Steinberger GL7 Elite
Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1992 to 1998
Production of the GL7 (ELITE) began in 1989 and ended in 2001. Decoding the model number indicates that this is an electric guitar (G), with the iconic Steinberger headless one piece composite body & neck (L), the 7 indicates that this has a H-S-H pickup configuration.
Some GLs came with a gold logo on the body that read "STEINBERGER Elite" - these were made in Nashville from 1992 to 1998 after Gibson acquired Steinberger. This was more of a marketing strategy than a change of the GL specifications.
Specifications (14)
Body
| Body shape features | rectangular body |
Hardware
| Bridge | TransTrem vibrato |
| Hardware color | black hardware |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | phenolic fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
| Finish colors | black finish |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Neck
| Number of frets | 24 fret |
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 5-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | EMG pickup(s) |
| Pickups configuration | 1 single coil and 1 humbucker pickup |
| Preamp | active preamp |
Prices (2)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | $2195 | new | bill b | my alltime favorite guitar |
| 1991 | $2000 | new |
