G&L ASAT Super

Mahogany body and neck w/ebony FB
p90 style custom asat special overwound 42 g wire neck 43 g wire bridge pick ups G&L saddle lock bridge 3 way switch vol&tone
simple but perfect

AMAZING / if you cant get a great sound out of this guitar
then you should give up / solid state tube reverb no reverb
sounds amazing / pick ups can have some noise but what single coils dont I play mostly blues and this a blues machine

great action you can bend to the moon and back never break a string
allways stays in tune it plays like a dream it basicly plays by itself I would give it a grade 11 if I could

I wouldent drop it out of a plane

no idea

purchased used for $1500.00 after a long search
if it was ever lost or stolen I would die have been playing for over 40 years and this is by far one of the best guitars I have ever owned
If you get a chance to play one you will understand if you get a chance to buy one dont let it slip by

special build model. Chambered mahogany body T-body finished in a tobaccoburst finish with matching headstock. ebony board, chunky mahogany neck.Large overwound MFD pickups, vol,tone(tele style knobs) and three way switch.

I play blues,country and rockier styles through a 63 Vibroverb reissue.I also use an xotic boost pedal(transparent)to fatten up tone when i'm unable to turn the amp full.
This guitar is very lively and resonant you only have to touch it and it comes alive.The pickups are loud and it is somewhat hard to control the power of this guitar.A completely different beast compared to my asat classic.Chords sound full and rich,enhanced by the voice chambers(very loud acoustically). The ebony board provides the bite and contrast to the dark sound of the body. This guitar can create powerful articulate lead tones,great for blues.Bridge pickup sounds great when played dry into a tube amp, very Jimmy Page.(no need for reverb with this guitar)

Bought second hand in excellent condition.A couple of tiny flaws but i'm not sure if it came from the factory like this. It has as slight mark on the underside of the fingerboard,and one on the upperside of the nut. The woods and quality of materials used on this instrument are superb. The mahogany neck has amazing markings and figuring.A Beautiful instrument.(although the large white logo is pretty horrible, would of been nicer with a gold logo.)Also the black plastic control cover on the back of the guitar is unnatractive and is not a perfect fit. Set up with 10's and a medium action it plays smoothly and evenly across the whole board.I'm not 100% comfortable with the 12"radius but i've been used to 7.5" for years.

Gigged this axe a few times with no problems. very dependable although it is used only as a back up to my asat classic(which rarely lets me down or goes out of tune.)Wouldn't want to use this as my #1 workhorse in case it got damaged.

It would be very difficult to replace if stolen.Only 60 apparently were made,although mine is not listed on the company website as one of the 58 with recorded serial numbers.Maybe the last one made!?
I would probably replace with something more similiar to my workhorse asat classic, as i still struggle at times to control this guitar,and unleash its sonic potential.The only resemblence to a tele is the shape of the body and you should appreciate that this is a completley different animal altogether.
I would allways recommend G&L guitars.This guitar is very special indeed.But you can't beat an asat classic!!

All the features you need - beautiful+ toneful wood, ebony fingerboard, fantastic pickups, tolex case. Limited edition - one of 60 made to date.

It's hard to describe the sounds of this guitar - it is very nuanced with rich lows and clean highs - and everything in between. The thing sustains like crazy and the hollow body adds quite a bit of tonal variety. The pickups can be a bit noisy but this is to be expected and is a minor problem

Beautiful to look at - no flaws to speak of. This guitar is put together with precision and, it seems, pride.

Very light but seems very durable. No issues yet.

Called one of their guitar techs about the pickup noise. We discussed shielding, cables, etc. Very helpful and took all the time I needed to answer my questions.

2004 model, production was only 60 guitars. I purchased this guitar from Buffalo Brothers guitars in Carsbad Ca.. It mahogany body and neck, bolt on of course. Only one color available tobacco burst. It has two overwound mfd pickups. Mine has the Les Paul style knobs. Has the excellent G&L saddle lock bridge. Nice medium thickness neck with ebony fretboard. Came with nicer tolex case. Jumbo frets.

This is where the guitar really excels. I love the sound of it. I have owned other G&l's with the big mfd's and found them to be extremely bright. Well they overwound these and used different guage wire to make a little hotter and giver better mid and low end response. I play classic rock and bluesy type stuff and this guitar excels at this. With the mahogany body and pickups it is not as bright as a normal asat. It has a more midrage and low end focused sound to me. This guitar is perfect for rock.

The bridge pickup is not too icepicky sounding and is nice and fat. You can turn the tone back and get beatiful mellow tones or crank up the distortion and really scream. I play through a Carr Rambler and a Reverend Goblin. I do not think this guitar is for the tele type sound crowd, it is not real twangy. Think more refined p-90 tones, less nasty. I love the sound of this guitar!

