Glad to see you guys embracing these guitars. In a market full of clones, I think the G&L brand really stands out, has the history and gives you an offering that most music stores are overlooking. The future is bright for this brand.
@@scottmacphee35 I suppose it was easier to try to see me as solely negative, and too hard for you to read that I complimented him. You win the internet!
No progress to be honest! Because hes not practicing a lot and it seems he kinda scared to go out in the box and not experimenting and stick to what he learned when He plays he's scared to make mistakes and to make sound bad. That keeps him not progressing.
I own a USA g&l Fallout and it's by far the best guitar I've owned out of around 40. It's really hard to even look at a Fender after owning one. I even like the headstock! Truly the best guitars out there; especially for the money
I really am starting to like and consider G&L guitars more than I did in the past. If anything, they are more creative designing on the Fender platform than Fender is!
I thought the same. It's addicting tho, I bought a tribute legacy (because they are super affordable and have same pickups as usa built) and immediately wanted another G&L. I currently have 2 but STILL WANT MORE.
GearGasms If you haven’t tried a USA built G&L, do it. I bought a Legacy a couple of months ago. I wasn’t intending to buy a guitar, but i just stumbled on a second hand one in a local shop. I was amazed at how good it was and i knew within a few minutes that I couldn’t walk out without it. It just feels like it was built with care and everything works exactly how it should.
From Leo: I have two G&L guitars that have the PTB system, (one treble knob, one bass knob). It offers a lot of tones that are not normally available and it easy to learn. I like it so much, I have converted a couple of Stratocasters to the PTB system. The trem systems are very responsive and stable. G&L seems underappreciated, but are great guitars. There are two more on my short list to buy.
great to see you guys giving G&L the recognition they are due. i've been buying G&L's for years and they are doing a killer job of carrying the banner of leo's legacy.
Captain Lee is so much better these days that when he humbly waves his hand acting in defeat at the end of a jam I'm left still wanting more. Man, your chops are way improved. WOW!
"Avec le buffer, avec a treble boost" is the Captain's quote of the year for me! I love my SC-2. I bought it last year as a NOS found in a shop. Effectively, I got a 20-year-old new guitar.
The Espada definitely looked to be the most vintage and authentic looking to me. But all of them sounded amazing! I am loving the more funk inspired Jams that Lee and Pete have been recently doing!
@Luke Robinett Ahh I definitely agree with you on the pentatonics! Fun and amazing scale that while limiting, always prevails in the Blues Jam. Also I am happy that you have the Lady you need!
Leo, your designs are really improving since you started designing with danish pete. You must be practising designing so much. We really support your development as a designer. Have a gold star, you good little boy.
Lee your playing has come on leaps and bounds since you have played with Pete, keep up the good the Work by the way all my g and ls are tribute and just as good in my opinion.
They did the same thing with the "Ascari" back in.... maybe 2015 - 2016, but it was in the TRIBUTE range. They dug it out of Leo's blueprints and Grover Jackson helped them develop it. it is a 3 on a side design and i was glad to get one... very cool.
I am the proud owner of a G&L Ascari GTS HB3. It very quickly became my number 1 guitar for its versatility, great sustain, and ease of playing. Will definitely look for other G&L guitars to add to my guitar collection.
I have a custom shop fender tele, and usa tele amongst a few epiphones and a custom shop gibson but I have to say that my cheap Indonesian made G&L legacy tribute is by far my favourite guitar that I own right now. Its outrageously good.
I know the back story quite well and it makes me like the "normal" spike-y G&L headstock just fine. I actually like anything about G&L that sets them apart. For example, the fact they just make better guitars and do so consistently. I've had a couple of good USA Fenders. I've also had a couple great Squires. So let's cut to the chase: G&L makes better guitars all day long. Every one I've played is great.
Love is everything, Leo stayed true and comes out a winner again. That is a yet another perfect design and these skilled players demonstrate that a Fender made product is best in the hands of those who want to make music.
I really like the Espada! I have 4 g&L guitars - #5 was an '81 F-100 was stolen which had all the bells, whistles, switches and tones you could imagine. Great guitars to play!
