G&L Tribute ASAT Special - opinions please

HAL9000

Anybody here got one? What do you think of it?

munckee

I had one which I sold a few years ago, it was very good, I didn't realise how good and should have kept it!

gary_mac

If it's anywhere near as good as my Tribute Fallout, then I'm sure you would be very happy with it.

Matt_McG

I have one, it's my main guitar. I love it. 

Plus: the pickups are fantastic. Big wide hi-fi sounds, can do rock, jazz, country, anything. The locking bridge is very good.

Minutes: the pickups don't really sound like a classic tele, they are their own thing, and they can be a little hot for some things so you need to ride the volume a bit. Although, that said, I much prefer them to the smaller MFDs in the ASAT Classic.

Mine (which is a Korean one, so older) is really well made, I assume the current ones are as good. I replaced the pots with CTS but, if I am honest, I actually preferred the taper on the original tone control that was in it so I didn't really need to. When I bought mine (2008 ish) I AB'd with Mexican fenders which were a similar price point, and the Tribute was a much better guitar. Much better, imho, than PRS SEs in the same price range that I tried at the same time, too. Better fretwork, nicer feeling neck, _much_ better pickups.