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Name:Brad Traweek
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Diehard G&L fan and collector of vintage G&L instruments. I created this website (GuitarsByLeo.com) way back in July, 1997 while in grad school. The site rapidly proved to be a hit and in late 1998, members of the discussion forum on this site collectively designed the www.guitarsbyleo.com Limited Edition Guitar (known as the "GbL_LE" for short).

I resigned from the webmaster gig in late 2000 and the site is now owned and operated by G&L themselves. I was lucky enough to move on to a career with Fender, and am presently Fender's Director of Web Development. Still have quite a stable of G&L instruments (mostly vintage) and enjoy stopping by here every now and then to see what's happening.

A few fun facts about this site:

* Did you know that the "Lunch Report" concept that is found in numerous guitar-related discussion forums around the Internet originated right here?

* Did you know that the www.guitarsbyleo.com Limited Edition Guitar project that occurred here was the very first Internet-based project of its kind? Since then the feat has been replicated by untold other forums, but it all started here ...
(As extracted from this site's Registry)

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Model Neck Date Body Date Color Fretboard Body Bridge Other Features Owner
1. CL02073 ASAT Deluxe     Black Ebony Mahogany Saddle-Lock Formerly owned by Art Alexakis of Everclear; one-off with Gibson-style switchery; double-bound body; bound neck; used by Everclear onstage and in the studio for 3+ years BWT
2. G012645 Cavalier     Natural Gloss Ebony Swamp Ash DF Vibrato System Serial number on bridge, this guitar is light as a feather! BWT
3. G040582 Climax     Red Swirl Rosewood   Floyd Rose   BWT
4. G037870 Climax Plus     Emerald Blue Metallic Ebony   Floyd Rose   BWT
5. G011452 F-100     Clear Blue Maple Swamp Ash DF Vibrato System Series II BWT
6. G009464 G-200     Natural Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Ebony Mahogany Saddle-Lock Satin finish body, front loaded controls BWT
7. CL08505 GbL_LE     Natural Gloss Ebony Mahogany Saddle-Lock Mahogany body, # 1 neck, Prototype # 1, std G&L/Schaller tuners, no "LE" designation BWT
8. CLF12179 GbL_LE     Natural Gloss Ebony Mahogany Saddle-Lock 1 of 25, # 1 oval BWT
9. G016688 Interceptor JAN 14, 1986 OCT 2, 1984 Black Ebony Maple Kahler 2nd style X-body, all-black hardware and tuners. This guitar appears in the ad slick for the second-style X-body Interceptors. BWT
10. G018848 Interceptor     Clear Red/Black Ebony Maple Kahler 2nd-style X-body, chrome hardware, hum-hum BWT
11. G031514 Invader     Red Maple Swamp Ash Fine Tuner, Pat Pend Extremely rare maple neck Invader. Acquired by original owner during post-BBE factory blowout. Original Duncan humbucker. Guitar is light as a feather! BWT
12. B001804 L-1000     Natural Gloss Ebony Mahogany Saddle-Lock Chrome hardware BWT
13. (None) One-Off     Natural Gloss Maple Mahogany Saddle-Lock A crazy one-off built by a former employee of G&L's body dept. on his own dime; a G&L Flying V with a massive three-piece mahogany body paired with a fretted G&L maple neck with white fretboard markers. Duncan humbuckers. G&L Saddle-Lock bridge. BWT
14. G014971 S-500     Clear Red Ebony Swamp Ash   Ash body; nonoriginal locking tuners; this is the first G&L guitar I ever owned and remains one of my favorite players. BWT
15. G022576 SC-3 APR 29, 1988 MAY 20, 1988 Viking Blue Rosewood Maple DF Vibrato System 3rd style, Sperzel locking tuners, G&L Trem-Lock BWT

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[15 Instruments Registered]

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