My dad and his buddy were big time G&L collectors in the 90s, had a couple hundred between the two, including 4 of the x-body Interceptors (one of which sold for around 20k I think), and my dad had the only two lefty Broadcasters. I currently have one of the original 12 silver sparkle Asats they did as an initial test run. Very under appreciated guitars, thanks for bringing them to light, even though they both swear that once Leo died, the guitars werent quite the same...always look for a 3 bolt neck!
@@johnheath970 3 bolt necks were made when Leo was still alive and had a say in how things were done. All the G&L people I know say things started going down hill after he died and they switched to 4 bolt necks.
Informative, entertaining, and funny. Leo was a genius until he left us and his main goal was to make guitars that were better for guitar players. His designs that Fender rejected are great instruments. Glad that G&L took them to the next level and presented them to the world. The spirit of Leo lives on and rightly so. And who better to bring it to us than the Captain and Danish Pete. Great video gents!
Really interesting. This dude never stopped improving and fine tuning his designs, and the brand that bears his name still thrives based on endless variations of his first two big ideas, basically.
I had an 80s S-500 that had the Skyhawk body and SSS pickups. Same surf/seafoam green color. Cool guitar but some dummy who owned it before me put Seymour Duncans and a Kahler on it and I couldn't deal with it. At some point they changed the S-500 to be a Legacy with MFDs.
Pete plays a chord at 6:18 that he plays a lot of the time. It is super tasty after playing over the E chord. He walks up the bass string to F# or G. What chord is this?
@Luke Robinett yep that one and it sounds great for that. What it's nice is that when splitting the HBs the volume drop is minimal, the sound is quite single coily, and they are still relatively quite (if you crank up the volume you'll hear the hum though). If you find one second hand go for it without a thought but even new I think it's worth it.
The Dane guy is one of my favorites. He's really a good player. Consider having the guy from Premier Guitars visit some day. He has a great attitude and is a impressive player. Really impressive. Love your videos. I watch about one video of your videos per day. Wish I could visit the shop but that's probably not in the cards. Jacob and Crystal also want to say, "Howdy."
Greetings and salutations from Arizona. Cool review! I have a USA Doheny with the regular Jazzmaster MFD pickups, made out of Empress wood, that I absolutely adore. It’s like 6.9lbs and sounds huge. I even like the headstock on it. I’m really intrigued by the Espada too; it seems like it would make a great gigging and recording, do it all, guitar. Cheers!
That Espada is so freaking awesome! Crazy versatile in the right hands. I really love the G&Ls I've played or heard, but I really don't like the neck/fretboard options on most of them, aesthetically speaking. Sound-wise, they're all gems. Wish I could afford my own Espada. One day! I also love the Skyhawk body style. Really nails a sweet spot. The Skyhawk with three singles is nice, too. And the Doheny? Gorgeous and preferable to someone like me who isn't interested in the extra bells and switches with certain other offset models.
A tip o' the hat for the last jam, Gents...!!! As oft mentioned in the chinwag section, kudos to Lee for the playing we have heard of late. Well done, mate.
I could imagine Stevie really liking that Espada that Pete is playing and he could have really made it sing. Then again there are so many guitars that have come out since his passing that he could have done amazing things with. I wonder if he would have ever teamed up with a company like Fender for a signature model?
I just bought the Cobain Jaguar to not cut up a Johnny Marr nor an American pro for humbuckers. The Espada sounds quite Jaguar-esque, but they all seem to be based around those circuits. Safe to say that Leo Fender had good times with the so-cal surfers... I still don't like to think of how his life's work went down, sad story that was in his face everyday for the rest of his life and he couldn't make anything forever.
I work in a guitar store and get to play everything. G&L hands down play better and are incredible value for money. Only get a Fender if you want a guitar that has the Fender logo and looks like one.
