and Dual Fulcrum vibrato as a back-up guitar for his one-of-a-kind prototype Comanche. When BBE/G&L approached John about a signature model in 1994 he specified that it be fitted with a new type of MFD that looked like a regular ASAT soapbar, but with a dummy coil under the pickguard for hum cancellation. This pickup had been under development by Leo Fender before his death, but it was never completed. The new pickup design did not have the same output as a regular ASAT soapbar and G&L did not have the expertise to continue developing Leo's design. So G&L then turned to Seymour Duncan to design a pickup that would meet John's specifications, but that turned into a dead end as well.  Without John's consent, the guitar was made with the same large flake, silver sparkle finish, as on his back up ASAT/Comanche, but with regular ASAT pickups. The disagreement resulted in Jorgenson dropping his endorsment of G&Ls and moving to Fender which introduced a John Jorgenson signature model in 1997. Less than 200 G&L John Jorgenson models were made.

 Body: Solid; ash

 Finish: Silver Flake, polyurethane

 Neck: 2-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard: Rosewood; pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets: 22

 Pickguard: Silver sparkle/white plastic laminate

 Bridge: G&L Saddle-Lock, 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: 7.2 lb