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G&L Comanche Electric Guitar  

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Handcrafted perfection.

The Comanche Electric Guitar has a swamp ash body (alder on opaque finishes) with a gorgeous figured maple top. One-piece bird's-eye maple neck is incredibly well-finished; a tinted gloss gives it a vintage vibe and a glasslike smoothness. Jumbo frets make it amazingly easy to play. Deluxe guitar hardware includes a dual-fulcrum bridge and Schaller locking tuners. 3 MFD (Magnetic Field Design) Z-coil pickups deliver excellent, clear, cutting tones.

The patented Magnetic Field Design® pickups use a ceramic bar magnet installed underneath each coil, with soft iron adjustable pole pieces to transfer the magnetic field to the surface of the pickup. By contrast, traditional Alnico type pickups, such as used in the Legacy and George Fullerton models, use nonadjustable Alnico pole pieces leaving the only adjustment being pickup height. The Magnetic Field Design has this adjustment, but further offers individual adjustment of each pole piece, letting the player effectively adjust the output of each string on each pickup. Magnetic Field Design (MFD) yield about twice the output per wind, making the pickup quieter while allowing a greater overall output. The sound of Magnetic Field pickups is slightly warmer with a broader frequency response.

One major Nashville session guitarist remarked that G&L Magnetic Field single-coil pickups sounded as balanced and sweet as his favorite old vintage Alnico equipped axe. The difference is that the MFD pickups sound that good right into his amp without all the EQ tweaking of his mixing console that made his other guitar sound so good. When he ran his G&L though his studio rig, he was truly amazed at the rich and warm, yet clear and sparkly sound.

Features

  • Swamp Ash body
  • Figured maple top
  • Bird's-eye maple neck
  • Schaller locking tuners
  • MFD (Magnetic Field Design) Z-coil pickups
  • Push/pull pot enables additional pickup combinations of neck+bridge or all 3 pickups together
  • Patented G&L Dual Fulcrum Vibrato which pivots on two hardened posts for perfect return to pitch and maximum sustain
  • Includes Deluxe Fitted Tolex case

Order this G & L Guitar today. Play it for the rest of your life.

Comanche Electric Guitar Specifications:

  • 12" neck radius
  • 25-1/2" scale
  • 1-5/8" nut width
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Comanche

| Review By: Toni Castoro | 1 month, 2 weeks ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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Without question, the Comanche is one of the greatest guitars on the market.  The tones that come out of this guitar are amazing, definitely greater than that of a strat.  If you have the money, don't even question whether you should get this git.  Easily my favorite guitar tonally, easy to play, lightweight, worth every penny.  Best of all, the Comanche has inspired me to practice harder and become a better guitar player. 

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Six years/practice every day
Style of music you play:
Classic rock, blues, jazz, anything
Where you live:

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1106272

musician

| Review By: spencer nance | 3 months, 3 weeks ago

1 people out of 2 found this review helpful

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excellent guitar i am working on buying one

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the quality is beyond belief,i love strats but the tone on these guitars are better than a stratocaster.this is one of the best soundinig guitars i have heard and i love the feel

Value:

worth more than it cost in my opinion

Overall:

worth every cent and more

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
ameteur musician
Style of music you play:
gospel,jazz,blues,classic rock,r&b,soul
Where you live:
indianapolis,indiana

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1097815

Comanche with Dimarzios

| Review By: Stratman Strothers | 4 months, 2 weeks ago

1 people out of 4 found this review helpful

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A magnificent looking and playing guitar, but after the honeymoon wore off I became aware the sound of the pickups was unsatisfying--they don't have the classic strat sound. The z-coil pickups are shaped different so you can't just switch them out, strat pickups don't fit, and neither will a fender pickgaurd--the screw patterns different and shape also--but there is a solution! The G&L 'Legacy' guitar pickgaurd fits this guitar and fits strat-style pickups.The G/L website has a link to the pickgaurd supplier, I got an 'area' prewired pickgaurd from Musicians Friend and swapped the parts into the tortoise-colored Legacy gaurd and dropped it all into the Comanche. SCREAMS! The dimarzios are quiet, noiseless designs with that incredible screaming sound when driven and the bell-like tones also on the clean channel. These pickups do it all.

Quality:

8 years and counting, the guitar remains perfect. This is a well made instrument.

Value:

Pricey but you get what you pay for, well worth it in my view. This is a premium stratocaster.

Overall:

Great axe but many guitarists like the option of tweaking pickups and such, you can't on this machine unless you do what I did. Just save the original stuff in a box and go for it! The tortoise pickgaurd and matching backplate gave my intrument a new and sexy look and the dimarzios gave it a classic-plus sound more pleasing to me than the modern z-coils. It's a matter of preference, players who like the clean sound may like the z-coils just fine. I found them flat.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
player 35 years
Style of music you play:
rock, country
Where you live:
Colorado

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1096729

The Only Guitar You'll Ever Need

| Review By: william beaman | 5 months, 3 weeks ago

4 people out of 4 found this review helpful

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I have always alternated between Strats and Les Pauls, But now I only own this guitar.  The most versatile guitar I've ever played.  The toggle switch is a great idea. This combined with the beefy sound out of the MFD pickups and you can go from Axis Alblum tones to Angus Young. When all pickups are on, it is the glassiest guitar tone I've ever heard, more Hendrix than Hendrix.  With the two outer pickups on, it sounds like a Tele, and with just the Bridge on, because of the MFD pickups, it is the fullest sounding lead out of any Strat-style guitar, or any guitar for that matter.  Sell every guitar you own and buy this!

Quality:

You can feel the difference between this and the mass produced guitars.  Many other guitars coming out of bigger label factorys cost much more and don't feel nearly as nice.

Value:

Though it's not cheap, it is so much nicer than many of the more expensive custom shop guitars out there, combined with it's versatility that I would say it's a great deal!

Overall:

Buy This Guitar.  I played it once and order one the next day.  I've owned it a while now and still love it as much as the first day I got it.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
recreational/some small gigs
Style of music you play:
classic rock, blue, surfy stuff, alternative stuff
Where you live:
Hawaii

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1094591

You better make sure you're ready

| Review By: YadaYadaYada | 11 months, 4 weeks ago

4 people out of 4 found this review helpful

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The best advice I can give about a G&L Comanche is that you better make sure you're ready, because this guitar will take control of your entire life. Have you ever played a guitar that no matter how much you play it you just don't want to set it down? This guitar is definitely not for a married musician because your spouse will become jealous of it. Here's the facts.....in my years of playing I have played just about every flavor, color, size, weight and shape guitar on the market. This is by far the most versatile I have found. And the Z-coils.....TONE HEAVEN!!! I cannot say enough good things about these pickups, or the entire guitar for that matter. I've had my Comanche for about 3 years now and even after that long I still never want stop playing it. Fit and finish are spectacular, the looks are gorgeous, blah blah blah. Nobody really cares about any of that stuff though, right? The only important things are playability and the sound. The Comanche delivers on both counts! Here's my guitar rig now, you're not gonna believe how simple this is....G&L Comanche/Crybaby wah/TC Electronic Nova System/Mesa Boogie F-50. That's it! Extremely simple setup and amazing versatility, but it all has to start with the right guitar, and the Comanche is it.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active musician for over 20 years
Style of music you play:
rock, blues, classic rock, blues-rock
Where you live:
the K Y

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1061765

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