G&L ASAT Classic

basic tele set up. love the tone control. great tuners i belive the body is alder. the fretborad is maple. came with a hard case. it came with stock pu's. i changed the bridge pick up with a s.duncan little 59. it sounds great. the features are basic but thats the great thing about this set up. vol, tone, 3 ways pu selector.

i play all types of music. but one thing for sure is i like chunk . so this is why i replaced the bridge pu with a s. duncan little 59. now i have a whole range of full chunky to crisp bright sound from this pu set up. dont get me wrong the stock pu's are great but i felt i needed a little more bulk. i am running it thru a marshall jcm 800 and a rp6 floor processor. over all this guitar sounds really great..

this guitar shines in this area. came set up great and in tune. now i have tweaked the action on this from really low to pretty high. i finaly got the action right for me and havent moved it since. the one thing i love is the intonation. it rarely goes out of tune and is in tune all the way up and down the neck.

this guitar is a rock ..i think it will out live me. i have had no problems playing this guitar live. and since im lazy i dont like backups. just more stuff to worrie about after the show.

havent had a chance to deal with them. no reason, thats a good thing. reflects well on the product.

i have been playing about 12 years. i have owned other quility guitars. including a prs, and steinburger among other "names" over all of the guitars i have owned this one has the best intonation. its a great guitar

I have an early nineties asat that i just love! the one piece hard rock maple and fingerboard perfectly fits my hand, and those jumbo frets are great for a positive feel. The pickups are great! you can adjust them precisely, so no matter what weird strings you use, you can get a nice, even response. the schaller tuners and bridge are terrific: the guitar never goes out of tune! however, i am planning on replaceing the steel saddles with brass ones, for tonal reasons. controls? this thing is a tele! master tone, volume, and pickup selector. the pots are great, nice and smooth, and the volume pot doesn't cut off high end as you turn down. the finish is "old school" laquer, which preserves tone over the years, and is easier to repair. the finish is perfect. simply stunning! and the neck joint is the best i've ever seen on a production guitar. no, i take that back. on ANY guitar. Exquisite! a work of art!

My favorite guitarists are john frusciante, syd barret and steve cropper. i can get all of their tones, or at least as close as mortals ever will. running this thing though my plethora of effects, which include a voodoo lab chorus, route 66 overdrive/ compressor, old ? wah, some type of big muff and my new baby, an ibanex ad-9, to my music man hd-130 head and 1x15 or 4x12 cab, i can get thick and searing, or sweet and subtle. manipulating the tone and volume controls only enhances this magnificent beast!

i got it used, but the action was perfect, not too low, but not too high, the neck was straight and true, the finish was smooth, and neck joint was tight. frets are smooth and perfect. woods are top quality, as are all the plastic and chrome parts. the pickups are better than anything i've ever come across. think an old tele with a lipstick/ strat neck pickup hybrid, but with more output. these are extrodinarily dymnamic, though, unlike many other high output pickups.

it's as steady as they come. a tele was the most durable guitar in the world for 40 years.then old leo (bless his soul) outdid himself tenfold...

fast, polite and fair. 10 year warranty.

i'm a composer, actually. 4 years of theory 9 on piano. i've never taken guitar lessons. however, i'm sure i can outplay someone out there... ok maybe not.

Bought used about 3 years ago. I think the guitar was made in late 80's,(has the "by Leo Fender" engraved in the bridge. Standard ASAT Classic setup. Original pu's. I like them better than any I've had before. With my Fender Tele +, I changed to S/D Antiquities, but I will not change these G&L PU's. No need, It'd be impossible to find any better. Jumbo frets are great for bending. Very well-made guitar. I gig every weekend and just don't use my Fender Tele+ anymore. I don't even take it as a backup. Tele-style bridge is great and guitar stays in tune very well. My guitar's finish is the transparent natural finish (blonde). I've tried Fender Custom Shop guitars that are not nearly as well made, nor sound as good as my G&L Asat Classic. I also own a Fender Am Std Strat, that I want to trade for a G&L strat.

I rate it a 9, rather than a 10, as a 10 is a perfect guitar, which I have never seen, but this is very close. I play country, chicken' picken, "Chet Atkins style, and blues ad they all sound great with the guitar. Play through an old Fender Twin Reverb with JBL's and a 72 Fender Vibrolux. Good meaty sounds, with lots of range. nothing is dislike about the guitar.

Bought the guitar used, but have not done anything to it, after I set it up the way I like it, except change strings. Very well made, with no defects, stays in tune. No noise, or loose parts. Finish is perfect. Almost Bird'seye maaple neck and body .

