Hi everyone. First post in this forum. It's awesome to see all the G&L enthusiasts!
I was hoping someone could shed some light on my Tribute Legacy (age, country of origin etc). I bought it used from someone in Pennsylvania in 2020. I love it a lot, and it ended up being my main S style guitar. I even sold a 2016 MIJ Fender because I liked the G&L so much more.
I can't find much online to help me (I took a look the guide for dating the Legacy line and couldn't find much). This guitar doesn't have a serial number on the back of the headstock, or a country of origin stamp anywhere I can see.
I popped the neck off and found a really faded stamp or label that might be the serial number, but it's very worn. It seems to start with a "10" and looks to be 7 or 8 digits long. Under the pickguard, I found a label with a barcode that says "G&L Nat Legacy Pre-R".
According to the dating guide, what I think is "10" denotes that the guitar was produced in 2010, but part of me thinks this guitar is older than that. The back of the neck was stained green from the previous owner's hand, and the hardware, knobs, etc. seem more worn than I would expect from an, at the time, 10 year old guitar. I'll let y'all (the experts) be the judge on this one though.
Thanks very much, and here are some photos!
https://imgur.com/a/W1DEuTOSorry, I had to use an album link because I was having trouble posting these on the forum.