http://www.ebay.com/itm/1990-G-L-ASAT-g ... TQ:US:1123
So it seems I have confirmation of what I initially believed... that the black plastic pick guard that was on Char, my main ASAT was in fact stock. Gabe and others deemed it not to be original and fair enough b/c as a general rule 1989-1990 ASATs came with either black crinkle or powder white aluminium guards. However, event tho the guitar was in a fire, everything else on it was stock so made sense to me that the guard would be as well…
Still, it was more than a bit perplexing as the p/g was single ply but not shiny and soft plastic like the kind found on some late 80's ASAT III but a hard and brittle kind of plastic which had more a dark grey colour which resembled the colour of a black crinkle alum guard. And since it had been melted by the heat of fire that made things all the more difficult to suss out. Anyway, this along the single ply black (non crinkle) alum pick guard on Sam's latest acquisition and the shiny black plastic kind on Learner's ASAT Iii shows there were a few exceptions to the rule. I saw a listing for a '90 ASAT Sig on San Diego CL a couple of years ago that appeared to have this same type of black plastic faux crinkle guard but I couldn't confirm it with the seller.
Here's a photo of what Char look the day I got her -
Here's the shiny black soft plastic I was referring too… I believe this was a non factory G&L p/g but was made by Chandler who made p/gs for G&L around the same time period - the underside tho is matte much like what's found on Broadcasters and early ASATs.
You can see this same kind of plastic on Learner's ASAT III in the Gallery section under learner asat3….
Anyway - just thought I'd post this info to try generate some Leo-era instrument activity… its been a bit quiet around this parts lately...
Cheers,
KF
