New G&L USA Comanche Empress Electric Guitar Maple Neck and Rosewood Fretboard with Case - Old School Tobacco Sunburst Finish

The G&L Comanche® is Leo’s final word on the traditional double-cutaway bolt-on axe. Fact is, the first thing you’ll notice about the Comanche is the distinctive shape of the Magnetic Field Design™ Z-Coil™ pickups designed by Leo Fender† himself. These pickups deliver a bright and sparkly top end while offering a robust bottom end, all without any 60-cycle hum.

You’ll find plenty of power in the Z-coil pickups, but what’s surprising is how glassy and detailed they become as you roll back the volume and bass controls, the latter a part of the Comanche’s PTB™ (Passive Treble and Bass) system. What’s more, the Comanche includes a mini-toggle expander switch to allow neck+bridge or all three pickups together. In a pinch, the neck+bridge combo does a convincing faux ASAT® Special. Talk about versatile!

Making the most of this delicious combo is Leo’s Dual-Fulcrum vibrato, a work of engineering art which allows bending up or down with unsurpassed stability, while offering a silky feel through its beefy aluminum vibrato arm.

The Comanche was the very last double-cutaway bolt-on guitar designed by Leo Fender, the culmination of everything he had learned during his amazing lifetime. Founded by Leo Fender in 1980, the Comanche and all G&L USA instruments continue to be made in the historic G&L facility on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California, the Birthplace of Bolt-on™.

Due to the offset pickup design, the Comanche is available in Right-Hand only.

Specifications:

• CONSTRUCTION: bolt-on

• SCALE: 25 1/2"

• PICKUPS: Leo Fender-designed G&L MFD™ Z-Coil™ hum-cancelling

• BODY WOOD: Empress

• PICKGUARD: 3-ply white

• NECK WOOD: Hard-Rock Maple with Rosewood fingerboard

• NECK PROFILE: G&L Modern Classic with 9 1/2" radius

• NECK TINT: Vintage tint satin

• LOGO: Model logo deleted from neck

• NUT: 100% natural bone

• FRETS: 22 medium jumbo, Jescar 57110 18% nickel silver

• TUNING KEYS: 12:1 ratio, sealed-back

• BRIDGE: Leo Fender-designed G&L Dual-Fulcrum™ vibrato with forged brass saddles

• CONTROLS: 5-position pickup selector, volume, treble, bass (PTB™ system), mini-toggle expander switch enabling additional pickup combinations of neck+bridge or all three pickups together.

• KNOBS: White bell style

• CASE: deluxe Tolex hardshell

• WEIGHT: 6.7lbs