G&L ASAT Classic Bluesboy Semi-hollow

This baby is brand new. Swamp ash semi-hollow body in blonde finish. No f-hole. Weighs in at a svelte 6.1 lbs. Seymour Duncan Seth Lover SH-55N humbucker in neck position, G&L MFD single coil in bridge position. Gun oil tint on 7.5" radius maple neck with maple board. Non-locking Schaller tuners. Volume, tone, and 3-way toggle. Not sure what the fretwire size is, but they're a little shorter than medium jumbos and about the same width.

Very versatile guitar tonally. I play mostly classic rock stuff from 50's through 70's with some blues thrown in for good measure. The neck bucker gives a close-to-jazzy sound. The bridge single coil gives a nice tele twang without being too bitey. By far my favorite tone is on the middle position using both pickups. Sounds great through my Carr Rambler & Clark Lil Bit tweed replica. My Carr Mercury doesn't like it as well, but oddly that amp doesn't like Teles in general. I mainly use a Fulltone OCD, HBE analog delay, and an Analogman chorus. The sound of the Bluesboy blows away my Fender Tele Deluxe. The G&L is simply a better built guitar. I love it.

Action was low but not buzzy right out of the box. Intonation was set pretty well. I believe that few guitars come from the builder set up perfectly and I will eventually get it set up professionally but it plays very nicely right out of the box. I can find no flaws in fit or finish after owning it for four months. Stays in tune really well which is something I can rarely say about my Fender guitars. The blonde finish, pearl pickguard, and gun oil tint maple fretboard make for a very attractive piece, although admittedly I've always been attracted to blondes.

Seems to be well built. I'm no longer in a band and play around the house mostly or with some buddies so I'll not likely subject it to a lot of abuse. Based on the overall quality, I gotta give it a 10.

Never used them so I don't know. Has to be better than Fender though.

I've been playing for 31 years. Been in a few bands over the years but now am merely a bedroom player. I've owned a lot of guitars both good and bad and the Bluesboy is one of my favorites. I also have a 1970 Les Paul Custom, a Michael Tuttle 54 Classic Strat (the best guitar I've ever laid my hands on), a Fender American Deluxe Tele, a Fender American Std Strat, a PRS Custom 22 Artist, a Larrivee L-05, a 1979 Alvarez Yairi DY-78, and an old beater Takamine classical. This is my first G&L and it is everything I wish my Fender Tele was. I think G&L has Fender beat hands down in quality. Fender is all about making them cheaper while G&L still builds guitars the way Leo wanted. That's after all why Leo sold Fender & started G&L in the first place.

Gun oil tint on maple neck, rosewood board, fat frets, pearl dots, locking Sperzel tuners, three tone burst on ash, hollow with no f-holes, G&L bridge pickup with Lindy Fralin split single (looks like old Tele Deluxe humbucker, but is more like a p-bass single coil inside), binding, deluxe G&G plus tolex case. deep v neck profile.

This guitar flat out fucking rocks.

The Fralin split single in the neck (think p-90 tone in humbucker sized cavity), has deep warm round woody clarity with plenty of oomph to drive the Fender Deluxe Reverb into majic land, the G&L bridge is the perfect tele sound with bite but not ice pick highs, middle position is very, very worthwhile.

It sounds like a warm, clear, deep, tele with twang, with oomph, with soul. unplugged, she sustains and rings for days. plugged in, it's even better.

it is perfect.

perfect fit and finish in wood working and laquer. don't know about factory setup because I bought it from a guy who kept it for a few months. the finish is so gorgeous and flawless.

the FRETS could have been better polished.

seems solid

Would replace it with the exact same thing.

Honeyburst finish with gun oil finsih. 7 1/2 inch radius. No F hole on this one. Mine came with the standard case, but it doesn't fit well, get the upgraded case. 2006 model with Humbucker neck, and G&L pickup in the bridge. I also got the maple neck.