I hate thin sounding bridge pickups, like tele and strat bridge pickups. This one is definately not thin, sounds great distorted. The neck pickup and fat and lucious, without getting muddy.

Guitar is beatiful, beutiful woodgrain in neck and body. The finish is perfect, as are most G&L's. They have the fines workmanship for the money available imho. The action is nice and low and has good fretwork. The neck is medium thickness as is very comfortable. What else do you expect from G&L?

Have owned several and they seem to be built like a tank.

I have had issues with them contacting me back and getting right parts. I wish they would improve this. Other than that no problems.

I have owned about 8 G&L's and this is my favorite. This guitar weighs about 6lbs, very lightweight and plays like a dream. The sound is perfect for me, unique and big and fat sounding. I have seen some who did not like the sound over at the G&L board, but I think they may have been wanting more twang and traditional sound. This guitar rocks for rock and blues.

Custom creation inspired by the Custom ASAT Jr. Chambered mahogany body in tobacco sunburst with a bolt-on mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, jumbo frets and the awesome ASAT bridge assembly that does not require a string-thru-body configuration making re-stringing much easier. Two ASAT large MFD pickups that are over-wound to increase mid-range and punch giving these pickups more of a P-90 sound. The tone capacitor is designed also to disengage when the tone control is dimed to allow more brightness, which traditional tele players and G&L purists will appreciate. Very light weight. Mine was one of the first 10 which gives me a tortise shell pickguard rather than solid black. In addition, I have the black les paul knobs instead of the chrome ones. Standard G&L tuners with one string tree and a headstock in matching body finish. A graphtec nut is also a nice compliment to such a fine instrument.

This guitar is light and a joy to play. The neck is 1 5/8" wide with a 12" radius and is perhaps the most comfortable guitar neck I've ever played.

Light-weight, attractive to look at and even more fun to play, this gets a 10 across the board in my book. No body contour for your ribcage, but the hollow design more than makes up for that. The simple layout and classic looks, combined with an awesome playability make this guitar a winner in all categories. A 10 shouldn't be constitued because it has "tons of features" Rather my 10 goes towards my overall satisfaction of looks, playability and tone.

Sounds awesome. I've always liked the larger G&L MFD pickups, but felt the pickups could stand to be a little less bright. In fact, I have several G&Ls and with the exception of my Comanche, I have changed out the pickups in favor of alnico mangnets and greater warmth and sweetness the ceramics just didn't seem to deliver for me. The Comanche pickups stayed in because to date, there are no direct replacements for Z-Coil pickups. Otherwise, they would have come out too. The Super remedies the brightness by overwinding both bridge and neck pickups. G&L goes farther by using 43 gauge wire instead of 42 gauge. The smaller gauge allows more turns of the wire and enables the pickup to not only sound hotter, but it increases the mid-range (in a very musical sense) and balances out the usual MFD brightness with increased warmth and low end. While the lower registers are increased, the pickup does not sound too biased in those areas. After all, it's still a MFD by G&L. It seems to me they took the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" philosophy with this set up. In the past I felt there were distinct differences between the G&L MFDs and standard P-90s. With this guitar, there are some strong similarities to a classic P-90, but still with enough high-end to satisfy the most demanding twangers. If the standard MFDs are like a tele on steriods, than these specially wound pickups are like a tele on steroids and growth hormone. The cool thing is they are not overly hot. They are just now much more balanced in the mid-range and lower end and, in my opinion, can be used for much more than just bright-sounding twangy songs. I also believe the all mahogany construction adds to the overall warmth of this guitar. The chambered body also adds tonal dimension that creates complex overtones an all-solid guitar just can't do. No f-holes, therefore feedback is not likely. And while the guitar is warm and woody sounding, the ebony fingerboard adds just enough snap and bark to make your chords and solos articulated enough to cut through. I also have to comment on the bridge. I love it! This bridge really helps the guitar sustain more than it already does. A steel pin creates a connection with each saddle, so while you get individual freedom and control over each string, the interlocking saddle design takes electric guitar resonance to a new level. I can strum a chord or a single note and the tone goes on longer than a well-trained opera singer with the lung capacity of an elephant. Acoustically or plugged in, this guitar sounds great.

There are really no bad sounds or types of music unable to be achieved with this guitar. I could easily make this my only guitar if I just absolutely had to do that. With God's grace that won't happen, but I think you know what I'm trying to say. It brings out the best characteristics of any amp I've plugged this into and in my opinion is one of G&Ls best sounding guitars to date.

