The G&L Tribute Series S-500 brings back G&L’s founder Leo Fender’s favoured combination of a mahogany body allied to G&L MFD pickups. This fine double-cutaway instrument features a Hard Rock Maple neck with fully enclosed, 18:1 ratio, tuning machines. It comes equipped with 3 Patented, USA Made, G&L Magnetic Field Design (MFD) single coil pickups controlled by the Patented G&L Passive Treble/Bass (PTB) system.

Hardware includes a Patented G&L Dual Fulcrum Vibrato which pivots on two hardened posts for perfect return to pitch and maximum sustain.

G&L Tribute Series S-500 features:

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Pickups: 3 Fullerton-made G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil pickups

Body wood: Basswood or Swamp Ash

Neck wood: Hard Rock Maple with Rosewood or Maple fingerboard

Neck radius: 12″ (304.8mm)

Neck width at nut: 1 5/8″ (41.3mm)

Tuning keys: 18:1 ratio, sealed-back

Bridge: G&L Dual Fulcrum vibrato with nickel plated die-cast saddles

Controls: 5 position pickup selector plus push/pull pot enabling additional pickup combinations of neck+bridge or all 3 pickups together, volume, PTB system

Available in: Tobacco Sunburst over mahogany, 3-ply black pickguard, tinted gloss neck finish, rosewood fingerboard OR Vintage White over mahogany, 3-ply white pickguard, tinted gloss neck finish, rosewood fingerboard

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