Who here has played a G&L or G&L Tribute?

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I'm more interested in the Tribute stuff, just because more people will have come across it I think.

What do you guys think of Leo Fender's last developments? And how do you think they stack up against other stuff on the market today?

It just seems to me to be an under-performing company, from the guitars I've played, but I wonder if there is some reason this stuff isn't 'out there' more?
 
I've got two Tributes. The first one I bought was the ASAT Classic with the natural finish. Tried it out at the local store and fell in love with it. She's my current #1, I named her Crystal.

The second was an Invader XL in the tobacco sunburst finish. I was looking for an "upgrade" to my 14 year old MIM Strat. Back to the local store, and found that they no longer carried G&L, and nobody else in town had ever carried them.
Tried what they had in my price range, but nothing really inspired me. I wound up driving 70 miles to the nearest dealer that carried G&L, and tried the Invader, and once again was smitten. She's currently my #2, and the only electric I have with humbuckers. I named her Nicotine.

Overall I've found the G&L Tributes seem to have a better fit and finish and hotter pickups than Fenders in the same price range. Pots and switches seem to comparable. Crystal impressed me enough to go a fair distance to check out another G&L.

Oh - the names. Both guitars are a joy for me to play, and tend to get me wound up a bit. So much so, that it's very difficult to put them down once I pick them up, kinda like bad habits. That's why they were both named after addictive chemicals.
 
I really like G&L guitars a lot (American models) I have an old 1983 Strat that is really a great playing guitar. I dig the necks!
 
I have a NON-Tribute ASAT Classic. It is really a great guitar. I am not quite as fond as the normal ASATs as I think their sound is lost somewhere between a Tele and a les paul with 9-90's, but tamer.

They are great great guitars that are put together perfectly.

I personally think they are one of the better values available today. Also, I have played three that were bought sight unseen off ebay and they were all great.

It seems uncommon to find a dud.
 
I have an Asat Bluesboy and an SL-500 super-strat that are my mainstay single-coil axes. They are built right and feel like they'll last forever.

As far as Tributes go, I'm a big fan of under-appreciated, lower priced guitars and would like to see how they stack up, but have yet to get my hands on one.
 
I've got a Z3 and it plays like my Tele amer deluxe but has a very unique sound, a little stratty but not really. Kinda hard to explain but I love it!
The older ones are pretty sweet across the board but the newer ones have cut some corners especially in the interior cavities.
 
I just got a very good deal on a Tribute ASAT Special. It's on eof the old ones with the Tribute logo instead of G&L. To my mind, the pickups sound more Jaguar/Jazzmasterish than P90, but the are defintely hot. Fit and finish are impeccable, and the price was too good to pass up.

Go for it.
 
noisedude said:
I'm more interested in the Tribute stuff, just because more people will have come across it I think.

What do you guys think of Leo Fender's last developments? And how do you think they stack up against other stuff on the market today?

It just seems to me to be an under-performing company, from the guitars I've played, but I wonder if there is some reason this stuff isn't 'out there' more?
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i have a '93 g&l usa legacy-- i like it better than any strat i've played. i particularly like the neck, and i swapped out the pickups for higher gain aftermarkets. the asats (teles) i've played are particularly nice-- they have those new design pickups that are kinda p-90 like.
 
oh yeah, i believe the tributes are more recent (last few years), korean-assembled models. i may be wrong on that though.
 
kojdogg said:
oh yeah, i believe the tributes are more recent (last few years), korean-assembled models. i may be wrong on that though.
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You're absolutely right. The pickups and bridges/trems are supplied by the Fender Avenue factory though.
 
i have an '87 L2000 bass...i love it. sounds amazing, plays amazing..its this awesome like emerald green type clear paint, with the leo fender signiture on the upper left horn and headstock...sounds great, perfect condition
 
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