I have a friend who works at a well known candy company in R&D(probably called something else, lol) no matter what they come up with the biggest sellers are still the classic flavors from the 50's, People just get used to and have memory attached to certain things
the original bridge design became the modern g&l bridge. he figured that the metal block going into the body transferred the vibration of the string the way he wanted. also i bet the espada would be cool modernized, using a pair of z-coils. possibly be the first g&l 12-string? love my g&l guitars but wish they did more weird things like fender. RE-RELEASE G-200
Hi, American here (from Fullerton!), long time viewer of this channel and I'll be visiting London in December. Trying to squeeze in some time to visit the Anderton's store. What else is close enough to the store to warrant some touristy visits so I can convince my wife to spend time to head to Guildford while there?
Oh man. That Espada demo is not good for my GAS at all. I have an ASAT and Legacy and love them both, but that's some seriously next level stuff there.
I love my Asat Deluxe Semi Hollow. Have never seen anyone else with one. Skyhawk (wonder would they do a HH CLF Research version...) might be next on the list.
Every G & L demo I hear the pickups sound sooooo good. Clear, articulate, balanced, expressive. LOOOOOVE them.
Glad to see you guys embracing these guitars. In a market full of clones, I think the G&L brand really stands out, has the history and gives you an offering that most music stores are overlooking. The future is bright for this brand.
Love G&L designs; have a G&L SC-2 which I love. Looking at the Doheny--just hard to get Down Under!
And, again, Lee's playing has expanded so much in the past couple years. Looks like you've worked hard...impressed.
It's amazing progress. He went from an adequate guitarist to something much better.
@@scottmacphee35 I suppose it was easier to try to see me as solely negative, and too hard for you to read that I complimented him. You win the internet!
@@mhb450 What? Are you sure this is directed at me?
Scott MacPhee :) actually no! Sorry about that!!
No progress to be honest! Because hes not practicing a lot and it seems he kinda scared to go out in the box and not experimenting and stick to what he learned when He plays he's scared to make mistakes and to make sound bad. That keeps him not progressing.
It's amazing how one guy that didn't even know how to play guitar inspired and shaped the guitar world
And this is the man who designed arguably the most iconic guitar of all time
he made some decent amps as well.....decent
@@sugarlife485 Decent? I think the Bassman 5F6-A is a little more than just decent. To each his own, I guess.
@@tiki_trash it was a joke my friend
@@sugarlife485 I know
I own a USA g&l Fallout and it's by far the best guitar I've owned out of around 40. It's really hard to even look at a Fender after owning one. I even like the headstock!
Truly the best guitars out there; especially for the money
I really am starting to like and consider G&L guitars more than I did in the past. If anything, they are more creative designing on the Fender platform than Fender is!
Probably because Leo worked their later. But hey I think the doheny is a step back personally
I agree. Across brands, the z coil design should be more prolific than they are. But they aren’t so my next strat will be a Comanche instead.
I thought the same. It's addicting tho, I bought a tribute legacy (because they are super affordable and have same pickups as usa built) and immediately wanted another G&L. I currently have 2 but STILL WANT MORE.
I have a legacy tribute and prefer it to the mim strats I've played recently. They use the same pickups as the USA G&L. It makes a big difference
GearGasms If you haven’t tried a USA built G&L, do it. I bought a Legacy a couple of months ago. I wasn’t intending to buy a guitar, but i just stumbled on a second hand one in a local shop. I was amazed at how good it was and i knew within a few minutes that I couldn’t walk out without it. It just feels like it was built with care and everything works exactly how it should.
G&L are really underrated! What amazing piece of machinery they are!
@Luke Robinett Agreed, G&L are better build quality and more useable tone than comparitively priced Fender guitars.
From Leo: I have two G&L guitars that have the PTB system, (one treble knob, one bass knob). It offers a lot of tones that are not normally available and it easy to learn. I like it so much, I have converted a couple of Stratocasters to the PTB system. The trem systems are very responsive and stable. G&L seems underappreciated, but are great guitars. There are two more on my short list to buy.
great to see you guys giving G&L the recognition they are due. i've been buying G&L's for years and they are doing a killer job of carrying the banner of leo's legacy.
