G&L CLF Research Skyhawk – Natural
Elegantly Eighties: CLF™ Research Skyhawk™ brings back the best of ’80s CLF styling.
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 beautifully reproduced CLF control plate in original style black wrinkle powdercoat, a perfect backdrop for the exquisitely machined and chrome plated CLF knobs for volume, treble and bass, P.T.B. System.*  The Dual Fulcrum Vibrato features a CLF 3/16″ machined stainless steel vibrato arm for a period look while benefiting from today’s forged brass saddles and block.
And there are those three Leo Fender-designed MFD single coil pickups that defined the Skyhawk back in ’84 and the SC-3 in 1983. These meaty-yet-sparkly MFD pickups are best known as the power behind the current generation of S-500 guitars from 1989 on. In a bit of backdating, the CLF Research Skyhawk adds a mini-toggle Expander Switch** from the S-500 so this Skyhawk leaves no tones behind.
SPECS:
- Body Wood:Â Swamp Ash
- Neck Wood: Hard-Rock Maple
- Fretboard Material:Â Maple
- Pickguard Material: Black
- Construction: Bolt-on
- Scale: 25 1/2″
- Pickups:Â G&L MFDÂ Single Coils
- Neck Profile: G&L Modern Classic
- Fretboard Profile: 9 1/2″
- Nut Material: Natural Bone
- Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
- Tuning Machines: 12:1 Ratio, Sealed-Back
- Bridge: Leo Fender-Designed G&L Dual-Fulcrum Vibrato with Forged Brass Saddles
- Controls: 5-Position Pickup Selector, Volume, Treble, Bass (PTB System), Mini Toggle Switch for Additional Pickup Combinations
- Case:Â Gig Bag
