G&L Tribute Fiorano GTS Electric Guitar

The Fiorano: tradition turns groundbreaking. G&L founder Leo Fender had a vision for a 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, 25 1/2 inch-scale, three-tuners-to-a-side guitar G&L has ever offered. It's a striking instrument and, quite simply, it kicks butt.

It joins the pioneering 24 3/4 inch-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.

The sweeping lines and three-by-three headstock (inspired by the original drawing) are both powerful and refined. Fittingly, they named Fiorano after the curvaceous test track of Italy's most renowned supercar maker, a place where tradition turns groundbreaking.