1992 G&L S - 500 Signature Edition Blueburst

Offered for sale:

Used 1992 G&L S-500 Signature edition serial number G081080.

This guitar is in very good condition, neck and frets are fine. Cosmetically it’s showing some playing wear, a few scratches and marks, the pickguard is cracked at the bass side forward mounting screw (see photo). Overall, shows use without abuse.

Featuring a Swamp Ash body, 22 fret Thin Profile Hard Rock Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard, 3 G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil pickups with adjustable pole pieces, volume, treble roll-off, and bass roll-off, 5 position pickup selector plus mini-toggle switch enabling additional pickup combinations of neck+bridge or all 3 pickups together. Sperzel locking tuners, Chrome G&L Dual Fulcrum Vibrato bridge, white laminate pickguard, and a white "Leo Fender" signature complete the details.

More about the Pickups and Autograph:

The 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 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 the G&L S-500 with Magnetic Field single coil pickups sounded as balanced and "sweet" as his favorite old vintage Alnico equipped axe. The difference is that the S-500 sounds 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 S-500 though his studio rig, he was truly amazed at the rich and warm, yet clear and sparkly sound.

Another detail to elaborate is the "Leo Fender" signature, which was subject to litigation, caused quite a stir at fender. Since G&L cannot use Leo’s last name on a guitar anymore, it makes this S-500 just that bit more desirable and collectable.

Original hard-shell case included.

‘We carefully inspect every instrument when we buy it and bring it up to our standards before we offer it for sale. We also do a full set up before we ship.”

“If you decide to purchase this guitar, please let us know what gauge strings you prefer.”

GUITAR SPECS:

Year: 1992

Serial number: G081080

Body: Swamp Ash

Neck: Hard Rock Maple

Finish: Blueburst

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale Length: 25 ½”

Number of Frets: 22

Pickguard: White laminate

Bridge: G&L Dual Fulcrum Vibrato

Tuners: Sperzel locking

Pickups: Three, G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil with adjustable pole pieces

Controls: 5-position pickup selector, volume, treble, bass (PTB system), mini-toggle switch enabling additional pickup combinations of neck+bridge or all three pickups together.

Width at Nut: 1 5/8”

Radius: ~9.5”

Weight: 9.8 lbs.

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