Early 1980's G&L ASAT Telecaster Blonde | Guitar of the Day
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2024
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GUITAR: Early 1980's G&L ASAT Telecaster Blonde
GUITARIST: Michael Lemmo
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Had one in early 2000’s … had those pickups… Blue sparkle, never should have got rid of it… those full MFD pickups are the best ever tele pickups..😎🎸🎶
I have exact same g&l guitar. Playing as my main guitar for 30 years. We have been so many places spending so much time together. Always this guitar was by me in my good time and bad time. It’s been in a case for a while, but I’m going to spend more time with mine tonight.
Thanks!!
Top 5 guitar in my book. Original tone, super playable neck, built to last.
I have a ‘89 Signature Special. It is definitely my best instrument.
under rated the entire line...Leo was genius '48-63 and was even smarter at G+L and Music man...
I have a 2021 G&L USA ASAT Classic Bluesboy with a P90 at the neck. In honey burst. One on of my favorites, beautiful tone, play it everyday. Love it. :)
Who said you could not reinvent the wheel..Leo Fender may have not known how to play guitar but he sure knew how to build them...time over time his creations have proven to be the cream of the crop.This Tele is proof..nice tonality..snd Lemmo's playing his great of course..Bravo..bring it on !!!!
No wonder Leo said these were the best guitars he had made. That g&l sounds freaking amazing.
I love G&L guitars.
They are like the Fenders from the early 60's.
Nice! They (hand) made beautiful instruments while Leo was still in charge (and for a little while after). This model came out in 1985, and was called the Broadcaster (again) and G&L had trouble with Gretsch (again) over the name. I think those G&Ls with Leo's signature were from about '89- '92 (?) and Fender were displeased with the name Fender being used on a G&L.
87 ASAT is my #1. Tone machine.
Big fan of the G & Ls! I have a '97 ASAT Classic and a newer Doheny. They play great and have not only the the classic Fender sound, but also the modern whatever you want want sound!
Leo said those were the best guitars he had ever made.
Great demo & superb playing but Ya’ll gotta change the video title. That’s an early 90’s Asat Signature model. Judging from the recessed bullet truss rod it’s most likely a 1991 model but sold in 1992 after BBE took ownership of G&L. That occurred during the tale end of ‘92 after Dale Hyatt retired. BBE immediately started implementing cost saving measures to make G&L profitable hence the plastic case… they also were under pressure from Fender to offload anything bearing Leo’s name in a timely fashion. For this reason, there are many ‘transitional’ Asat & Asat Classic models from this time period which have both Pre-BBE & BBE features. A satin finished neck and jumbo frets are tell-tale signs of BBE as all Leo-era finishes were nitro lacquer & feature low & wide fretwire. This particular instrument as mentioned most likely hails from 1991.
Sounds so gorgeous in the neck position through the Reverb.
That's an ASAT Special. There's also an ASAT Classic, which has Tele-shaped pickups and a six-saddle "ashtray" bridge.
True, but when I hear G&L ASAT, this is the guitar I automatically think of.
I had a 1990 Leo Fender Signature ASAT Special for many years. I also had a Classic. Found the neck on the Special too thin for my taste. Found them both a little sterile sounding as compared to vintage Teles. Those work well with effects. The Hellecasters did wonders with them.
@@vayabroder729 -- I have a "Tribute" (import) ASAT Classic Semihollow. Love the guitar, but found the Tele-shaped MFDs sort of crude and rough sounding when playing clean. I replaced them with Bill Lawrence MicroCoils, swapped in a 5-way switch and I'm very happy now. Interestingly my other "Tribute" G&L, a Doheny, has a pair ofJM-shaped MFDs that I love, but the Tele-shaped MFDs? Not so much... 😪
I’m particularly fond of the ASAT Deluxe with flametop and humbuckers!
