G&L makes some excellent guitars, and the Tribute series offers great bang for the buck. I have two of the Tribute ASAT (Tele) models--a Classic Bluesboy semi-hollow with a neck humbucker and a Special with the "jumbo" MFD single coils. The latter has a semi-gloss neck with rosewood fingerboard and the pickups have a lot of punch and presence, kind of like a brighter version of a P90. See photos below.
BTW, that "Sultans" lesson is very well done. I wish I was any kind of a finger-picker to be able to do those finger rolls in the outro solo. It's just not possible to make them sound authentic with a flat pick. And, of course, a Strat set to the bridge-middle pickup combo is essential for the right tone!
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