My New Favorite Tele is NOT a Fender

[@VertexEffectsInc]

➡➡➡ ORDER G&L Custom Shop: glguitars.com/customshop ➡➡➡ BUY G&L Custom Shop on Reverb: bit.ly/3p4qFkv ➡➡➡ BUY G&L Custom Shop at Sweetwater: bit.ly/44qZ25d ⬇ G&L Custom Shop ASAT Classic Bluesboy SPECS ⬇ ◉ BODY ◉ Body Wood: One Piece Swamp Ash Body Finish: Nitro Fullerton Red Bridge: Boxed-Steel With 6 Saddles Binding: Top-Bound White Knobs: Knurled Dome-Top Chrome Pickguard: 3-ply Mint/Black/Mint Aging: Medium ◉ NECK ◉ Neck Profile: Modern Classic Nut: 11/16" Width String Spacing: 1 5/8" Radius: 9.5" Depth: 0.820" at First Fret, 0.870 at Twelfth Fret Neck Wood: Quatersawn 3A Flame Roasted Maple Fretboard Wood: Rosewood Neck Finish: Satin Clear Frets: Medium Jumbo Neck Dots: White Pearl Headstock Logo: Model Logo Delete Nut: Bone Tuners: G&L Standard ◉ ELECTRONICS ◉ Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Seth Lover Humbucker (Nickle) Middle Pickup: G&L MFD S-500 Single-Coil Reverse-Wound (Mint) Bridge Pickup: G&L MFD ASAT Classic Single-Coil (Black) Controls: 5-Position Blade Selector (Volume, Tone, Push/Pull Coil Tap, and Expander)

[@CClarkCumbo]

Okay... In my humble opinion.... I think G&L is more Fender than Fender. They are great playing and sounding guitars. And by the way... Nice guitar.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I would say for anything under the custom shop that’s probably true. And then, if you get into the custom shop range, there’s a pretty big price disparity where you’re paying more for not as good of an instrument and certainly not as customized.

[@jfinester]

The L in G&L stands for Leo Fender.

[@patrickkoenigsfeld1253]

G&L is amazing. Fixed everything that was wrong with the fenders.

[@patmurphy7266]

as someone who grew up near Fullerton, my sis went to Rosary. YES g&l is very much what Fender used to be. Not FMIC

[@davidsummerville351]

That pickup configuration is amazing. Couldn't ask for more. Congratulations on your acquisition! G&L is an incredible company.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Really great guitars, no doubt!

[@ArtLogins]

G&L with Seymour Duncan????? 🙂🙂🙂 This is exactly why I play a Fender Telecaster with a Gibson Humbucker...... Simple and perfect instead of complicated and not authentic......

[@bsjeffrey]

in my favorite live version of hotel california, joe walsh is playing a tele.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes, he played a Tele on the live and studio version, but the opening part that I played was Don Felder on a Les Paul. Joe Walsh comes in after the part that I played with a Tele.

[@HarrisonBeam]

Mason, this is seriously the best video you have ever done. So glad I’m not the only one who prefers a super Tele to a super Strat. Tele all the way.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

🙏🙏🙏

[@slickcross]

G&L is so underrated. My main guitar is an Indonesian G&L semi hollow ASAT (tele) guitar. I took it to my luthier and he upgraded it and it sounds amazing!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes, great guitars, no doubt!

[@lazvt8469]

My Indonesian S-500 Strat is every bit the guitar as my USA Strats... MFD's rock.... My USA ASAT Tele is great too...but with a chunkier neck.

[@TheRachelal8na]

Absolutely amazing! One of the most carefully thought out presentations of a unique guitar that I've seen (and heard) in years. So well done Mason. It's not only full of different sounds, but each one in its own right was excellent. What a chameleon of an instrument. Your playing skills certainly enhanced the demonstration, wonderful choice of styles and songs to showcase what must NOT be an inexpensive guitar. One can only dream...

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Wow, thanks so much!!! I think for what it is, it's quite reasonable, however G&L makes many different models that are significantly cheaper including a very affordable import series form Indonesia. Definitely worth checking out!

[@albertplaysguitar]

I'm blown away by my import model! Highly recommend!

[@BuddyBlues]

Duuude that looks and sound PHENOMENAL! Congrats! Albert Collins licks all day

[@VertexEffectsInc]

It's got "Buddy" written all over it!