Well, if you have read any of my personal evaluations on my other G&L guitars, you won't find any dissatisfaction from this guy. Look at it like this. For a hand-made guitar that cost maybe a hair bit more than a USA made Fender, the attention to detail is exceptional. I've read some confilicting reviews about neck pockets and input jacks, but I've come to think those guys bought the guitar second hand and were on crack. EVERY G&L I've not only owned, but have picked up and played has been flawless when it comes to the finish, workmanship and even the action and playability. I bought a new Gibson SG Standard right out of the box never played by anyone but me and that still needed a setup. Not so with G&L. They now use 10 gauge strings on most of their guitars, which I appreciate as I no longer have to worry about adjusting the neck going from 9s to 10s.

As far as the maligned ASAT input jack, I don't have a problem with it. In fact, I prefer it. I hate having to apply lots of pressure to remove an instrument cable from my guitar. That shortens the life of your instrument and can pull screws loose on your guitar. Some George L cables have been reported to not work properly with this jack, but my remedy is buy a different cable. I understand George L makes great and versatile cables, but to me, I like the easy in and easy out and understand there are many cable manufactuers out there dying for my business, so I don't lose lots of sleep over it. You can also wrap your cable around your strap and voila! Issue solved.

G&L: A job well done! Thanks!

This guitar is among my other G&Ls that like to stay in tune. I cannot say that for most of the guitars I own or have owned. I don't care how hard I've worked on the neck, the nut and even the bridge and saddles, some guitars were just not made to stay in tune. I know the greater neck tenon with the Gibson's and Gibson-styled guitars can create tuning instability with the G-string, but if I have a hard time keeping a guitar in tune while practicing, I am not going to have a great deal of confidence in keeping it in tune while on stage. I've had some extremely nice and expensive guitars but sold them due to their propensity to go flat or sharp at the wrong time. This guitar does not seem to mind me bending the heck out of the strings as it always seems to stay in tune for me. Nice!

As far as the durability, even with assembly-line produced guitars, when you start spending a pretty good amount of cash on an instrument, it is more likely to hold up under most playing conditions. G&L uses very high-quality materials and is very meticulous when it comes to assembly. Loose knobs and tuners, warped necks and high actions are not highly likely with G&L guitars. That is more likely to happen with guitars that come off an assembly line. The top-mounted bridge and graphtech nut eliminate a lot of stress on the strings that could lead to breakage. I would definitely use this guitar without a backup if I had to

I've ordered parts for a used ASAT Classic and wasn't overly joyed by their lack of response to my email inquiries, nor was I wowed by their speed of service. However, the parts did come and had some dork not messed with the guitar in the first place, I wouldn't have had to order replacement parts. This has been my only dealing with them, so I won't hold it entirely against them. Their consistency of making excellent guitars superceeds my only gripe. I also am glad they have a support site of G&L players, but I would like to see more from the official G&L website in terms of pickup schematics and other technical data and faqs.

A 10-year warranty is ok in my book. Unless on the 11th year you store the guitar next to a nest of termites, if it has lasted 10-years, it should be with you for as long as you have it. I haven't had to implement any warranty and the service at my local dealer is so good, I don't worry about it too much.

I've been playing over 20 years and have owned many guitars. Being an obsesive compulsive, I have gone through phases of trying to own every different type of guitar style, wood construction and pickup configuration so I could "cover all the basis" Then I woke up one day and realized of all the "basis" I covered, I only play a few, and among those few, really only 1 or 2 get picked up and played the most. I won't speak out against GAS. Hell, just because I'm talking sense now doesn't mean I won't see something in the store or on ebay and just "have to have it". I will say this: Rather than worry about owning every different type of guitar, just start with one that is the most comfortable to play, sounds the best to your ears and is versatile enough to be used for the kind of music you play. Then, rather than buying more guitars, I would invest in the best amp your money can buy. A great guitar combined with a great amp goes a long, long way. I think what was the most revealing to me was once I got my great amp (Rivera Fandango) and then held this guitar in my hands and plugged it in, I realized it is more important to have something that inspires you to play over a bunch of gear you brag to your friends about. At first I dismissed this guitar as a strange G&L concauction they seem to come out with every once in a while. Then I picked it up. Then I plugged it in an amp. Then I plugged it into a bunch of amps. Then I couldn't let it go. I've noticed now I have it home with me, my hands have grown very dependant on it. I don't like to be around my home without this guitar near by. I have an awesome ASAT Classic and a Legacy that are truly great guitars in their own right, but this guitar is very special. I don't think I've ever been happier about a purchase for an electric guitar. I feel that way about my amp too, but as I said earlier, this guitar makes any amp sound good. For a guitar that costs barely above an assembly line Fender and much less than other hand-made guitars, that in my opinion, don't have the mojo this guitar has, this is a true diamond in the rough. The ASAT Super may not be for everybody, but it certainly is for me.