GEAR REVIEW
G&L DOHENY | Bruce Adolph
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and you can still visit Fullerton, CA today and fretboard with a 9½” radius, and twenty-one
see Leo’s office space just as he left it when ‘Pleked’ medium-jumbo frets. This guitar is
• 25.5" Scale Bolt-on Maple Neck he passed away. Speaking of namesake, the a blast to play – the string tension feels great
• Carribean Rosewood Fingerboard Doheny is named after the famed beach, key and the notes are easy to bend. The neck and
to the Southern California’s surfer culture. The body resonated really well against your body,
Doheny’s offset body on the other hand pays without plugging in. This is also a great sign of
• Off-set Alder Body homage to the Surf guitar culture. Noting I’ve the things to come….
• MFD™ Single Coil Pickups played Leo’s iconic Stratocaster and Telecaster designs for most of my life, I was pleasantly The Doheny takes bolt-on guitars into new
As a pioneering dynamic duo, Leo Fender and surprised at how very comfortable the Doheny sonic territory by being the first G&L model to
George Fullerton left an indelible mark on the is to play. I love the offset body! It is light-weight sport the Magnetic Field Design Jazzpickups.
electric guitar. From the inception on through to and well-balanced, and sits perfectly on your These wide-bobbin MFD™ single-coil pickups
all the solid body electric guitar’s progressions, leg when sitting down to play. sound great! The neck pickup offers you a full
• 21 Medium-jumbo Frets
Leo and George are still part of ‘the mix’.
G&L takes its name from George and Leo,
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rich sound, the middle position is well balanced
The bolt-on Maple neck features G&L’s ‘Modern with some additional highs, and the bridge
Classic’ pickup gave you all brightness you need to cut
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September 2018
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Caribbean
Rosewood
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