I depend on this guitar every weekend. I've been playing for about 40 years, and have owned many guitars, and this is my overall favorite. My other favorite is a Gretsch 6120, and it's a different guitar, altogether.

No contact with Cust. Ser

Would definitely buy one just like it as soon asI could, if something happened to this one. It's durable, good-lookin', and not too heavy. I did have my guitar rewired to get the "JD" 5-way switch set up that gives me several different tones, but still have the tele vintage sounds.

This is a '98 ASAT Classic, in a transparent blonde finish over an ash body. There is some birdseye and flame on the maple "V" neck. This is one of the finest American made guitars I've ever owned. One quick glance, and you'd think it's a Fender Tele, but the similarity stops at the body shape. This guitar is easily as good as those guitars coming out of the Fender Custom Shop. I was looking for a Tele, and had played almost 200 Fender Telecasters; none of them impressed me too much. When I picked this one up, I was floored.

I'm playing this through a Mesa Boogie Rocket44, and I was using it, for a time anyway, through a Fender Super (4X10). I vary the effects I use, but straight into the amp really gives me all the tone I need. It screams when I need it to, but I can also get that "twang".

This guitar is (almost) flawless. The only thing I don't like about it is the bridge. The strings come through the body, then go to the side (just a bit) until they pass over the saddle. I plan on putting Graph-Tec saddles on it, so that's to big an issue for me. As far as everything else, it's just about as close to perfect as you can get. The neck/body joint is nice and snug, and has a perfect fit. Did I say perfect? I mean it is PERFECT.

I've been playing the daylights out of this guitar for the past year, and it's as road ready as the day I bought it. There is nothing that would be considered "unreliable" about this guitar. I would, and have, used it without a backup.

I've dealt with G&L on a dealer basis, but I haven't had to deal with them on a customer level. Given that, I won't comment here.

I've been playing for over 23 years, and this is one of the finest guitars I've had the pleasure to own. If this were lost or stolen, I would DEFINITELY replace it. I'd replace it in a New York minute. When I pick this guitar up, I know I'm playing a solid, well built guitar. It just "feels" right. I chose this over a Fender, mainly due to the inconsistencies in quality and construction I was seeing in the Fenders. I could echo my comments made here about every G&L I've played. It's amazing that a guitar of this quality can be had for a price like this. I know there are those out there who will pay for a name on the headstock, but they're missing out. The other guitarist in my band, upon seeing the new guitar, asked me "Yeah, but who's playing one?", as if a pro endorsement was the mark of a great guitar. He later spent $650 on a Fender Tele, and it pales in comparison to my ASAT Classic.

This ASAT classic has a two piece swamp ash body that is so well matched you have to really search to find the seam. The finish is a honey burst with a pearl pickguard. The neck is a highly figured maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. It is definately custom shop quality! Has the standard tele pickup configuration with two G&L MFD. The bridge is a 6 saddle bridge and the strings paass through the body which(IMHO) makes the ASAT classic sound more like a tele than the Fenders do! My rating of an 8 is based on the quality of the instrument. It is still a basic tele style guitar just done well.

I play country and R&R and this guitar fits the bill! I am using it with either a '65 Fender deluxe reverb, '66 Fender Pro reverb, or '59 Bassman RI. It sounds great through all of them. For the country solos I just use the volume control on the guitar to step out front. It really cuts through the rest fo the band but the high end is ont too harsh as I have heard with some tele's. The neck MFD pickup is fuller and "throaty" and is more strat like than what you would find on a Fender tele. Some may not like that but for my style of playing it is perfect. For tele tones I preder the ASST over a Tom Anderson Hollw T that I own.

Fit and finish on this G&L is better than what one would find on a custom shop Fender. Believe me I know, I have owned them. Fender could take a lesson from the boyus at G&L on how to make a quality instrument. If you wnat better quality you would have to buy an Anderson and that would cost you twice the price of a G&L.

This is a quality guitar and a workhorse and will provide many years of problem free playing. I always gig with a backup just out of habit but many times the other guitar goes unplayed all night.

Never had any opportunity to call G&L for service.

I have been playing professionally and semi -professionally for 25 years and have been through many guitars and amps. I have hung on to this one for awhile so that says something right there about how I like the guitar. For a tele style guitar, you can't do better for the money. Alot of quality for the price. "Mucho Bang for the Buck!"

1998 Asat Classic made in the USA! Alder body with a maple neck and fingerboard. The neck is finished in gunoil. This gives it a very smooth easy to play feel. Also gives the maple a darker vintage look. This guitar has the basic tele shape. It also has the basic tele controls. One volume and one tone with a three way selector. Two single coil pickups. Stock G&L MFD pickups. Poly finish. non locking gotoh tuners. 1and 5/8 at the nut. Came with a hard shell molded case. Everything you really need in a tele guitar. I would prefer locking tuners, but it stays in tune fine, and they are an option from G&L. It also has a vneck profile. I love it.