Thanks and hello from our new channel! 🙏
Captain Lee is so much better these days that when he humbly waves his hand acting in defeat at the end of a jam I'm left still wanting more. Man, your chops are way improved. WOW!
never been a fan of jazz masters but I LOVE that G and L one. Especially when its split. Wow G and L have some versatile guitars.
I own a couple and the quality of build is incredible too!
"Avec le buffer, avec a treble boost" is the Captain's quote of the year for me!
I love my SC-2. I bought it last year as a NOS found in a shop. Effectively, I got a 20-year-old new guitar.
I love it when they kick into a random jam on Andertons.
Mr. Anderton has gotten amazingly adept at guitar. I came for the hardware, I stayed for the music.
The Espada definitely looked to be the most vintage and authentic looking to me. But all of them sounded amazing! I am loving the more funk inspired Jams that Lee and Pete have been recently doing!
@Luke Robinett Ahh definitely Haha. But I am always up for some Blues of course! Funk is also pretty amazing!
@Luke Robinett That may be true! But at the end of the day, both Funk and Blues are still equally satisfying, although Blues is home field for me!
@Luke Robinett Ahh I definitely agree with you on the pentatonics! Fun and amazing scale that while limiting, always prevails in the Blues Jam. Also I am happy that you have the Lady you need!
That Skyhawk just looks so cool.
Leo, your designs are really improving since you started designing with danish pete.
You must be practising designing so much.
We really support your development as a designer.
Have a gold star, you good little boy.
My jaw dropped when he started playing the Doheney! Sometimes it sounded like the nice clean guitar sounds from some records from 1980.
Lee, that opening jam was simply beautiful. Wow man! I'm so jealous of how silky that was. Like you're totally fluent now, it's awesome!
Lee your playing has come on leaps and bounds since you have played with Pete, keep up the good the
Work by the way all my g and ls are tribute and just as good in my opinion.
Really like the Espada!! What cool design and excellent demo. Captain and Pete covered all the features and tones well.
They did the same thing with the "Ascari" back in.... maybe 2015 - 2016, but it was in the TRIBUTE range. They dug it out of Leo's blueprints and Grover Jackson helped them develop it. it is a 3 on a side design and i was glad to get one... very cool.
I am the proud owner of a G&L Ascari GTS HB3. It very quickly became my number 1 guitar for its versatility, great sustain, and ease of playing. Will definitely look for other G&L guitars to add to my guitar collection.
Hey Mike yeah! My Ascari GT90 was so great I got the HB3 too. G&L are Keepers.
I have a custom shop fender tele, and usa tele amongst a few epiphones and a custom shop gibson but I have to say that my cheap Indonesian made G&L legacy tribute is by far my favourite guitar that I own right now. Its outrageously good.
I like that new G&l and I’m so glad they didn’t use there normal headstock
I know the back story quite well and it makes me like the "normal" spike-y G&L headstock just fine. I actually like anything about G&L that sets them apart. For example, the fact they just make better guitars and do so consistently. I've had a couple of good USA Fenders. I've also had a couple great Squires. So let's cut to the chase: G&L makes better guitars all day long. Every one I've played is great.
Love is everything, Leo stayed true and comes out a winner again. That is a yet another perfect design and these skilled players demonstrate that a Fender made product is best in the hands of those who want to make music.
I really like the Espada! I have 4 g&L guitars - #5 was an '81 F-100 was stolen which had all the bells, whistles, switches and tones you could imagine. Great guitars to play!
That sunburst Espada...looks fantastic!
That Espada looks great and sounds especially fantastic in Danish Pete's hands!
My Sunburst '82 SC-2 is rare and a ripper! Great build quality.
The sky hawk sounds so amazing thats like my favorite sound. I liked it with the bass on too. Ive never heard anything i think i like that much
@@MrMoneyHelper its calling me with hawk noises
Classic guitars with a modern upgrade: Beauties which are pretty versatile ...
Great demo! Thanks a lot for sharing.
Now if I could only sound like Pete when I am playing lolol, but G&L are brilliant guitars
Practice, practice...