Very quiet even on the bridge pickup. I played it through a Swart Atomic Space Tone 20 watt amp. I can highly recommend this guitar, it does everything. Blues tones are great with the humbucker, and position 2 is an all around great tone, nice blend with the bridge. The range of tones is the greatest of all my 15 guitars... from jazz-rock. The bridge pickup in bright but not earsplitting, a little fatter than a Fender bridge, I really like it. I am very impressed with this guitar, at first I did not think the 7 1/2 radius would work for me, but so far no problems. It also comes in a 12 radius if you want. The neck is a nice medium jumbo, and the frets are medium jumbo as well. The tones are just plain great. As an all around guitar I don't think you can beat it.

I picked it up used, and the action was high so I lowered it and straigtened up the neck. There was a little ping on the high b,and e, when tuning so I put in some Big Bends Nut Sauce to reduce that problem. The fit might be a little tight. The finish on mine was beautiful with just a little to much lacquer on one spot on the neck, but otherwise beautiful. The factory set up is good, but for you pros out there a pro set up is a must. It comes about 90% ready to play.

I can depend on this guitar and have been overall very impressed.
I have no reservations recommending it. The srap button are big so your strap won't fall off, but thick straps may have a problem getting onto the buttons.

Don't know.

I'm 52, playing a long time. 15 good guitars and about 12 amps.
This is a fantastic guitar, I think of all the G&L guitars this no f hole Bluesboy might be the best. Its just great sounding and versitle. Its lightweight, easy to play, good looking, fat tone, and I just don't have any real negatives except maybe the finish on my neck wasn't perfect (but I don't care). The other thing about this guitar is it has a 10 in the fun factor area. It is a guitar you will like to pick up and play.

Ash semihollow body, G&L ASAT bridge and Seymour Duncan HB neck with maple neck and fretboard in gun oil tint. med jumbo frets.
I ordered this guitar and it took over 2 months to get. I had another G&L Bluesboy at the time but I wanted to try a maple fretboard as it had been about 5 years since I had one..I also got a wider neck at nut 1 inch &11/16 and boy oh boy am I happy. I have almost quit playing anything else. In the 6 mos I have had this guitar my other bluesboy has been sold which I liked but I don't need two, My Guild Bluesbird and accoustic have only been out of the closet once, I have not played my Gibson CS-335 maybe twice and the same with my Les Paul.
I've sold my PRS McCarty hollow and solid body. I have not missed a day without playing this G&L, If it sounds like I like this guitar thats because I do...whewather it is blues, country, slide, old rock and roll or soft rock it is in there..I'm sure other modes of guitar music also but not much for me. I have to give it a 10

Like I said in above paragraph I can' give it anything execpt a 10

I changed strings and set it up to my preferances, but the factory set up was great out of the case. Absolutely no flaws any where and the Pearl White finish looks 6 inchs deep.

Everything on this Guitar is top notch..I still have a 62 Fender Custom Telecaster. But I have tried other Fenders and tele type guitars and a few I liked but they were just not outstanding. I really never had to try to find imperfections they just jumped out at me and often on playability issues as well as sound,or lack of.
I don't play gigs etc any more, but I would say I never stepped on stage even with a large crowd with any thing more solid.

I have never needed them and this is my 5th or 6th G&L altogather.

This guitar equals anything I have ever played, owned or tried. I've seen where some said that Leo Fender done his best work after he started G&L with George and I will have to agree...But the folks who have continued to keep the company and quality of it's guitars have done an outstanding job.

Made in 2003.

Fantastic guitar for jazz and blues. The bridge pickuo is suitable for jazz tones,(it soud similar to a Gibson 335). The midle position is suitable for blues. The sound is deep and it has a great sustain.

A fine luthier work.

Solid construction and no problems with hardware.

I own a 2005 G&L ASAT Classic Bluesboy Sem-hollow with the F hole, abbacco burst flamed maple top over swamp ash with a birds-eye gunoiled maple neck. 22 frets SethLover pickup in front and tradition sigle coil in back. Standard tuners

This guitar rocks!! it is so easy to play nd the front pickup is so fat, round and warm it is incredible. ALl my friendswho have heard it both muician or otherwise say it is the nicest sounding electric guitar they have heard. I have a list of buyers should i choose to sell it....not! I play mostly blues but crank upthe gain and heavey metal look out, or st the switch to the front pickup and great rythm guitar. It is hard to believe one guitars does so much so well. Strat players cannot believe the bottom end of the front pickup or the sstaian of either pckup. Even without the gain cranked to max you can strike a note and put the guitar down and it will carry for sooooo long...I mean real long.

