[jacksonplayer]

Traded for a used G&L Strat at Atomic Music today. This is the best-sounding strat I've ever owned--it absolutely blew away every USA Fender in the store by a wide margin. It's got some kind of Duncan Rail pickup in the bridge, and the stock G&Ls in the other two slots, which sound great and punchy with both clean and gainy tones. The guitar is so fat-sounding that bridge pickup gets into total Scott Henderson territory through my Axe-FX, which is exactly what I was looking for.

Plus, it *sparkles*. :lol:

 

[child as audience]

Love it!

I saw a vid recently of Ted Greene evaluating a G&L ASAT and having a positive reaction.

 

[ohio_eric]

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Win! A good Strat is hard to beat.

 

[technomancer]

That is so fucking ugly that it's awesome :hbang:

 

[Lyle]

That looks absolutely hideous, but I bet it sounds amazing

 

[Kagami]

It sounds great because it sparkles :agreed:

 

[343]

sparkly strat goodness!!!

 

[Tom]

Mmmm, G&L.

 

[stealthtastic]

Sparkly, looks sick.

 

[Ken]

classy fr00t ftw!

 

[Josh]

Those G&L gold sparkle finishes are LOUD. There were a pair of them hanging at the Sam Ash at Times Square today, and the glitter flakes in the finish must be like a millimeter or two apiece.

 

[eleven59]

I'm quite jealous, actually I love G&Ls and that's a really awesome looking one :lol:

 

[noodles]

Holy fucking shit I must play that as soon as fucking possible. Wow. :holy:

 

[Sebastian]

Looks fantastic !
Sparkles :metal:

 

[budda]

Play on, Playa :yesway:

 

[James]

Pimptastic :lol:

So, what did you trade for it?

 

[Joel]

Nice! You have single handedly intensified my GAS for a G&L and a strat :squint:

 

[playstopause]

Wow, looks terrific! Nice score. :agreed:

 

[jacksonplayer]

Pimptastic :lol:

So, what did you trade for it?

Fernandes Ravelle and an old beat-up Carvin bass. The Fernandes was ok, but I wasn't really feeling it, and it's nice to have consolidated down a bit and also have gotten a really nice strat. I bought those two at Atomic, so I was able to do a sell-back there for much more than you normally get in trade.

The electronics arrangement on the G&L S-500 is very interesting. Instead of the traditional vol/tone/tone, it has a volume, a high roll-off pot, and a low roll-off pot. It also has a toggle switch that activates the two pickup combos not allowed by a 5-way strat switch. The roll-off pots are a trip and give a ridiculous variety of sounds. Rolled all the way down, they act a lot like a wah in a fixed position, but you can do all kinds of different pickup and roll-off combos that go from fat to spiky.

Having a low roll-off especially helps, because the G&L pickups are much bassier than a normal strat. You get a great full sound you can't get on a Fender, but you can also get a Fender sound by backing off the low-end knob a bit. The setup might be a bit fussy for live use, but in the studio you can do cool stuff with it.

 

[Stitch]

Ah, G&L. Rather nice, if rather unsung, over here.

Is that a Korean S-500?