My dad and his buddy were big time G&L collectors in the 90s, had a couple hundred between the two, including 4 of the x-body Interceptors (one of which sold for around 20k I think), and my dad had the only two lefty Broadcasters. I currently have one of the original 12 silver sparkle Asats they did as an initial test run. Very under appreciated guitars, thanks for bringing them to light, even though they both swear that once Leo died, the guitars werent quite the same...always look for a 3 bolt neck!
Minnesota Acoustic Please tell more about 3 bolt. They have been dismissed in some circles, but I think they’re fine
@@johnheath970 3 bolt necks were made when Leo was still alive and had a say in how things were done. All the G&L people I know say things started going down hill after he died and they switched to 4 bolt necks.
Lee killing it on that intro!
The Espada controls is the same as they put on the ASAT and L2000 basses. G&L is probably the most underrated guitar and bass company.
Informative, entertaining, and funny. Leo was a genius until he left us and his main goal was to make guitars that were better for guitar players. His designs that Fender rejected are great instruments. Glad that G&L took them to the next level and presented them to the world. The spirit of Leo lives on and rightly so. And who better to bring it to us than the Captain and Danish Pete. Great video gents!
The Skyhawk is a really nice looking guitar.
Love the Doheny sound!
Really interesting. This dude never stopped improving and fine tuning his designs, and the brand that bears his name still thrives based on endless variations of his first two big ideas, basically.
You should hold on to that green guitar Cap’n because that’s the best playing I’ve heard from you yet
Wow! I’m getting very Excited seeing these guitars! I think I’m gonna have to get one!
Man, I’m starting to really love G&L.
A red Espada with maple or rosewood fretboard and dot inlays - I wouldn't think twice before buying!
Damn Pete... Every time i hear you play, you make my blood cells dance With that groovy sound ...amazing
Those are very nice! Really digging that Doheny.
Wow that sunburst one is pretty ! They all sound really good too.
I had an 80s S-500 that had the Skyhawk body and SSS pickups. Same surf/seafoam green color. Cool guitar but some dummy who owned it before me put Seymour Duncans and a Kahler on it and I couldn't deal with it.
At some point they changed the S-500 to be a Legacy with MFDs.
Lee- Your playing has got so much better! I'm digging the G&Ls too. The burst Skyhawk is beautiful.
Thanks Andertons, great video, great playing and awesome G&L guitars.
Pete plays a chord at 6:18 that he plays a lot of the time. It is super tasty after playing over the E chord. He walks up the bass string to F# or G. What chord is this?
sounds a bit like a F#m11
Wow Captain's playing has become very impressive
I am a proud owner of an ASAT deluxe carved top, the G&Ls are just wonderful and good to know I should take a look at these models too :)
@Luke Robinett yep that one and it sounds great for that. What it's nice is that when splitting the HBs the volume drop is minimal, the sound is quite single coily, and they are still relatively quite (if you crank up the volume you'll hear the hum though). If you find one second hand go for it without a thought but even new I think it's worth it.
The Dane guy is one of my favorites. He's really a good player. Consider having the guy from Premier Guitars visit some day. He has a great attitude and is a impressive player. Really impressive. Love your videos. I watch about one video of your videos per day. Wish I could visit the shop but that's probably not in the cards. Jacob and Crystal also want to say, "Howdy."
Greetings and salutations from Arizona. Cool review! I have a USA Doheny with the regular Jazzmaster MFD pickups, made out of Empress wood, that I absolutely adore. It’s like 6.9lbs and sounds huge. I even like the headstock on it. I’m really intrigued by the Espada too; it seems like it would make a great gigging and recording, do it all, guitar. Cheers!
I kinda hope they put that Espada headstock on all their models, it looks much better that the current standard one
The Espada is so freaking cool
That Espada is so freaking awesome! Crazy versatile in the right hands. I really love the G&Ls I've played or heard, but I really don't like the neck/fretboard options on most of them, aesthetically speaking. Sound-wise, they're all gems. Wish I could afford my own Espada. One day! I also love the Skyhawk body style. Really nails a sweet spot. The Skyhawk with three singles is nice, too. And the Doheny? Gorgeous and preferable to someone like me who isn't interested in the extra bells and switches with certain other offset models.
