G&L S-500

[brtmont]

the s-500 are ceramic wound pickups thats why they sound so warm and buttery. they make me mouth water...LOL

[dedetube]

do the s-500s come with neck profiles other than #1. I'm after a #1b and haven't found one on ebay? :(

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@dedetube All USA G&L's are custom ordered. May we suggest ordering one through PGS instead of eBay :) We can put together a custom spec'd guitar just for you. Feel free to call us. 503-670-4949

Thanks!

PGS

[RapScallion42]

How do you guys keep your setup so quiet and hum-free? My S-500 buzzes like crazy.

[royercrafter]

holy shit i cant believe that an $600 guitar sounds as beatiful as a fender vintage. fuck fenders faggotry: im getting this axe!!

[shinya1215]

I got my S-500 back to 1997 and it's still my lovely one. Just out of interest, although G&L guitar has it's own character, where S-500 would be if put a head-to-head comparasion in fender product list?

[cyyytr0n]

I'm so in love with that sound .. got a G&L as well :D

[guitarman8294]

What amp is in this demo?? thanks

[kosmosleha]

what song is played at 3:00? I love it! Please help! Thank YOU!

[pavelsoukie]

@kosmosleha Tie Your Mother Down by Queen

[mrMusicMaker92]

hey andy could you do a video on the legacy? thinking of ordering one from pgs but couldnt find a video from you on it. just the standard legacy thanks (:

[cdub62]

I've owned an S-500 for the past 8 years and this guitar kicks ass, so many many distinct sounds can be achieved with this beast!

[JourneyAnyWay]

Love the white pick guard on the tobacco sunburst. You don't see that a lot on G&L's.

[Durberville1]

I Have a Tribute version of the s 500, love the sound and quality , but hate that flat radius neck

[NickWeiland]

only one critisizm about this guitar is the neck face is really flat is there anyway to reconcile this issue?

[JourneyAnyWay]

@NickWeiland The neck face? Do you mean the fretboard or the shape of the neck? I think if you order one to your specs instead of getting a stock, you can pick between different neck shapes and fretboard radius levels. The only downside is you have to wait for it to be built but I've heard the wait time isn't that bad for g&l

[rjinterr]

Andy keeps getting better at guitar. Great demos

[NickWeiland]

guitar comes with free reverb and delay! :P i still want one tho

[Fluffie14]

like it all ceptthe headstock

[leftylesvideo]

what would be better, a s-500 deluxe or legacy deluxe? im mostly into blues & punk, but also sometimes metal.

[ArtDonna84]

@leftylesvideo I just came across your question to Andy. If you are still looking and haven't rec'd your answer as yet. go to GANDLGUITARS in YT and you will see a good demo comparison between the S-500 and the Legacy. I own a S-500 and an Asat Special and rate these guitars nothing less than superb and a lot of bang for the buck compared to a Fender (which I also own three of) and would put these G&Ls above the Fender quality control Good luck.

[TCELL24]

STONE FREE!!!! to do what I please.. STONE FREE!!!

[swing8th]

hey andy,

can you explain the PTB system/toggle switch a bit more? what happens when it's "on"? (i assume that's when it's in the up position). does it change how the tone controls work? hope this isn't a stupid question. thanks.

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@swing8th - PTB system is passive (PTB = Passive Treble Bass), so it's an integral part of the S-500's tone circuit rather than something that is switched on or off. It's basically two separate tone cut knobs, one for rolling off treble and one for rolling off bass. This differs from the standard strat tone control that only cuts treble frequencies. The mini-toggle give you more pickup combinations than a 5-way switch allows, like all three pickups together, for instance. Hope that helps!

-PGS

[swing8th]

@ProGuitarShopDemos thanks, that does help 

[KidGloves2112]

How does one go about ordering a custom G&L through your website?

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@KidGloves2112 - Our website is a good place to get ideas about what features you might want, but for detailed info and ordering custom G&L's we would recommend giving our guitar guys a call at the shop, 503-670-4949. Thanks!

-PGS Video Crew

[mucioooo]

@ProGuitarShopDemos - I'm from Brazil and making a (long duration) long distance call like that would directly affect my budget so i can actually purchase the G&L i have in mind. haha

isn't there any way this ordering process can be done via email?

love the videos btw. (:

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@mucioooo - No problem. Just use the contact form on our website to get in touch with our guitar guys. They can get you all set up. Thanks!

-PGS Crew

[scholzclub]

i have this guitar!! amazing guitar!

[RichieBullock]

tie your mother doooowwnn !!!

