Fullerton Deluxe is today’s core range of Made-in-Fullerton G&L instruments. Created from the most popular and customer-requested models and options, Fullerton Deluxe is the heart of the American-made G&L experience. All Fullerton Deluxe Series instruments are made on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California: “the birthplace of bolt-on” guitars and basses.
Fullerton Deluxe ASAT® Classic
The 2020 Fullerton Deluxe ASAT Classic bundles some of the most time-honored option combinations from the G&L Option Order menu. Butterscotch Blonde and Vintage Natural feature a swamp ash bodies coated in transparent finish to showcase their beauty, while Jet Black, 3-Tone Sunburst, Lake Placid Blue and Fullerton Red feature an alder body for rounder tones, all with rear contour. All six finishes are paired with a pickguard that sets off the color just right, and that elegance continues up the neck with the G&L Clear Tint Satin finish.
Available in:
- Butterscotch Blonde over Swamp Ash, 1-ply black pickguard, maple fingerboard
- Jet Black over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple or Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Matcha Green over Alder, 3-ply tortoise shell pickguard, Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- 3-Tone Sunburst over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple or Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe ASAT® Classic Aln...
While the G&L ASAT® Classic is Leo’s final word on the traditional single-cutaway bolt-on axe with its Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups, the new Fullerton Deluxe ASAT Classic Alnico has arrived to blend latter-day-Leo with uncompromising Alnico sonic flavor. Framed in a classic boxed-steel bridge, the single-coil Alnico V bridge pickup belts out meaty twang that that’ll stop you in your tracks, while individual brass saddles Leo upgraded for the ASAT Classic offer modern levels of intonation refinement. Flip to the Alnico V neck pickup and you’ll discover our spec offers a fuller tone that leaves those anemic old pickups in the dust. What’s more, the two pickups pair beautifully for an exceptionally sweet, jangly tone bursting with harmonics.
These Alnico wonders aren’t just another flavor-of-the-week, having been carefully refined by G&L's Paul Gagon for personal guitars since the late 1970s. Back then, Gagon was an R&D engineer at another company when he was tasked with finding out what was so special about the early bolt-on guitars many players raved about. Gagon analyzed many examples of what were considered "holy grail" guitars, spending time out on the shop floor talking to builders still working in the pickup department since the ‘50s, all on a quest to discover where the real mojo was – and wasn’t. What he learned from the builders matched his own engineering analysis. You see, back in the day, the actual spec of pickups coming that down that old production line varied considerably. Moreover, that nagging imbalance between bridge and neck pickup was something he longed to improve on, and today, Gagon’s preferred pairing of Alnico V pickups has arrived to delight the ears of the discerning guitarists.
Like the G&L Legacy, the new Fullerton Deluxe ASAT Classic Alnico combines best-of Alnico tone with modern Leo touches for a brilliant blend of vintage and contemporary. If Alnico is your flavor, you owe it to yourself to experience what three decades of passionate development have achieved.
Available in:
- Butterscotch Blonde over Western Sugar Pine, 1-ply black pickguard, maple fingerboard
- Jet Black over Alder, 1-ply white pickguard, maple fingerboard
- Old School Tobacco over Swamp Ash, 3-ply tortoise shell pickguard, maple fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe ASAT® Classic Blu...
The 2020 Fullerton Deluxe ASAT® Classic Bluesboy bundles some of the most time-honored option combinations from the G&L Option Order menu. Each of these Bluesboys starts with a finish to showcase its beauty, and paired with pickguard that sets off the color just right. That elegance continues up the neck with the G&L Clear Tint Satin neck. All feature rear contoured alder or swamp ash bodies.
Available in:
- 3-Tone Sunburst over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple or Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Jet Black over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple or Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Himalayan Blue over Alder, 3-ply pearl pickguard, Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Butterscotch over Swamp Ash, 1-ply black pickguard, maple fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe ASAT® Special
The 2021 Fullerton Deluxe ASAT Special bundles some of the most time-honored option combinations from the G&L Option Order menu. All finishes are paired with a pickguard that sets off the color just right, and that elegance continues up the neck with the G&L Clear Tint Satin finish. All feature rear contoured alder or swamp ash bodies.
Available in:
- Jet Black over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple or Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Blueburst over Swamp Ash, 3-ply pearl pickguard, Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Purpleburst over Swamp Ash, 3-ply pearl pickguard, maple fingerboard
- Left Handed-3-Tone Sunburst over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe Comanche
The 2020 Fullerton Deluxe Comanche bundles some of the most time-honored option combinations from the G&L Option Order menu. All FD Comanche guitars feature swamp ash and alder bodies, with ideal pickguard pairings to set off the colors just right. That elegance continues up the neck with the G&L Clear Tint Satin finish.
Available in:
- 3-Tone Sunburst over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple fingerboard
- Midnight Blue Metallic over Alder, 3-ply pearl pickguard, maple fingerboard
- Blonde over Swamp Ash, 1-ply white pickguard, maple fingerboard
- Honyburst over Swamp Ash, 3-ply pearl pickguard, maple fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe Doheny
The Fullerton Deluxe Doheny® bundles some of the most time-honored option combinations from the G&L Option Order menu.
The Doheny takes the bolt-on offset-body into new sonic territory with newly developed Magnetic Field Design™ jazz pickups, the first on any production G&L. Naturally, these new pickups will invite comparison to Leo’s jumbo MFD™ ASAT® Special pickups, given they employ a narrow bobbin aperture and broad coil splay. But Doheny’s MFD pickups are more about jangle than twang, just as they should be for a guitar like this and with the added P.T.B. System* for maximum versatility. With a classic jazz bobbin aperture wrapped with traditional Formvar wire, these pickups just might be the approach Leo would have taken had he been with us a few years longer.
