Rocking in the Free World

 So, it has been dead here at my blog, but nothing revives a blog like talking about awesome stuff.  I recently purchased something awesome, namely a G&L ASAT Special.  What makes this so awesome you ask?  Well, several things.

One, I have in awe of G&L guitars for sometime.  They are the product of George Fullerton and Leo Fender, after Leo sold Fender in the 60's.  These guitars have the stamp of Leo Fender all over them, from looks to sound.  So, when I saw this guitar in the shop with a low price tag I had to give it a play.

The ASAT series, is G&L's take on Telecasters.  The shape is the same as the Tele (Leo was able to hold onto the patented body style when he sold Fender).  But G&L did not just recreate a classic.  The threw in some new touches, as well.

In the semi-hollow versions the body has two tuned chambers.  This gives it a distinct tone, compared with other semi-hollows with a single chamber.  This is combined with G&L's own pickup design and the result is a fat tone that simply rocks.  G&L took the traditional single coil pickup, the Alnico single coil, and designed a higher output pickup.  This gives the pickup a warmer and darker tone with less noise than the Alnico's.  This gives the guitar the versatility of the classic Tele country twang from the bridge pickup with the bigger full tone of a humbucker like pickup at the neck.  The result is a great sounding guitar reminiscent of the '72-'74 Tele's.

Check out G&L's website here.