[@richardpierce7819]

You may think its not a fender but the l in G&L stands for Leo Fender. He founded the company and his partner was George Fullerton ( the G in G&L )

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Not sure there's anything said in the video that contests this. Nevertheless, G&L isn't a Fender, I think it goes without saying that they share similar DNA but are different brands.

[@richardpierce7819]

Different brands yes , but still designed by Leo Fender. I bought one of the 1st G&Ls back in the 80s it was a strat style , it played and sounded like a fender

[@emdblues]

He founded Music Man as well and I just bought another of his designs, the Sabre 2 from '78. The neck on this thing is amazing. Similar to MM EVH which I recently tried.

[@richardpierce7819]

@@emdblues yes I had a music man sabre 2 and it just so happened it was the one George Terry used on Lay Down Sally. The case was sensiled "Fragile electronic instrument" Eric Clapton Group , I got through my friend who ran Modern Music in Sunrise Fla. His name was Dave Morgan. He got straight from George. All the laquer had be sanded off the back of the neck and it was a fast fret board. I wish I still had that thing.

[@nathanielheale]

Sounds killer! Finally, someone who shares my enthusiasm for a triple pickup Tele! 🙌 In mine, I've got a classic in the bridge, tri-sonic style in the middle, and mini humbucker in the neck.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

The versatility of a three pickup Tele is unmatched IMO!

[@Liam_Doherty_UK]

I have the Brent Mason signature Tele. It’s the best guitar I’ve ever owned 👍

[@Adambob78]

I'm onboard, I put p90s in a Tele with a filtertron in the middle position, wired to have any possible combo of pickups including all three. Great sounds!

[@martinthompson2425]

Yeah man! I’ve been playing three-pickup Teles off and on for a little over twenty years now! The most stable Strats I’ve ever had were three-pickup Teles! It took a long time for me to learn to appreciate a standard Tele. I kept hoping to find Strat sounds that just weren’t there. So I always added a middle pickup. Eventually I grew up and committed to building a standard Tele style guitar with Warmoth parts and insisted that I would let that Tele be a Tele, and I’m super happy with that guitar. I still rock a Nashville Tele from time to time though. Great vid!

[@jfinester]

That’s my favorite Tele setup.

[@barnaclerusty]

There is something real cool about G&L guitars being an extension of Leo Fender’s guitar history. I love my G&L guitars 😊 Nice setup

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Hear, hear!

[@rodleaverton]

Great video, Mason. That guitar sounds amazing! My whole musical life I’ve never been a Tele guy, even though I grew up a massive Ed Bickert fan. Then I bought this 2008 Tele with an original mid-60s HB from Emerald City Guitars, and I am NEVER going back. All I care about now are Teles. 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpi4kIeEitBjl9E

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Wow, cool 😎

[@mattbrillhart2922]

Try a Z-3! It has three Z-coil pickups which are fantastic. Mine has a 6-way switch to get 1-5 strat positions and middle Tele position for bridge and neck. I loved to G&L about 10 years ago and have never looked back. Some don’t like their pickups but I’ve really liked them. I have owned basses and guitars.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I'll have to check it out!!!

[@bks252]

I have a Will Ray Signature that has those Z coil pickups. These are a little hotter than the regular pickups in the Comanche. I love my G&L’s. My Will Ray also has a B bender on it with skull inlays for fret markers. Also have a Legacy HD and a Bluesboy. In my opinion some of the finest instruments out there and very overlooked.

[@jamesburge1983]

Glad you got a G&L. Been a fan for over 10 years, really under rated. If you want an old school Fender, can not go wrong with G&L.

[@brunoantony9257]

in my experience G&L guitars tend to be heavy and the necks are not good (too small)

[@rickenbacker40011]

G and L is always killin it, im shocked more people dont use them! amazing tone too

[@justinpaquette224]

My main guitar is a tele with strat neck and middle pickups and a 10 position freeway switch. Does that guitar have a treble bleed and if so do you know the values?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes it does, don’t remember the value. It also has 500K pots by my request.

[@tommcfarland6008]

G&L is so unappreciated. I have a bluesboy with a p90 in the neck and a fallout and rarely get out my les paul or the strats I own. .

