I played my first G&L 2 years after I started playing guitar (an 80's S500) and fell in love. I've owned quite a few G&Ls in the past and currently own a '95 ASAT Special, an 85(?) Invader, a 'FrankenTele' Koa hollowbody Telecaster with Kent Armstrong pickups, and a modded silver sparkle Danelectro DC3 (60's Gretsch Bigsby and wood block added), as well as an early 70's Epiphone Jumbo acoustic with a set neck (rare for Japanese Epis).