This is a good sounding guitar. I play poprockalternative music in a Christian format. I don't really play any country with it, but it can get that sound. This guitar really rocks for a tele style guitar. Some people love the stock MFD's, but some people hate them. There usually are not many people inbetween. I am one of those few that are in the middle. They just don't sound 3d enough to me. I feel they can be a little to harsh. I don't play vintage music perse, but I love the sound of vintage pickups. I will eventually change these with some Rio Grande tall boys or Fralins. These pickups are good,I just prefer something else.

This guitar gets a perfect score in this catagory. It plays like butter. Super smooth. It came with a great setup. I did reset it for tens after I purchased, but that was no problem. I have a sunburst finish on mine. It is the best looking one I have seen. It is not to light and the middle and there is hardly any redish orange color. The grain of the alder body is great. People are stunned when they first see this guitar. I usually hate sunbursts, but this one was to good to pass up. Everything was perfect when I bought it.

I cannot see having any problems with this guitar. The build is first rate. I play it out live every week, and I play it at home almost every day. The poly finish is super durable. I never gig with one guitar, but I have never broken a string on this guitar. I use it and two other guitars almost every show.

Comes with a factory warranty of ten years. I have heard it is hard to speak with someone there, but they are quick to respond to their dealers.

This guitar is G&L's take on the traditional Tele it has an alder body finished in white with a slim maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Pickups are two small G&L MFD units and the bridge is the traditional metal tray type tele bridge but with 6 saddles as opposed to two on a vintage tele. Controls are as per the standard tele. Machine heads are G&L branded schallers with tappered posts witch operate smoothly.

This guitar gives the classic tele tones but with lower noise. The pickups are higher output than the standard tele pickups so you can drive your amp a little harder. It sounds just as you would expect a good tele to sound.

The build quality is superb with probably on a par with a custom shop Fender and required no additional set up out of the box. It also comes with a 10 year warranty.

I think this guitar will stand up to life on the road no problem all the parts are high quality.

I've never had to deal with the company and presently in the UK there is no distributer for G&L, but I did have a query and a US dealer helped me out and said that G&L would look after any warranty issues as lomg as I have proof of purchase. It seems that G&L have a good reputation for looking after it's customers so I am basing my score on this.

I've been playing 20 years my other guitar is a PRS and the G&L easily matches it for performance and quality. I'd love another one if I could afford it.

You know what this guitar is about from the other reviews, mine is Left Handed AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE! The classic semi hollow comes with or without F hole, mine has the F hole. rosewood neck. Jumbo frets, and molded HSC.

This guitar is amazing! It has enough bite(in the bridge position) to make Jaws look like he needs dentures. Middle position rings like a Rick with a country feel, and the neck position is all ES335. I cannot say enough about the full spectrum of sounds this guitar is capable of.

This guitar came from California, durring one of the biggest heat waves in a long time, out of the case it was still in tune! Nothing needed to be adjusted. The bookmatched top is spectacular. Every detail was A+, I don't know when I've seen a more perfectly finished guitar. The rosewood neck is tight grained and deep in color. Fret dressing was dead on. Intonation also dead on.

If I had enough money to buy more than one guitar, I'd buy another G&L. I have to go to gig's without a backup, but I'm not worried, this guitar is built like a brick s#it house. And yet it's very light

Because my guitar is left handed I want to talk to the people at G&L to make sure they knew what I wanted. Everyone I spoke to was really nice, and they were great people to work with. Super support!

I bought my first electric guitart in 1971, I was 19 then. Ive been playing for thirty years, and never have I seen or played a finer guitar. Before I knew about G&L I thought I wanted anothe tele', but I also wanted a Rick, and a 335, now I've come as close as I can to having all three in one axe. This guitar is a thing of beauty to listen to, play and look at. Please try one of these guitars before you lay down your hard earned cash for a decal on a head stock. Buy a guitar built by people not a machine. Would buy this guitar if stolen, what do you think.

Left-handed swamp ash Telecaster-style body, nicely-grained and finished in a beautiful clear dark blue, with a pearloid pickguard. Slim C-shape (7.25 inch radius) maple neck (with a nice grain and a little birdseye, but not much) with a rosewood fretboard. Pickups are G&L Magnetic Field Design pickups that are the same size as classic Fender Tele pickups, only the neck pickup has individually adjustable polepieces like the bridge (not as attractive as a chrome Tele neck pickup, but sounds great). Classic ashtray Tele-style bridge with six brass saddles. Strings through body. Three way switch that feels nice and chunky. Volume and Tone that have decent tapers and feel really solid. The volume has a treble capacitor so that when you turn down the volume, all the high end isn't sucked out, which makes the volume control much more useful and better for controlling gain. Rectangular G*&L logo-ed SKB plastic case. Came with all the allen wrenches you need (4 of them: truss rod, saddle intonation adjustment, saddle height adjustment, and pickup pole pieces).