[@VertexEffectsInc]

100%

[@marc_sanchez67]

Now that is a Super Tele! I know I'm in the minority but I also prefer a 6 saddle bridge plate. Intonation is a beautiful thing.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Stays in tune and intonates beautifully!

[@mbach1187]

So for the bridge pickup sounds when playing stairway and hotel California. To get that older les Paul type sound That’s just the bridge pickup alone to have that sound or was it expanded combined with another pickup?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

That was just the bridge pickup ONLY!

[@coffeest]

I've never seen a telecasterbridge like this, with 6 individual brass saddles? Is it a G&L only? And can it be bough seperate?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

G&L custom

[@theodorek.b.2103]

Wish I'd never sold my Will Ray G&L. Super unique Tele style guitar.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I remember Will Ray demoing that guitar at Bananas At Large in San Rafael, CA when I was in High School! Sparkle ASAT!

[@MrKaufmana1]

@vertexeffects we have to fine you $5 for playing "Room 335" on a Telecaster lol

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Hahaha, had to show how smooth that neck Humbucker pickup was. That's my baseline for clean Humbucker tone :)

[@MajicFreeman]

Gonna finish paying off my fullerton deluxe doheny (jazzmaster style) in lake placid blue literally tomorrow, should be here next week this time. So stoked on G&L at the moment. I had been wanting a music man for a few years, but the cost was prohibitive and I finally remembered g&l. I wished I could afford to get a quartersawn neck and a matching headstock, so maybe next time and that practically takes it up to music man costs anyways, but just a little cheaper. Cheers Mason! p.s. i've become obsessed with g&l for the past few months, i hawk their online store for b-stock stuff now and watch all their youtube videos

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Amazing! I’ve got my eye on a Doheny next!!!

[@agbdf2002]

They should just make that a custom shop option and I’d just buy it. That is the dream axe for me.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They should, maybe they will!? In the meantime you can order the same guitar, I put the specs in the description and pinned comment at the top!

[@texanleons]

Man, that sounds nice...dirty too..i'd like to hear some chicken pickin on it....good vid.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

You’ll have to do with my Brad Paisley “Mud On The Tires” impression

[@tonyevans4822]

That’s a great guitar! Might I say I think Jimmy page used a Tele probably to record most of Led Zeppelin to I believe.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes man of the big hits are all Tele

[@해일구]

Yeah my favourite Les Paul is not Gibson LP as well… its Collings….

[@VertexEffectsInc]

👍👍👍

[@dunxy]

Well that a very versatile Tele, as a Tele head. that would make an ideal single guitar! Having more than one guitar is still better though ;)

[@VertexEffectsInc]

It's a great guitar. If you need a one and done solution to take to a gig, this is it!

[@MrJingles021]

I dig this guitar. I used to have a 2008 HSS American Deluxe strat. It was my dream guitar, but I could bond with it. I should have got a tele.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Here’s your chance!

[@bradennix7823]

Are there any wiring diagrams for this config? with the push pull?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Ask G&L? I'm sure they're out there.

[@nickrouse8426]

Yeah that amp noise has me bailing. Ew

[@JackFlaps]

why do you need a custom shop? just put the parts you want together yourself. it`s easier than learning to play

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Is this a real question?

[@MM-ib6qh]

It almost looks like your hair is blowing in the wind when you play the Hotel California solo, and whether or not that's intentional, it works. I didn't realize you were so good at playing guitar, seriously +1

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I think my AC was on. Speaker cab is in an iso room so you can’t hear the fan.

[@MrTruth-ul6gv]

LOVE G&L's. Question: what guage strings are you using?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

These are D’Addario XS 9’s

[@frettingitforward]

Cool vibe dude, it’s like hanging out at my neighbors garage talking guitars 😍, let me grab you a beer 🍺

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Wow thanks 🙏

[@gawfshot]

Specs! We (gear nerds) want specs! What did you choose? THANK YOU Mason

[@VertexEffectsInc]

See pinned comment and description

[@Vern859]

I love all my G&L's... Been playing them for 30 years.. Leo is a genius...

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yeah 👍

[@dikinebaks]

Well to be fair, G&L is more Fender than Fender from a certain point of view

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I think you understand where I’m going with the title however 😎

[@bobrg1459]

Very cool guitar! Hmm . . . maybe with a B-bender?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thought about doing the palm bender but I don’t think I’d use it much

[@Loooosszeeerrrr123]

Advanced players always love diverse incognito guitars!!but fender will always be a V8 dodge with nitro bottles!!!Ask Hendrix,he knows wherever he is!!