I love the Tom Misch vibes that Pete is throwing around in the Intro Jam!
A tip o' the hat for the last jam, Gents...!!!
As oft mentioned in the chinwag section, kudos to Lee for the playing we have heard of late.
Well done, mate.
Nice playing Mr A and of course Mr H!
Lee goes all Derek and Clive at 2:58!
Wow, the Captain is channeling his inner George Benson!
Beautiful jam at begining!
I could imagine Stevie really liking that Espada that Pete is playing and he could have really made it sing. Then again there are so many guitars that have come out since his passing that he could have done amazing things with. I wonder if he would have ever teamed up with a company like Fender for a signature model?
Srv? He did, just before he died.
Really love lee's playing, he plays with a nice feel.
It is obvious that Pete loves this guitar 😉🎸👍
If there’s a baritone espada model I’m in!
Pete's playing is sooo good
I just bought the Cobain Jaguar to not cut up a Johnny Marr nor an American pro for humbuckers.
The Espada sounds quite Jaguar-esque, but they all seem to be based around those circuits. Safe to say that Leo Fender had good times with the so-cal surfers...
I still don't like to think of how his life's work went down, sad story that was in his face everyday for the rest of his life and he couldn't make anything forever.
Really amazing guitar!
Crazy looking guitars!!!
Best review duo!!
Love the espada.
anyone have any idea how Pete played that part on 00:18???
What happened to the pickup that Lee wound at G&L factory?
It was put on one of the special order guitars they showed in that video.
Which, by the way were amazing metal flake finished ASATs.
Can't wait for the Fallout bass!
I wish they made the Espada in Left-Handed, it's so damn cool
Having to decide between a G&L Espada and a Fender Electric XII is proving more difficult than I'd anticipated...
I work in a guitar store and get to play everything. G&L hands down play better and are incredible value for money. Only get a Fender if you want a guitar that has the Fender logo and looks like one.
Would have been nice to include a link to the video of the tour of the offices they mention at 3:00 or so.
Click on the 🔎 icon and enter something like Anderton's G&L Factory Tour Espada
Beautiful guitars
How Twangy can the Espada get ? tele style?
I have a friend who works at a well known candy company in R&D(probably called something else, lol) no matter what they come up with the biggest sellers are still the classic flavors from the 50's, People just get used to and have memory attached to certain things
Solid and impressive
the original bridge design became the modern g&l bridge. he figured that the metal block going into the body transferred the vibration of the string the way he wanted.
also i bet the espada would be cool modernized, using a pair of z-coils. possibly be the first g&l 12-string? love my g&l guitars but wish they did more weird things like fender. RE-RELEASE G-200
Isn't the Skyhawk is just Music Man Cutlass and Stingray?
Man that was a cool lil jam yaw had goin there. 👍
G&Ls are amazing guitars! But I have always wondered why the doheny comes with 21 frets only
I think I want a metalflake Custom Shop Espada or a Skyhawk. Or both.
What fuzz is played around 10min mark? That is one great fuzz!
Hi, American here (from Fullerton!), long time viewer of this channel and I'll be visiting London in December. Trying to squeeze in some time to visit the Anderton's store. What else is close enough to the store to warrant some touristy visits so I can convince my wife to spend time to head to Guildford while there?
George Vazquez can’t believe no one answered you.
You was in the zone Lee
13:40 but gibson did name one their models nighthawk in '93.
And i think they also have amps from the 60s of the same name
These sound and look amazing.
Lee's playing has continued to improve, kudos! Next....learn to use the tremolo more subtly!
Luke Robinett simmer down, now. It wasn’t a character assassination.
Peavey Cropper Classic without pickguard?
Oh man. That Espada demo is not good for my GAS at all. I have an ASAT and Legacy and love them both, but that's some seriously next level stuff there.
I literally pus my GAS on hold waiting for this new G&L ever since seeing your NAMM video. Whoohoo!
I love my Asat Deluxe Semi Hollow. Have never seen anyone else with one. Skyhawk (wonder would they do a HH CLF Research version...) might be next on the list.
Man do I love your French !!!!