The Fullerton Deluxe Doheny features a Leo Fender-designed 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 Fullerton Deluxe Doheny is available in the following finishes:
- 3-Tone Sunburst over Alder, 3-ply tortoise pickguard, maple or Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Matcha Green over Alder, 3-ply tortoise pickguard, Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe Fallout
What would an ’83 G&L SC-2™ be if Leo Fender recreated it for today’s scene? The crew at G&L think it would be a lot like the new Fallout. After all, when inspiration comes from original G&L SC guitars modded by the likes of Devo’s Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh and Band Of Susans’ Robert Poss, there are lots of cues to follow.
The SC-2 was born as a cool looking, comfortable and light axe that could be thrashed mercilessly and not miss a beat. Fallout keeps those qualities in the mix but branches out to cover today’s sophisticated textures and tones.
The Fullerton Deluxe Fallout shares the original Leo Fender-designed SC-2 body shape, comfortable, sustain-rich G&L Saddle Lock bridge and easy-playing medium-C-shape neck with a 12” radius and medium-jumbo frets.
From dirty riffs to jangly hooks, Fallout delivers with a great pairing of a G&L Alnico P-90 neck pickup and a meaty G&L AW4370 bridge 'bucker.
The look transcends the SC-2’s simplicity with a sweeping pickguard that complements the body shape perfectly. Balancing out the aesthetics is a sleeker interpretation of the ‘80s-era G&L headstock shape designed exclusively for the Fallout.
Fullerton Deluxe Fallout is Available in:
- Alpine White over Alder, 3-ply pearl pickguard, maple fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe Legacy
The 2020 Fullerton Deluxe Legacy™ bundles some of the most time-honored option combinations from the G&L Build To Order menu. We're talking G&L fan favorites from '60s vibes to '90s hits, supported by elegance that continues up the neck with the G&L Clear Tint Satin finish.
Available in:
- Jet Black over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple or Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Old School Tobacco over Swamp Ash, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple or Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
- Blonde over Swamp Ash, 3-ply tortoise pickguard, maple fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe Legacy HSS
The 2020 Fullerton Deluxe Legacy™ HSS bundles some of the most time-honored option combinations from the G&L Option Order menu. We're talking G&L fan favorites from '60s vibes to '90s hits, supported by elegance that continues up the neck with the G&L Clear Tint Satin finish.
The 2020 Fullerton Deluxe G&L Legacy HSS fattens things up with a G&L AW4470 alnico bridge humbucker to complement the vintage alnico G&L CLF-100 single coils in the neck and middle positions. Masterminded by G&L VP Engineering Paul Gagon, the Fullerton Deluxe Legacy HSS has that ideal balance that’ll let it play well in a variety of settings, and its splittable bridge humbucker will does a convincing job as a single coil with rich, ringing harmonics.
The Legacy HSS brings all of the Legacy features, starting with Leo’s PTB™ (Passive Treble and Bass)* system which functions on all three pickups for dramatically more variety than the vintage setup and a split coil switch for the bridge pickup. What’s more, the Legacy HSS features a Leo Fender-designed 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 Legacy HSS's hard-rock maple neck features an easy-playing satin finish, comfortable 9 1/2" radius and Jescar 57110 medium-jumbo nickel-silver frets for silky playability.
If you’re looking for that extra power to properly rock the house in a classic looking axe, then you owe it to yourself to check out the Legacy HSS.
Available in:
- Jet Black over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple fingerboard
- Electric Blue over Alder, 3-ply pearl pickguard, maple fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe Skyhawk
Like the original G&L Skyhawk of 1984, it starts with George Fullerton’s evolved double-cutaway with a hint of offset, a slim waist and generous curves. This very comfortable body is complemented by his arched pickguard shape, his most most pleasing iteration of the form.
The elegant pickguard meets a beautiful control plate in chrome, a perfect backdrop for the exquisitely machined and chrome plated knobs for volume, treble and bass. The Skyhawk features a Leo Fender-designed 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.
You’ll find plenty of punch in the MFD 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 Skyhawk's PTB™ (Passive Treble and Bass)* system which functions on all three pickups. What’s more, the Skyhawk 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!
The Fullerton Deluxe Skyhawk is available in the following finishes:
- Andromeda over Alder, 3-ply pearl pickguard, Caribbean Rosewood fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe Skyhawk HH
The Fullerton Deluxe Skyhawk™ HH delivers classic covered bucker tones kicked up a notch with pairing of a G&L AS4255C in the neck position and AW4368C at the bridge. That's ASAT Deluxe territory, but Skyhawk HH adds G&L's P.T.B. System* which allows bass roll-off, a big advantage in high gain situations like cranked fuzz pedals. Plus the push/pull coil tap serves up convincing single coil tones that further expand the potential of this versatile axe.
The Fullerton Deluxe Skyhawk HH features a Leo Fender-designed 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 Fullerton Deluxe Skyhawk HH is available in the following finishes:
- Andromeda over Alder, 3-ply pearl pickguard, Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
Fullerton Deluxe S•500™
The 2021 Fullerton Deluxe S•500 bundles some of the most time-honored option combinations from the G&L Option Order menu. All FD S-500s feature swamp ash, alder or western sugar pine bodies coated in finishes to showcase their beauty, with ideal pickguard pairings to set off the colors just right. That elegance continues up the neck with the G&L Clear Tint Satin finish neck.
Available in:
- 3-Tone Sunburst over Alder, 3-ply parchment pickguard, maple or Caribbean Rosewood fingerboard
- Andromeda over Alder, 3-ply pearl pickguard, Caribbean Rosewood fingerboard
- Plum Metallic over Alder, 3-ply black pickguard, Caribbean Rosewood fingerboard