[@JanoLetelier]

Really Nice played!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Wow, thanks!

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

My favorite strat isn’t a Fender either. 87 Kramer KS-400. Lovely neck, pointy headstock. Everything I need.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice!

[@christopherstorrier5560]

Nice Tele...great pickups & cleverly wired...that G&L Tele asat style pickup is really good...i like their bass pickups to...they done a really good job...it is a Tele on steroids...yep,Jimmy used a Tele on 'Stairway to Heaven'...argued with Gibsonites about this yrs ago..lol..they aged it just right...very nice...enjoy 🎸

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They're great, absolutely!

[@myeyesarewaiting]

The guitar that has never left my side is a Tele with a strat pickup in the middle. However I'm using a freeway 10 way switch (two banks of five). Can do all the strat positions, all the Tele positions plus bridge and middle in series, bridge and neck in series, middle and neck in series and all three in parallel. None of the series sounds are classics but... give a helluva kick and have their uses.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yea!

[@Bfordandafter]

I have an Asat Classic Bluesboy from around 2005.... it is just a KILLER guitar... I put in some Suhr pickups for a bit more traditional tele tones.... plus four way wiring and a pull pot to split the neck humbucker..... I'm a big G&L fan... I'd love to design a custom shop from them.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They're amazing guitars, the Custom Shop is really knocking it out of the park!

[@ukcryptolondonbased2953]

I have a Strat and a LP. Almost all the music I want to play is covered by one of these. I love the Strat sound but I find it so much harder to play than the LP; my hand and forearm get fatigued much, much faster. The Strat is a USA Deluxe from a decade ago (us10088164). The LP is a '96 Standard. Is there a guitar out there where I can get that Strat sound but with a neck that is more like the LP experience? I don't know what it is that makes playing the LP feel different (scale length?). This channel is excellent at explaining the science of tone so I'm hoping you can answer.

[@svenzia]

Great video, Mason!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for watching!

[@svenzia]

@@VertexEffectsInc hurraaaah :)

[@orryfishburne5326]

I absolutely LOVE my G&L. I dont have much experience with them, and have never had the pleasure of trying the USA made ones, but my G&L Tribute S-500 is amazing. I would love to be able to own a USA model one day. I own a Player Series Tele and even though i prefer a Tele over a Strat, the G&L surpasses the quality of the MIM Tele by a long shot and the G&L is 200 bucks cheaper. Mason, have u messed with the pole heights on the MFD pickup yet? Its surprising how much of a tonal difference it can make. I had my G&L for almost 2 years and never messed with the poles until about a month ago. I just love how u can fine tune the pickup to your liking. Such a cool idea. I really want to replace my Player Series Tele with an ASAT. Cant afford a custom, but even the Tribute ASAT would be nice.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I haven't adjusted the pole pieces, no. I just left them as they were stock.

[@maxine2798]

G&L owner here too. But why fake the wear? I never understood this

[@VertexEffectsInc]

No guilt when you bang it into something. You can order your guitar however, you want whether that is a aged finish or otherwise

[@ukcryptolondonbased2953]

Every few years I buy a Tele, then sell it at a loss a few months later. I've never loved one the same way I love my Strat or LP.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Maybe this will have you turn over a new leaf!

[@joshsinclair1796]

What chorus pedal did you use for the summers bits?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Red Seven Lil Wave

[@jessenewman5976]

We’re you going straight into the AC30

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes. No Gain or distortion pedals. I used some reverb from a Source Audio Ventris in post. That's it.

[@samuelrutherford8107]

My favorite tele is a ibanez flatv1

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Those are cool! More of a traditional Tele compared to this however.

[@bradleyt]

G&L makes nice Teles for sure!!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes, unbelievably great! Had no idea they had a Custom Shop until a few month ago. Amazing guitars and very fair prices!

[@tomfoolery2082]

Iv not had fenders for a long time . Gotta love a g&l .

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They’re wonderful!

[@RebelEdits]

My favorite tele is an Austin I picked up at a local guitar shop for $169. Its in a beautiful white with the wood sort of coming through the finish. Idk why but she sounds so good and I tend to pick her up more than my Fender.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice 👍

[@esmeraldo7887]

Is this sponsored content? Feels like it might be. Neat guitar though. I got a 90s ASAT I lurve.

