ASAT® Z-3

The G&L Comanche is Leo’s final word on the traditional double-cutaway bolt-on axe, and the ASAT Z-3 is like packing a Comanche into an ASAT body. Like the Comanche, the first thing you’ll notice about the ASAT Z-3 is the distinctive shape of the Magnetic Field Design Z-Coil pickups designed by Leo Fender† himself. These pickups deliver a bright and sparkly top end while offering a robust bottom end, all without any 60-cycle hum.

You’ll find plenty of power in the Z-coil pickups, but what’s surprising is how glassy and detailed they become as you roll back the volume. What’s more, the ASAT Z-3 includes a push/pull tone pot to allow neck+bridge or all three pickups together. In a pinch, the neck+bridge combo does a convincing faux ASAT Special. Talk about versatile! And like the ASAT Special, the Z-3 maximizes sustain with Leo’s Saddle-Lock bridge which transfers string energy right into the body end-grain for an incredibly resonant instrument.

Founded by Leo Fender in 1980, G&L USA instruments continue to be made in the historic G&L facility on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California, the Birthplace of Bolt-on.

Specs:

• CONSTRUCTION: bolt-on
• SCALE: 25 1/2"
• PICKUPS: Leo Fender†-designed G&L; MFD Z-Coil hum-cancelling
• BODY WOOD: Alder
• NECK WOOD: Hard Rock Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard
• NECK PROFILE: G&L; Modern Classic with 9 1/2" radius
• NUT: 100% natural bone
• FRETS: 22 medium jumbo, Jescar 57110 18% nickel silver
• TUNING KEYS: 12:1 ratio, sealed-back
• BRIDGE: Leo Fender-designed G&L; Saddle-Lock with chrome-plated brass saddles
• CONTROLS: 5-position pickup selector, volume, treble with push/pull enabling additional pickup combinations of neck+bridge or all three pickups together.
• INCLUDES: G&L Deluxe Gig Bag