Tragic but Magic! G&L 1980 FL100 that lost it's way.....

A while back I helped a buddy shift a couple of high end guitars. As a reward I took this guitar off his hands. the reason being the neck felt awesome as soon as I picked it up. The rest of the guitar had been through hell and back...it's been around the streets and sold on for a song by a junky. Nobody is quite sure why chunks were removed and a pickguard was put over the large holes left after the butcher put his knives down..There is a picture elsewhere on the blog that shows the horrific damage under the guard...the guard is a horror itself..why anybody would paint it with gold glitter...and of course the guitar has had a few sprays of it's own...not 100% sure what the original colour is, but it's just one of those guitars that had a tough life on the streets...
..so it turned up and I had a look.
The original bridge was locked and blocked by bits of wood. trying to find a claw for the G&L was such a hardship I decided to go on the set-up you can see in the pics. Originally the guitar had a made in china humbucker in the tail, and two singles, one of which didn't work. None of them were anything to write home about.same with the pots...
...so, everything was ripped out and a single original Greco humbucker from the neck of a greco jeff beck 1978 dropped into the tail. brilliant sounding pickup, showing once again why these are sought after.. To that I added a Dimarzio Malmsteen pot which is basically frictionless..
As it's a series 2, this donates that the neck has a 9,25 radius unlike the series 1 which is 7,25.It's a top off the shelf maple neck which could adorn any Leo fender creation. The neck has never been removed from the body and I left it that way.Tuners are also original.
So yes, she looks like a bludgeoned effort, but this guitar sounds amazing and plays amazing..which one of the best necks I've come across..
As with everything in the world today...it's not only about looks...

 Oh, and before I forget...This is one of the earliest serial #'s you'll find in the world on any G&L....

 Greco Bucker is similar to a 57 classic. brass knob on the speed knob running through to output.

 think the original bodies were either mahogany or alder....

 says it all...an amazing maple neck...

 not for the purists, but it works...