[@victorbeebe8372]

Aloha and Mahalo! Very nice guitar. Great sounds.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thank you, definitely check out their Custom Shop!

[@JohnnyBgood548]

I must say the best Strat ive played is the Commanche but i feel like im cheating with those glorious pickups. Leo was a genius.

[@mikeaustin4138]

I've owned both a (Tribute) Bluesboy and both the MFD and alnico ASAT Classic S. This guitar is a happy marriage between the Bluesboy and the MFD Classic S.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yea!

[@sacredhighway1]

Dude just bought the blue one from your friends at music village on reverb. Cannot wait to plug it in!

[@Loooosszeeerrrr123]

Gl in my opinion makes great amazing guitars !!I love them 2 don't get me wrong!!🌻

[@gumpymcbarfbag3884]

G and L asat classic(blond) is my best guitar, do my own fret work because I do wear them down, the best tele, leo fender said so.

[@RR-ho5ek]

I made a similar tele out of an original American fat telecaster, which already had the humbucker, and added a middle pickup, a Seymour Duncan tapped quarter pounder bridge, which I leave tapped as the standard position, a super switch, and my own wiring tricks, until it was exactly what I wanted. It has been my number one for quite a while now, and has been on the road with me through many gigs. There is nothing more versatile.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Sounds amazing!

[@bsjeffrey]

i love my asat classic tribute.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Amazing instruments!

[@mikechurch7500]

I have a thinline ASAT Classic and it's the best guitar I've ever owned. I'll never understand why people sleep on G&L.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes! The ASAT is a great guitar, it should be much more ubiquitous than it is!

[@kyledriscollmusic]

for me they're great but I never liked the headstock design, however this one is growing on me

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@kyledriscollmusic I think the more abbreviated logo helps.

[@tiki_trash]

@@kyledriscollmusic I never understood the hate for G&L "hook" headstocks. I've always liked them. Is it just because it's not a Fender headstock? There are far worse headstock designs out there, cough PRS cough.

[@kyledriscollmusic]

@@tiki_trash I don't like the prs headstock either but I'd take a prs headstock over G&L no it's not because it's not a fender, there's plenty of great headstock designs out there: most gibsons, novo, rivolta etc

[@martyestes1430]

Great video!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

🙏🙏🙏

[@lavadoraautomatica1]

I ordered a custom guitar with very similar specs inspired by this video.

[@jfinester]

That’s my ideal pickup configuration! I have a 2001 G&l ASAT Z-3 with some custom options, but they didn’t have a custom shop then-they WERE a custom shop!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Custom Shop is awesome!

[@jasperchance3382]

G&L has the proper pedigree, no doubt. Compliments!

[@johnpannella]

Great video Mason! I own a lot of guitars but have never owned a G&L. This intrigues me. By the way, you're playing so well. I always look forward to your videos.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Wow, thanks John! Definitely check them out. Their attention to detail, the custom options, and customer touch time with G&L is unmatched.

[@wilhelmrogue1]

‘ “relic’ed” ugh!…sounds great tho…

[@crashtest2607]

The neck back is beautiful

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Roasted Quartersawn 3A Maple, as God intended!

[@oscarpolo6310]

The favorite Telecaster will always be Fender.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

You can find great ones, no doubt. I have a '52 Custom Shop Relic that's great, but I paid about $5,000 for it and it's a great guitar but not better than the G&L which is about $1500 less and way more customized to my exact tastes.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@AzathothsAlarmClock yes, George & Leo.

[@cliffwarner7549]

Three pickup Teles rock! I love the shout out to Robin Trower and his great skills with the Strat middle pickup! Inspirational!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yeah! Robin and Clapton are my go-to middle pickup guys for Strat tones.

[@dailygiftsforever]

Played G&L since the early 1990's. For me it is 2 set ups. 3 single coils or 2 humbuckers. G&L is a excellent guitar company on set bridges, but their floating 2 point is not stage worthy and a tuning nightmare. The pickups for G&L are special... my 2005 Legacy, look out. The quartersawn maple neck/fretboard Legacy from 2012 is still solid. Enjoy playing your newest instrument and cheers.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@ancientstar2012]

Damn. That is one hell of guitar. G&L here I come... 😊

[@juanvelasquezmontenegro4707]

I have a warmoth build with Frailin P92 humbucker, steel pole strat middle, and Split pole tele bridge. It is a treasure trove of tones!!! Slept on configuration.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

For sure 💯 percent

[@martinthompson2425]

If you can’t get the job done with that guitar, it’s time to take up the piccolo! Very, very nice guitar! …and playing… Thanks for sharing!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Hahahahaha!

