A handmade custom-crafted guitar with classic Leo design.

A finely crafted solidbody that plays buttery smooth. Gorgeous woods. Premium hardware. The Classic Bluesboy has a solid alder body, maple neck, and rosewood fretboard. The G&L MFD bridge pickup dispenses traditional single-coil bite and the Duncan SH55N Seth Lover churns out vintage "Patent-Applied-For" humbucker tones. Schaller tuners. Deluxe appointments and craftsmanship throughout. Includes deluxe hardshell case.

The patented Magnetic Field Design® pickups use a ceramic bar magnet installed underneath each coil, with soft iron adjustable pole pieces to transfer the magnetic field to the surface of the pickup. By contrast, traditional Alnico type pickups, such as used in the Legacy and George Fullerton models, use nonadjustable Alnico pole pieces leaving the only adjustment being pickup height. The Magnetic Field Design has this adjustment, but further offers individual adjustment of each pole piece, letting the player effectively adjust the output of each string on each pickup. Magnetic Field Design (MFD) yield about twice the output per wind, making the pickup quieter while allowing a greater overall output. The sound of Magnetic Field pickups is slightly warmer with a broader frequency response. One major Nashville session guitarist remarked that G&L Magnetic Field single-coil pickups sounded as balanced and sweet as his favorite old vintage Alnico equipped axe. The difference is that the MFD pickups sound that good right into his amp without all the EQ tweaking of his mixing console that made his other guitar sound so good. When he ran his G&L though his studio rig, he was truly amazed at the rich and warm, yet clear and sparkly sound.

G&L ASAT Classic BluesBoy Electric Guitar Features:

• Alder solidbody
• Rosewood fretboard
• 22 jumbo frets
• Schaller tuners
• 25-1/2" scale
• 1-5/8" nut width
• 2-1/4" neck width at heel
• 7-1/2" radius
• Traditional boxed steel bridge with brass saddles
• 3-way blade-style pickup selector
• Duncan SH55N Seth Lover humbucker neck pickup
• G&L MFD (Magnetic Field Design) single-coil bridge pickup
  
  

G&L ASAT Classic BluesBoy Electric Guitar Includes:

• deluxe hardshell case

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G&L ASAT Classic BluesBoy Electric Guitar

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lightning at your fingertips

Posted by ASATMASTER from Austin Tx. on Aug 26, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: proffesional musician/ indie record producer.

Reviewer's Play Style: blues

Why go G&L over Fender? hmmm.... lets seee...... since leo fender's absence from fender in the early 1980's, fender has continuously slacked of in quality and performance in their instruments. walking into a guitar shop the other day, i picked up a shiny new *american* fender strat that was missing a pickguard screw, a tuning key was bent, and there was a screw missing from the pickguard. choose, G&L and you will never experience any mishaps in quality, sound or playabilty. i own a bluseboy with a humbucker in the neck position, and single coil up front. and might i say, for a "tele", this thing can wail on anything from the who, to janis, to even albert collins styled play.the guitar has a great stage feel, and is on the lighter end of the weight spectrum, and oddly enough, has fairly low levels of that ridiculous stagnant hum you often get from single coils while not playing. as for tone, if you are looking for a telecaster sound, this is as perfect as it gets. G&L is a great alternatuve to your middle priced-highly priced fender/gretsches, and will not dissapoint you. great for all stages, rooms, etc., the spertzel tuners are amazing. stays in tune throught your gig. WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!!!!

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This Guitar Rocks!

Posted by Nate from Minneapolis on Feb 27, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: 6+ years experience

Reviewer's Play Style: Indie, Alternative Rock

I had been looking into buying a new guitar for a while, and I became intrigued by the Fender Thinlines. But I knew I didn't want to travel the route of a MIM Fender again. No knock on them, but as I play more I know what kind of quality I want. The problem is that Fender didn't make an American reissue of the Thinline, and the next best thing was a $3,000+ original.

Then I came across the Bluesboy. I knew what G&L was all about, but I didn't want to turn my back on the Fenders I have so long loved. But I'm glad I pulled my head out of my butt, because this guitar is superior to the majority of Fender guitars. The quality is amazing. You can't do any better than hand crafted. I researched this guitar and looked all over for a used one, because I couldn't afford a brand new one. I finally found a beautiful 3-tone sunburst semi hollow Bluesboy 1,200 miles away. I bought it sight unseen. When it came, I couldn't even tell it was used. This guitar is incredible!

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Simply the best

Posted by Rob from PA on Sep 12, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock

This is one of the best guitars you can buy. I own a fender custom shop tele and a ESP Ron Wood tele and this plays the best and looks the best. Nice flame maple neck and quality components. I love the humbucker in the neck position it just sounds so sweet. For a little more than a Fender american deluxe tele you get a finer sounding and playing instrument. Try it than buy it.

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Classic Blues Boy

Posted by White Falcon from Naples, FL on Sep 2, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock

I bought this guitar about a month ago and for the 1st three weeks I wasn't sure I liked it. I had to adjust the action so high to get the strings not to buz, finally I took it a guitar luther, who had to shim the string nut and the neck and now it is my favorite guitar. I don't know if I just got a bad one or they are all like this, but once it was propery set up it plays and sounds as great as it looks. I love the Seth Lover neck PU, its warm an crisp, but I replaced the stock bridge PU with a Seymore Duncan Hot Rails for Tele, and put a Bigsby Tele kit on it. If you love the thin twangy sound, you wont need to replace the bridge PU like I did, but if you don't I highly recommend the Hot Rails for Tele PU. Set up issues & personal taste in tone aside, I love this guitar and highly recommend it.

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It's my Numero Uno

Posted by Jimi Hendrickson from Avon CT on Mar 2, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues/Rock,Classic/Rock

Been playing 37 plus years and own several higher end guitars. The G&L ASAT Classic BluesBoy has taken over the top spot in my rotation. I'm older now and play out on a semi-pro basis only once or twice a month. I had been alternating between my Les Paul and my Strat at gigs usually ending up with the Strat since the LP weighs a ton. The BluesBoy is kind of in between. You can get LP-ish tone with the Seth Lover neck pickup and a very nice rhythm sound in the middle position. The bridge pickup is more than what you'd expect. I bought mine in clear orange, sight unseen March '06 from this website. Other than raising the action a bit and changing to my gauge strings it was perfect out of the box. The woods and craftsmanship are what you'd expect in a guitar costing much more. Though it ain't cheap it's well worth the price of admission.

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