*late 80s probably. G&L introduced that body shape in ‘85 as the Broadcaster and it was renamed the ASAT around ‘86/‘87. The blocky logo and black string tree plus blonde finish with the Signature decal suggest at earliest late ‘88. Extremely underrated.
It's about time that you brought a g&l in there. Been waiting to see if you were going to do that. They are awesome guitars. The factory is not too far from me.
First quality guitar I ever owned was a G&L legacy. Beautiful unrivaled tones. Zero hum. The dual fulcrum bridge was also unmatched. Leo made the strat right with those bad boys.. regretfully lost to the same pawn broker that I bought it from 😂
I had one of those, those pickups are sweet!!
The ASAT is so underrated. I have a Bluesboy and it's absolutely world class. Mr Lemmo, as always... superb demo, man...
Between the bridge tone and the nonstandard bridge and bridge pickup type In completely sold on this guitar.......I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT!!!!!!!
I sometimes think Heritage Guitars is kind of to Gibson what G&L is to Fender. This ASAT Special with those MFD pickups is REALLY good sounding, too-they have really wonderful articulation compared to some other pickups out there, even compared to older Fender single coils!
Glad to see a guitar that’s not a Fender or Gibson! I’ve heard that Leo Fender considered G&L to be far superior to his early designs at Fender!
Those pickups are built more like P-90s than anything from Leo’s days at Fender, magnet on the bottom, adjustable pole pieces, but you could put the pole pieces all the way down and still have great tone. They act like little volume knobs, but no loss of tone. I have an ASAT classic semi-hollow: the pickups a sized like Tele pickups, but still have the adjustable pole pieces. (But if you pull them out of the guitar they are chunky like stacked pickups).
Leo equal legend. Thank you.
Roy in Knoxville Tennessee
Love what you fokes do I just discovered your channel I'll be watching keep up the great work 👍
I have one, I have to tame down a bit the tone but once you get there, the best single coil sound ever
Tends to be a little bright and sterile but great through effects.
Love those telecaster s 👍
Omg that thing sounds incredible! Next level!
How is it possible that anybody is as good as Michael Lemmo? This was just astounding.
This is like if the Telecaster went to college in Oxford….. Leo outdid himself.
I had one i won in a raffle, sunburst, i traded it for an empty speaker cabinet, one of my dumber moves, but i couldn't get the Jump Blues tone i wanted. Pity, i toured the country with that guitar in 87. Oh well
Back in 1995 when I began learning to play, I made the mistake of overlooking not only G&L but also MusicMan. If I had entered the game already knowing Leo Fender had a hand in both brands, I would have been a little more open-minded.
Wow what incredible sounds!
Regret not buying one but exchange was for my 1973 tele rosewood .still have beautiful sound
Gorgeous.. ..and how perfect is this? 'Just kept getting better..
If you don't mind me mentioning another UA-cam channel ASK ZAC has a very good video about this guitar.
Que riff sensacional!!!
Made my day! Awesome set Michael!
That first piece is beautiful
Nice Playing ❤ Thanks.
Some great tones right there M.🎸👍
Such great guitars!
Awesome guitar and 💯 demo from Lemmo
Great sounding and great playing 👍
Whats the 1st song???
That is very similar to what Jeff Buckley played. Sounds fantastic, especially in the hands of deft players like Lemo
Nice!
I wish I could play half as good as M L
Me too. 😉
A quarter as good would do me!
Sweet,sweet licks Mr Lemmo! Very nice! I could listen to that for a while! Would love to see you put out an instrumental LP! I’d be more than up to buying a few copies…
The first ASAT (Broadcasters) weren’t introduced till ‘85/86, and had a different script, this this isn’t early 80’s, it’ll be ‘87-89.
👍👍👍✌❤😎
Sounds really nice but doesn't have classic tele vibe.
😂I was playing some george benson songs last night
late 80's not early, nice gtr nonetheless
Cheese 🧀
I liked my own comment
No Eagles... bummer :)
Pizza
I got a disease
nice playing with great feel.