G&L founder Leo Fender had a vision for a new guitar, and his partner George Fullerton sketched that vision. G&L’s Steve Grom uncovered the sketch three decades later in Leo’s workshop, and his colleague Paul Gagon set about turning the vision into reality. He enlisted Jackson Guitars founder Grover Jackson a long-time friend and collaborator to contribute.

The result is an instrument that’s steeped in rock-guitar history but groundbreaking: the Fiorano, the first set-neck, 25½”-scale, three-tuners-to-a-side guitar G&L has ever offered. It’s a striking instrument and, quite simply, it kicks ass.

It joins the pioneering 24¾”-scale Ascari in G&L’s Tribute Series, and it delivers on its promise. The 24-fret neck and Gagon-designed humbuckers are made for brutal riffing and detuned/drop-tuned heaviness – but the Fiorino cleans up beautifully when asked.

Specifications

• CONSTRUCTION: set-neck
• SCALE: 25 1/2"
• PICKUPS: G&L AS4255B in neck position, G&L AW4368B in bridge position; designed by Paul Gagon
• BODY WOOD: Mahogany with Flame Maple top
• NECK WOOD: Mahogany with Rosewood fingerboard
• NECK RADIUS: 12"
• FRETS: 24 medium jumbo
• NECK WIDTH AT NUT: 1 11/16"
• NECK PROFILE: modern slim C
• NECK INLAY: Abalone dot
• BRIDGE: Tone-Pros locking C-TPFP bridge and CT1 tailpiece
• CONTROLS: 3 position pickup selector, volume, tone with push/pull coil tap
• FINISH: Trans Red or Trans Black, bound body and neck