New guitar - G&L Legacy Deluxe

Having my fair share of dual-humbucker guitars around here, recently I'd been jonesin' (for no apparent reason) for a guitar with an HSS setup. After looking briefly at the Fender American Deluxe FMT/QMT Strats, the Yamaha RGX-TT (Ty Tabor Model), and some old Ibanez Radiuses (Radii?), I found a good deal on a NOS G&L Legacy Deluxe. Based on the current (Legacy Standard + ASAT Classic) and past (ASAT Special + ASAT Deluxe) models I've owned, I had relatively high expectations. :)

The Legacy Deluxe has a mahogany body with flamed maple top (vs. the ash or alder body of the Legacy Standard), bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fretboard, no pickguard (rear-mounted electronics), and G&L vibrato. This particular one is finished in cherryburst. It has an electronics package consisting of a Seymour Duncan TB-4 (JB) humbucker + 2 G&L single coils, volume pot, 2 tone pots, 5-way switch, and mini coil tap; before it arrived, I had already started plotting to replace the G&L single coils with a couple Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails, similar to the Yamaha Ty Tabor model.

Overall, the construction & craftsmanship is what I've come to expect from G&L models... tight tolerances, clean fit & finish, good attention to detail. Feel (neck profile, setup) is very similar to the other Legacy I've got (Strat-like)... it's not a shredding machine, but more of a classic rock machine. So it's probably a 10-out-of-10 for some folks, but not quite my style (what can I say... I need a humbucker in the neck position!)--I'm not sure how long it'll stick around here, once I realize I could cash it in towards another PRS. :)

Finally, for the record, here are a few pictures of the latest acquisition...

--B