G & L S-500 Description
- offset double cutaway Strat-style alder (standard finish, current mfg.), ash (early models), maple (early models), mahogany (early models), or swamp ash (see-through finish, current mfg.) body, bolt-on hard rock maple neck, 22-fret maple, ebony, or rosewood fingerboard, six-on-one-side locking Sperzel (early models) or locking tuners, G&L Dual Fulcrum vibrato, pickguard, three G&L Magnetic Field Design single coil pickups, three knobs (v, two tone), PTB system on later years, five-way pickup switch, mini pickup switch, chrome hardware, available in various finishes, 25.5 in. scale, mfg. 1982-present.
In 1987, the mini pickup switch was introduced - models produced between 1982 and 1987 will not have a mini switch.