Factor set up was better for heavy metal as it was a lttle low but after the dealer et it up it was perfect. pickus set up perfect ad have not been changed after a year of playing. Top matched very well and the neck joint is the best I have seen.

Solid feel to light guitar. It has worked great, althougth th neck ran out a bit and I was woried by adjusting it I might oose the sound quality however it was a simple adustment and it souns the same...great.

My dealer is very knowledgeable and well pected in the industry, itis Arbutus Music in Nanaimo BC Canada. This guy really knows his stuff If you want to know how someone got thier sound he'll tell you. Showed me the quaility of G&L by compareing them to his vintage trats them sent me off to lisen to the best modren strats and he G&L's sound more like the original Strats than any new Strat I've heard.

I use to own a couple of Strats Plus, top off the line Ibenez (nice guitar, not my sound) A Howard Clark Aria archtop, and have bee searching for ages playing dozens/hundreds? of Strats and got rid of my thers and gave up seaching for a Strat.

This review is for a G&L Bluesboy semi hollow with the F hole. It is an evolution of the telecaster design, and features solid wood binding, a seth lover humbucker and a very warm single coil in the bridge. Pretty standard design with subtle improvements over the original. Not many features, but easy to get great variety of tones in a flash on stage.

The middle position is my favourite and I play most of the rhythmes there. The bridge pickup is an improvement on my 82 tele and I know because I took the time to A/B them. The neck pickup is in a different league as the fender sounds muddy, despite the fact that I've owned a lot of them, they sound muddy.The humbucker is crisp, clear and warm. Great for jazz or blues. The bridge pickup has the twand, but almost like a rickenbacker ( I A/B it with my 330 too). It is complex and warm and bright.
It will feedback in a hot overdirve situation, so be warned, or settle down a bit!

I have never played a guitar that sounds this nice or looks so good.

I use a bakcup, a 330 rickenbacker. This retires my three fender american teles. Play through a twin reverb and smile.

My grips is that it is hard to get parts. Probably a dud supplier or two in their chain. No way to get parts on the website that I can see. i needed a new nut and had to have one made.

Been playing over 30 years. I was a gibson guy, but found les pauls heavey and hard to keep in tune ( what is it with that G string?). When I played a tele I thought I had found the tone I wanted. When I played this beauty, I knew I had.
This is all of couse a matter of taste, but this guitar through an old fender tube amp, is something you've gotta hear. Try one see if you agree....

I have a glossy black 2004 ASAT Classic Bluesboy semihollow without f-hole. I also have a 1999 Special Edition ASAT Classic Bluesboy in a solid body. Let me say up front that I currently own over 40 G&L guitars and have a very strong bias as to their desirability as THE axe to own. And out of my collection of G&Ls, I put the Bluesboy models at the top - with the semihollow, non-f at the very top. It has the standard Bluesboy features: Seth Lover humbucker in the neck and MFD in the bridge, Alder body, 1 5/8" nut size, etc., and is all black, including the headstock, pickguard, and ebony board. It is light in weight; has the most versatile range of tones in my collection to cover jazz, blues, rock, and country; and is asthetically awesome. Although there are other features available (mahogany body wood, G&L humbuckers, etc.) there is not one feature I that I would add to this particular Black Beauty.

It totally covers jazz, blues, rock, and country - the only 4 that interest me. I have enjoyed it most on a Peavey Classic 30 and Fender Hot Rod De Ville amp. I only use the tone control rolled completely forward when switched to the bridge pickup for playing a country or rock lead. My favorite tone for blues is rolled back about midway and using the middle pickup position. My favorite position for jazz is rolled almost fully back using the neck pickup. I like the neck pickup rolled back about 1/3 for rock rhythms. To my ears, this axe covers them all and does it better.