Beefed-up Classic Telecaster. With the exception of some jazz and metal, an ASAT Classic can cover every style of music. There's a LOT of tonal variation in this guitar. I play everything from rootsy rock and country to power pop, and this is THE guitar for my sound and playing. I play through a Vox AC15TB and a revolving cast of mostly vintage analog effects, and occasionally through a SF Super Reverb, and this guitar sounds incredible through both amps.
The ASAT Classic pickups sound more like a Tele than the ASAT Special pickups. Neck position is nice and full with good balance. The adjustable pole pieces allow you to tweak the output of each indivdual string. Neck gets a great bluesy tone with some distortion. Middle position is classic Tele jangle, full-throated and smooth. Sounds great clean or with distortion. A BIG sound, great for rhythm work. Bridge is classic Tele spank. Great for country when clean (steel guitar style double stops sound awesome), great for rock with some distortion. A little trebly sometimes, but that can be tamed with the tone control. The pickups are pretty high output (compared to vintage-style Tele pickups). They're also somewhat noisy, but that's the nature of single-coils.
The tone pot has a pretty decent taper though most of it's range is just before it basses out completely. Even when turned all the way bassy, it has a notched wah bassy tone that's tough to describe, but it's a much more usable tone that the mush you usually get at that point. The volume pot has a decent taper. The best feature of the volume control is that there's a capacitor that preserves the highs when you roll the volume down. So, you can really use the volume to control loudness and gain/distortion and not lose all the high end out of your tone. It's really versatile.

Simply put, custom shop quality from a production guitar. All the electronics have a beefy, mil-spec feel to them. The neck joint passes the Guitar Player business card test. The neck is beautiful and all the medium-jumbo frets were nicely finished. The clear blue finish is thick and beautiful and showcases the nicely grained swamp ash underneath. I didn't get it straight from the factory, so I don't know about factory setup. It's a multi-piece body, but I can't find the seam. Same goes for the neck, which G&L splits in two to install the trussrod. All the hardware seems totally bomb-proof, and all of it feels very solid and beefy, especially the pots and the 3-way switch. The string retainer is plastic, though, which seems cheap (and it's ugly), a strange little detail on a guitar that shows great attention to detail.

Seems REALLY solid, especially the hardware. Finish seems pretty tough, as I've bonked it good a couple of times and no dings resulted. The strap buttons were odd-looking but worked just fine. But, I always install straplocks, so that's not really an issue for me. I'd use it without a backup based on the guitar, but I always have a backup in case I break a string.

Ten year limited warranty to original owner. Company responded pretty quickly to my inquiry about a catalog before I bought one. G&Ls don't come with a manual, though. A small manual pointing out features and offering basics on setting the guitar up would be nice.

This is how Fender wished its Telecasters felt like! Leo went back and took his original solid-body electric guitar (the Esquire/Broadcaster/Telecaster line) and refined it even further in the ASAT. This guitar has it all: it's beautiful, sounds awesome, feels great. Honestly the nicest guitar I've ever owned, and nicer than most that I've played. Only my Rickenbacker 360 has this sort of feel of quality in the construction. It was no contest between this guitar and a Fender American Standard Telecaster, which is roughly the same street price.

I bought this guitar new in 1996. It is the lightest one I could find, and came w/ rosewood neck, body is the opaque silver w/ black hardware. 2 P-90ish looking pickups.

I play country/rock/blues in a couple of local bands, and this guitar has never failed to give me what I want. It sounds simply amazing! The string definition is even, and even when pumping high gain the notes stay well defined. It always keeps its own Tele charactor, which is a good thing. The notes just seem to "whip" out when I solo, so sez the bass player I play with.

The only beef I have w/ this instrument is the poor quality input jack. It started going south about a year ago, so my local thech replaced it with a more robust one- no problems since.

Hey- its a Telecaster! It takes gig after gig with ease, and I have no worrys playing without a backup. The finish is durable, I can depend on this baby no problem!

Never bothered to deal with them.

Been playing 20-something years, am a shameless gearhound, own lots of cool stuff, which I delight in playing out in the local bars. If this guitar was stolen, I would get another in a heart beat! The ONLY thing I wish I could change about would be to have a bit beefier neck on it.