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1987 G&L SC-3 Vintage Guitar Red 100% Original w/ Ebony Board & Case, Leo Fender

$1,399.99

+ shipping

Up for sale, a 1987 G&L SC-3 in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with a hardshell case. As the third instrument company founded by Leo Fender, G&L’s instruments benefit from Fender’s decades of experience at Music Man and (of course) Fender.

With a shape that splits the difference between a Strat and a Mustang, this SC-3 features a slab poplar body, offering a neutral/balanced platform for the trio of MFD pickups. Clean-sounding with a crisp chime and sparkle, these pickups have a touch more midrange heft than most single coil designs. The bridge delivers ample spanky snarl and twang, and the neck has a smoother, bell-like fullness to the sound. This SC-3 weighs 7lbs 14oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

-Wood: Maple
-Shape: Slender C, measuring .785” 1st fret, .850” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Ebony, 7 1/2” radius
-Frets: Medium jumbo, leveled and crowned, no wear
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1 5/8"
-Tuners: Schaller-made, G&L-branded
-Serialization: G0-prefix serial on three-bolt neck plate (gold foil sticker intact)
-Factory Markings: Neck heel dated March 16, 1987

Body Specs:

-Wood: Poplar
-Pickups: Magnetic Field Design (MFD) single coil x3
-Harness: Untouched solder, CTS pots date to ‘81 and ‘86
-Controls: Volume, Tone, Five-way pickup selector
-Hardware: Two-point vibrato with block saddles
-Plastics: Barrel knobs, textured black control plate

The gloss Red finish exhibits limited checking, and cosmetic wear includes faint pick scuffing on top, a few finish scratches on the back at the lower bout, and some minor dings on the body as a whole, largely along the lower bout perimeter. The gloss on the neck profile is extremely smooth, and there is rack rash through the gloss behind the nut.

A black tolex hardshell case is included.