1995 G&L ASAT

by Bill
(Detroit, MI)

I am fortunate enough to own one of the (<200 made) G&L John Jorgenson ASAT guitars. In the last 13 years, I can count the times (on one hand) I've even had it out of the case. As a matter of fact, it's still wearing the original hanging tag on one of the tuners. Sincerely, it's in MINT condition - I'm curious as to the value. I appreciate your assistance.

ANSWER

Hi, Bill--

Here is some interesting background on your guitar:

"The G&L ASAT was used and endorsed by John Jorgenson of the Hellecasters. In the late 1980s, John had the factory custom make him a large flake, silver sparkle ASAT using Z-coil MFD pickups and Dual Fulcrum vibrato as a back-up guitar for his one-of-a-kind prototype Comanche. When BBE/G&L approached John about a signature model in 1994 he specified that it be fitted with a new type of MFD that looked like a regular ASAT soapbar, but with a dummy coil under the pickguard for hum cancellation. This pickup had been under development by Leo Fender before his death, but it was never completed. The new pickup design did not have the same output as a regular ASAT soapbar and G&L did not have the expertise to continue developing Leo's design. So G&L then turned to Seymour Duncan to design a pickup that would meet John's specifications, but that turned into a dead end as well. Without John's consent, the guitar was made with the same large flake, silver sparkle finish, as on his back up ASAT/Comanche, but with regular ASAT pickups. The disagreement resulted in Jorgenson dropping his endorsment of G&Ls and moving to Fender which introduced a John Jorgenson signature model in 1997. Less than 200 G&L John Jorgenson models were made."

Here is a registry of every JJ ASAT that has been registered--very interesting: John Jorgenson ASAT

Unfortunately, the Blue Book does not list this guitar separately. The closest values are:


Mint $1,000
Exc.+ $850
Exc. $725
Avg.+ $625
Avg. $550
General $475

Maybe if you contacted some of the owners of these guitars via the above registry, you could find better information.

Best Wishes,
Lynne