Love my ASAT Special.... the character of the MFD's is very distinct and clear with great separation. No muddiness, but there is still a bit of warmth to them even though to do pack in more ummph than traditional tele pu's. And they LOVE a great tube amp.
I recently bought an ASAT Special (Tribute) and yeah, I love the pickups. It's a deluxe model with the carved top and flame maple veneer so It's real looker too.
I just picked up a used Tribute ASAT Tele. Great guitar with one thing I don't care for- you can't drop the neck pickup lower than its stock height. I like my pickups lowered. Sounds great though but I wish it had that option. Also the bridge pickup is a bit micropohonic and it's only three years old.
Have a look under the pickup; there should be some suspension material/foam that can be shortened to allow you to lower the pickup more. Those pickups rarely go microphonic as the bobbin opening is pretty narrow so the wax tends to stay put. When it does happen it la usually because it got too hot, like in a parked car on a really hot day, or left near a window and the sun bakes it. A quick re-pot takes care of it though
It's a p90 with lower wind like a strat (5.6-6.5k). Which is a good idea, actually. GFS also does this with thier "Gold Foil SIngle Coils" I think. They are also bar magnets with low windings but in a convient, humbucker package. Simply using a bar magnet (like a p90) in place of pole pieces increases the inductance quite a bit,however. Many use ceramic magnets.
Right?! It's like they're trying to hide. Just sending out review models would do them wonders. You almost never see or read a review of their guitars but anyone who plays one instantly loves it.
I almost think their operation is set up that they can't really scale and be the same company. They seem to have a supply chain built around being a small player that can fetch decent money for their gear.
Dimensions of the coil are different and 1 thicker ceramic magnet centered under the poles. In addition there is a steel plate underneath, which will affect the magnetic field. A p90 uses 2 humbucker sized magnets on both sides of the poles and no steel plate. Dylan talks tone takes both apart and compares the two. I think the idea was a p90ish sound with less noise
Ok, yeah. Generally Full throttle on both knobs and use your amp's EQ controls instead, except for when you need a volume change of course. I do believe that you will have a better more consistent signal going to your amp and effects that way. I think sculpting your sound at your amp's end and then effects first is the smarter way to go overall before compromising your guitar signal by altering it right away plus, your particular pots may behave differently depending on their variance or "tolerance"values. Plus, what if you switch amps? You'll probably have to adjust all over again going from and amp at home or one stage to say, a Jazz Chorus or P.A. speakers in another place or patch setting right? I think so, probably.
This is such a terrible, inarticulate explanation. G&L makes terrific guitars, but these kinds of awful videos combined with a truly horrible website hold the company back. Hire a director of marketing. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@mrbigg7255 That one is very nice too, I eve like the more classic fender-like one on the Espada too. What I would like is some new different bodies actually!
This is beautifully explained. I’m trying to understand the MFD and this helped so much
Love my ASAT Special.... the character of the MFD's is very distinct and clear with great separation. No muddiness, but there is still a bit of warmth to them even though to do pack in more ummph than traditional tele pu's. And they LOVE a great tube amp.
I recently bought an ASAT Special (Tribute) and yeah, I love the pickups. It's a deluxe model with the carved top and flame maple veneer so It's real looker too.
Love my new (to me) SC-2! Wonderful pickups and compliments my ASAT Classic very well.
Please do more behind the scene videos. Thanks!
Arguably the best versatile pickups ever. I just purchased a dohene and it is smoking hot with those pickups.
Love my ASAT tribute 👍
Great video, well done
Solid midrange is for sure!
I have an ASAT Special. I would like to see G&L apply the MFD design with alnico magnets.
MFD's are excellent pickups.
For me, there are the best pickups with the asat classic pickups in the guitar's world
I just picked up a used Tribute ASAT Tele. Great guitar with one thing I don't care for- you can't drop the neck pickup lower than its stock height. I like my pickups lowered. Sounds great though but I wish it had that option. Also the bridge pickup is a bit micropohonic and it's only three years old.
Have a look under the pickup; there should be some suspension material/foam that can be shortened to allow you to lower the pickup more. Those pickups rarely go microphonic as the bobbin opening is pretty narrow so the wax tends to stay put. When it does happen it la usually because it got too hot, like in a parked car on a really hot day, or left near a window and the sun bakes it. A quick re-pot takes care of it though
@@GL_Guitars hello and thank you for the reply! I will look into those suggestions.
sold my sb-2 bass as the jazz pickup, supposedly an MFD, wasnt hum bucking. I suppose I bought into the marketing of the Zcoils and got fooled.
It's a p90 with lower wind like a strat (5.6-6.5k). Which is a good idea, actually. GFS also does this with thier "Gold Foil SIngle Coils" I think. They are also bar magnets with low windings but in a convient, humbucker package.
Simply using a bar magnet (like a p90) in place of pole pieces increases the inductance quite a bit,however. Many use ceramic magnets.
G&L has maybe the worst marketing of companies in the industry with fantastic products. Then again, maybe they don’t want to sell more.
Right?! It's like they're trying to hide. Just sending out review models would do them wonders. You almost never see or read a review of their guitars but anyone who plays one instantly loves it.
I almost think their operation is set up that they can't really scale and be the same company. They seem to have a supply chain built around being a small player that can fetch decent money for their gear.
a magnet underneath the coil with adjustable pieces going through the coil-- sounds like a p90 to me??? am i missing something??
Dimensions of the coil are different and 1 thicker ceramic magnet centered under the poles. In addition there is a steel plate underneath, which will affect the magnetic field. A p90 uses 2 humbucker sized magnets on both sides of the poles and no steel plate. Dylan talks tone takes both apart and compares the two. I think the idea was a p90ish sound with less noise
I have a commanche ..can anyone recommend tone and volume knobe settings?
Ok, yeah. Generally Full throttle on both knobs and use your amp's EQ controls instead, except for when you need a volume change of course. I do believe that you will have a better more consistent signal going to your amp and effects that way. I think sculpting your sound at your amp's end and then effects first is the smarter way to go overall before compromising your guitar signal by altering it right away plus, your particular pots may behave differently depending on their variance or "tolerance"values. Plus, what if you switch amps? You'll probably have to adjust all over again going from and amp at home or one stage to say, a Jazz Chorus or P.A. speakers in another place or patch setting right? I think so, probably.
This is such a terrible, inarticulate explanation. G&L makes terrific guitars, but these kinds of awful videos combined with a truly horrible website hold the company back. Hire a director of marketing. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
You have great guitars!
But please change the headstock!
What's not to love about the hook design? Well, I guess I do have some ideas about better logo prints, but apart from that...
One of the prettiest headstocks ever!
I prefer the wider design like on the Skyhawk.
@@mrbigg7255 That one is very nice too, I eve like the more classic fender-like one on the Espada too.
What I would like is some new different bodies actually!
I really like the hook headstocks. The ugliest headstock in the business, in my opinion, has got to be PRS.