[sekrath]

picked up a usa s-500 for really cheap from a local shop. really liked the guitar but hated the pickups, they sounded like crap on my high gain amp. i changed them to seymour duncan hot, vintage, and cool rails. WOW! now it plays the heaviest metal or it can also twang. the mini toggle switch gives it a unique growl :) perfect mod for an awesome guitar. every time i take it to my local shop, everyone wants to play it lol

[bigjohnnygee123]

What are everyone's opinions on this vs the legacy? I desperately want one of the g&l's but can't decide which! :L

[MrLecleaner]

Is there a great difference between the mapple fretboard and the rosewood one ?

I'd like to get a tribute series one but here in France they only come with mapple fretboards !

[Guitarvirtuoso666]

@MrLecleaner

maple is a little thinner and brighter, while rosewood sounds a little fuller and warmer.

Problem with maple fretboards is that they wear off quickly, unless they have a finish on them. But then, a finished fingerboard feels sticky when not painted properly, but you shouldn't worry about that with a gnl!

[MrLecleaner]

@Guitarvirtuoso666

Thanks a lot for your answer !

[14soul]

Hy Andy!

is this guitar mede in USA?

What You think about Fender Strat Am Std or G&L S-500 USA?

Regards from Portugal

[chico280]

@14soul This would be a USA model. Tributes I've heard were good too with USA pickups. I have both a USA strat and an S-500. I think they are both great. The pickups on the s-500 are ceramic magnets so they are more touch sensitive and more powerful, but can be a little harsh sounding. If you have a warm amp, these pickups are really great and can do strat sounds 90% The other 10% you would get from the strat. You'll end up with both eventually, but probably play the s-500 more. Good

[ArtDonna84]

Andy, your starting to cost me a great deal of money with all of your demo's I've bought now 4 guitars become of your video demos' I'd like to say stop please, but "GAS" I do have, much to the shugrin of my wife bless her heart. I just purchase this in a quilted tobacco burst, vintage white pick guard, black p/us and knobs, sliver turners, gunoil neck finish with maple fretboard. A beauty to say the least. Thanks, and I mean it.

[MichaelD8393]

i gotta have one of these.

[ZenDriveSeven]

Ampeg Jet...FTW!

[edadmartin]

Kudos to Leo,he never gave up trying to improve the original strat. Im liking the G&L guitars more than ever . Andy always brings the best out in others,great demo .

[RichMJ79]

Andy - what do you pick with? look like your fingers, but then something on your thumb too?

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@RichMJ79 - Andy just uses fingers. He's got a peculiar style.

-PGS Crew

[theozzman67]

@ProGuitarShopDemos How does he do that? 

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@theozzman67 - Easy, he's practices. Check out our Scoop video on picking styles. Andy gets a little deeper into fingerpicking technique. Thanks!

-PGS

[TheBillStickers]

JUST AWESOME!

That bass control was well showcased, Andy.

I wonder if their PTB system would work for Guitar projects... my brain tells me that perhaps they're more suited to the G & L design a there may be little details I don't know of...

But I do wonder...

[nikitofin]

hi andy !! xD

[lenmetallica]

that was some slick pickup switching at 0:22 dude. very nice

[VegetativeHorse]

@RobbyBobbins Agreed, I'm just saying it's also understandable that some people don't like it. I like lead tones for heavy stuff (heavy that doesn't equal tons of gain, tone is the key) and also prefer the sound and feel of a humbucking strat than that of a les paul (a bit muddy tone for my taste and not very comfortable instruments) but if I buy a strat I'm going to want that genuine single coil tone at the bridge. So only two strats would do the trick for me :-)

[Aparashi]

How is the different from a Legacy?

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@Aparashi - S-500's have G&L's Magnetic Field Coil pickups and 5-way switching with a mini-toggle. Legacy's have vintage style Alnico V single coils, 5-way switching and no mini-toggle.

[bungmasterteddybear]

hey. ampeg amp question. is an Ampeg Gemeni VI worth anything if it works and looks good??? also wondering about an amp head called an EMC 400 and i think a 2 12 cab thats with it. any info??

thanks

~Andy

[TrialandError1223]

Yeah! Grow a beard!

[SevenSharpNine]

Andy, you should grow a beard!

[SkeletinProductions]

I freakin love stone free

[xXBlinDXx12]

Stone Free!! nice. jimi is my favorite

[francoUcazzu]

great guitar+amp -- will ampeg EVER reissue the reverberockets again??? one of my all time favorites, up there w/ the princeton reverbs for sure.

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@francoUcazzu - Just to clarify, Andy was playing through a Fender DRRi just like always. The Ampeg's just a background prop. Great amp though, nonetheless. Thanks!