[@basselmtaweh3103]

You paid a fraction of what you would pay for a Suhr.. And it definitely sounds way better than a suhr... I own a 2008 G&l legacy usa HSS

[@VertexEffectsInc]

These are amazing guitars!

[@jeffbateman2339]

On their website, they don’t offer roasted figured maple necks… but yours certainly looks roasted… was that something they did special for you?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They offer it on the custom shop. I see it on my order form. I would suggest reaching out to their Custom Shop.

[@sirvicemanone]

Go figure.....just wondering if you contacted Fender or other companies for a quote before you put your order in with G&L?😂🙏

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Huh?

[@timhallas4275]

I am currently building your next favorite Tele. Keep an eye on GT handmade guitars on E-Bay. There's a couple on there now, but this one will be there soon.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice!

[@azraptor8728]

I know I shouldn't ask, but what was cost approximately? I really want one bad and will save up if over 3k.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

We put links in the description to other Custom Shop guitars from G&L so you can see the range. They're around $3,000-$3,500 or so. This is about $1,500-$2,000 less than the equally equipped Fender.

[@chriswilliams-lilley3069]

What action did you go for? I have pref for like action. Interested to see what you got on bass and treble at 12th fret. 🎸👌🇬🇧💥📺

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Typically medium, I try not to go too low as I like to have a little something to get under. I've not measured it.

[@rianelliott1]

Great vid, but takes guts to play any Eagles on the channel. Hard strike coming your way for that…they’re brutal.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I wonder if just the guitar playing parts has kept us clear, typically you'd get flagged before the video even goes live. It seems like covers get nailed but there are lots of solo performances that are on KZbin of the Don Felder/Joe Walsh parts that have been there for 10+ years.

[@matthewearl9824]

Why is it all scratched up. If you want it to look used, then why didn't you relic the fretboard? I'm seriously curious.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Typically rosewood won’t show much wear

[@clust11]

I love it but i have already have a stratocaster, i don’t need it a second one

[@markwhitelaw7192]

I love my ASAT classic, but I've also thought for several years that it would be awesome to make a Super tele out of one, just like this! What a great guitar! It has everything you need, and sounds incredible.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Now's the time for your Super Tele!

[@markwhitelaw7192]

@@VertexEffectsInc maybe someday!

[@ToneScavenger]

Dang it! Although I do have a G&L Fullerton ASAT Bluesboy already (and I love it very much!) I now have a "Super Tele/ASAT" like yours in my bucket list (customized to my own specs of course). Your guitar is pure fire! So versatile!

[@CFChristian]

Still kick myself for letting go of my Doheny. 😭

[@Mr.Owl9]

Yes! I love it , the Super TELE !!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

We need more Super Teles!

[@martinvanburen3124]

I custom ordered an ASAT Blues Boy from Rudy’s in Manhattan (back when they were on 48th Street) and yes, it was pretty great but the fret work was surprisingly pretty bad (I’ve seen better fret work on $300 Asian imports) - a little heavier than I expected but after I got a fret job, it was a pretty great guitar. Loved the 7/8 body size and brass slotted bridge barrels.

[@jkandthecontraband]

Uhhh, duh! Fender is mass produced, mostly garbage.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They have good stuff it can just come at a price and after sorting through a lot of guitars.

[@agtrst]

Great video, player, and guitar. Thanks for showing us what the guitar can do. I have a Fender Am P2, Fender Tele in HSS, and recently got a G&L Tele (ASAT classic tribute). After a good set up, I find myself play the G&L a lot more than the other two. The MFDs can put out great tones. The grunge and bite you get is inspiring but still nice to play jazz stuff with the neck. G&Ls make really great guitars.

[@jayyoungmusic919]

Mason really is an underrated player

[@stickman55100]

Congratulations. That guitar sounds fantastic! Lots of of tonal range.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes, undoubtedly!

[@kuekuatsheumotley7902]

But it is though, kinda…with more toys…