As luck would have it, Music Man tried to screw Leo and squeeze him out of business and quite frankly, if this had not happened G&L may never have happened. The Music Man Sabre guitar was quite popular guitar at the time (1977- 78) and basically became the F-100 years later. I am not sure how the pickups compare but the electronics and bridge are very close to the 1980 F-100. Including the saddle lock bridge, just without the lock screw.
I have been looking at this guitar on Reverb for over a year now and really wanted it. It stared out at $10K and after about two years and 2526 views later the seller slowly reduced the price until it was low enough for me to make an offer of much less and after a bit of back and forth they accepted my offer and Now I own it!! This guitar was personally gifted to George from Leo and remained in George's collection for many years. It's in time machine condition. It wad displayed in a Fender Museum a while back and then returned to George. Perhaps some of you had seen it there.
OK, so it's not a G&L but it is for sure the grand daddy of all G&L's out there today. 40 Years old of awesome Leo and George MOJO!
Tom
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