-PGS Crew

[Crodon]

@ProGuitarShopDemos : Then why aren't you putting the Fender in the background? :|

[horsecoollover19]

wow you look so much older then the other vids xD jajaj

[PauloVento]

JIMI!!

[evildemonllama]

What amp is that next to you?

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@evildemonllama - Ampeg J-20

[garydupuis]

Hey Andy, what song was that after Tie Your Mother? The one in C?

[tele100]

Hey PGS, what delay are you using at 4:36?

Thanks!

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@tele100 - Malekko Ekko 616. Thanks!

-PGS Crew

[slashy04]

stone free!!

[MaxPaws]

I bought my first G&L S-500 new in 1996 because "I knew".... :-) I now own 4 G&L's and 3 of them are S-500's.... Killer guitars!

[boogiechillen123]

nice work on stone free.

please give me a free g&l

[VegetativeHorse]

@RobbyBobbins It's not exactly the same, single coil with a split humbucker, is it. For one thing, the single coil would be considerably higher gain than the split coil. It's not very easy to get a matching sound out of those things.

[thereddwarf2]

Nice clean tone :)

RedMan From France

[tylerdwells]

could you do a john mayer song in the future?

[standoverman]

whats the difference between the g&l legacy and the s-500

[SJP444]

@standoverman The pickups, toggle switch and chrome knobs. Everything else is exactly the same.

[jimmyp73]

@RobbyBobbins i really never understood strats with humbuckers, id rather just play a paul iff i wanted a humbucker

[louisalive]

@jimmyp73 because les pauls are heavy and generic? Also, a strat with a humbucker still sounds like a strat. Some people prefer the humbucker on the bridge, me being one of them.

[ODSTAce]

@louisalive heavy and generic? comon no flaming anything here on these videos. i could go on to say that the 60 cycle hum on a strat is death, but you know what. a good guitar is a good guitar whether it be an aged strat or an aged paul.

[sharrer2]

I have a question, is there only tone control? No volume? Or does the tone affect both?

[jimmyp73]

@sharrer2 no the tone controls are altere but the top knob i still a volume

[TheOscana]

OMG! He's NOT using a fender or gibson : o

I'm shocked!

[weirdotis]

Queen! Heck yeah!

[rsl84416]

Stone Free!!! Jimi had so many awesome songs that really pretty few people know.

[Ziece4]

@rsl84416 How many ugly people know them? ;)

[MechaSixVII]

I'M STONE FREE to do as I please I'M STONE FREE

[hansbrix2]

hey guys, what delay did you use in the vid?

[CleverDjembe]

@hansbrix2

Play the song to Obama, and he will play it back a minute later. That one ;p

[Shambles940]

its a strat.....

[guilmon182]

@Shambles940 That's because Leo Fender founded both Fender and G&L.

[TheMusiciansFriend]

i still prefer the commanche, i wonder if i should put a list of all my gear on my page?

[x3vanG21x]

is that an ampeg you're playing through? or is it just in the video

[JoeAuriun]

Andy gained some serious weight.

[TheShameofaNation]

@JoeAuriun I know.

[Bigpotatos]

@JoeAuriun It's the shadow haha

[bmd900]

@JoeAuriun me too!!

[moucon]

@JoeAuriun Since when... yesterday? Or last week when he recorded the ASAT vid ?? WFT man. people gain wt for a bunch of reasons, not all fun. There are some ugly medical struggles people deal with that require steroid treatment or anti-rejection drugs. A good friend of mine is going through that right now and it's bad enough - the LAST thing we need is some douchebag to point it out. Geezus. Didn't your mamma teach you If you don't have something good to say - SHUT THE F UP.

[JoeAuriun]

@moucon Funny how when you give a smart, intellectual businessman a keyboard and some anonymity the disgusting things he says. You said "didn't your momma teach you..."

Well, I'm guessing your momma had a bar of soap stuck in your mouth during your whole childhood.

[mongoose979]

@JoeAuriun : probably has woman cooking for him. thats what happened to me . . .

[boringmachine]

@JoeAuriun when i first watched the vid, it was Andy's weight that i noticed first not the guitar, but Andy, u still ROCK!

[SJP444]

@JoeAuriun He looks the same to me... what are you a faaig?

[DrEviscerator666]

Andy you have to Play Squeeze Box!

[5Mag1cs]

Andy is the man =)

[PsychadelicRockman]

Hendrix and Queen? Andy my friend, you certainly have style, and so does the S-500.

[Bigpotatos]

JIMI HENDRIX! HAHAHA! Epic man! Wish I could get one of those :)

[Bigpotatos]

Rad!