I got it in minty used condition; however, neither I nor the previous owner has tampered with the setup or action. It came ready to play right out of the box. I stays in tune well, and I can find no finish or construction flaws. I have owned several guitars that cost more than twice what this one did and cannot say that about them. This is the one category I wish I could rate "11", as it's fit and finish are what really separates it from the pack.

I don't play out much, but this would be my number one axe if I did. I think it would hold up to the rigors of constant roadwork and I would certainly trust it without a backup.

I have dealt with the company, but not about this guitar. My dealings have been excellent, and I find them to be sincerely concerned and responsive. This guitar has a 10 year warranty.

I have been playing off and on for 40 years. I have owned more than 100 guitars, including PRS, Ibanez, Gibsons, Fenders, D'Angelicos, Taylors, Martins, and one Gretsch. Although some of them would edge this one out in maybe one category or the other; overall, I will put this one at the top of that list. And from a price standpoint, they are, by far, the best value for my dollar.

2005 G&L Asat Classic Blues Boy...Sunburst, Seth Lover Humbucker and standard single coil pickups. Three pickup settings, 6 brass saddles, schaller tuning pegs, rosewood fretboard and bound ash body. Simple and great.

Simply put, excellent. Warm but detailed in the neck position, bridge position is the classic tele twang with a bit more warmth and thickness. The middle position on this guitar has to be heard...warm, thick, clear, even, detailed...really, really nice. The whole guitar has a nice round, woody tone. I play mine through a 1962 Brown Princeton with a newer Reverend Alltone speaker and its the creamiest sound around.

The tele/humbucker combo is a really great sound. The Seth Lover is a great humbucking pickup, and the tone really approaches a 335 in the Asat Classic's semi hollow body. Bridge tone is less thin and better than a tele (IMHO) and, as I said before, the middle position has to be heard to be appreciated.

Factory set up is great...better or equal to Fender custom shop stuff and hands-down kicks Gibson's a$$. Action is good, pickups adjusted well, and no finish/fret flaws that I can find. Binding is perfect and the neck is amazingly smooth and thick...needed a bit of intonation but so do all new guitars.

Don't know yet, but if first impressions are any indication, it shouldn't be a problem...I've heard testimonials from other G&L guitar owners as well who all say G&L has bent over backwards to solve issues with their guitars...hope this is the same for me if I have a problem.

None yet.

For the new price, it cannot be beat. Really, there's not much to compare, quality wise. I looked endlessly at Gibson's (I really wanted a 335) and custom shop Fenders and Gretsch's before getting the G&L. This particular model is one of the most evenly balanced and greatest sounding guitars i've ever played...I also currently own a 1963 Jazzmaster and the Blues Boy might be better...and my Jazzmaster is one of the best I've every played. Unbelievable value and quality in any price range.

2003 Used, Paid $1165 Ebay Made in USA
22 Frets, Swamp Ash Body, Wood Binding, 3 Way Switch
One Piece Birdseye Maple Neck, Gunoil

Absolutely perfect, beautiful guitar

I play a diverse range of music from southern rock to blues to James Taylor to Jimmy Buffett. Love the blues ala Stevie Ray. I primarily use a PodXT Live direct into a Fender 250 Deluxe PA. I just love this setup and hardly use my other pedals and amps anymore. I also have an American Strat and old ES330 Gibson, but this guitar blows them away though this setup.

The guitar was professionally set up immediately before I got it and it's the best playing guitar I've ever picked up. (Maybe I should have my others set up, huh?)Coming from Ebay, believe me I checked it out very thoroughly upon receipt. It is perfect and shows great craftsmanship throughout.

It seems very solid and I would have no concern gigging with it. First G&L I've had, but it seems very solid and durable. Time will tell.

Have no idea, hope I never have to call them.

I've been playing since about '66, this is the best guitar I've owned. If it was lost or stolen, I'd be very depressed for a while and would probably order another exactly like it from G&L as I don't think I could be this lucky again.