Like the original G&L Skyhawk of 1984, it starts with George Fullertons evolved double-cutaway with a hint of offset, a slim waist and generous curves. This very comfortable body is complemented by his arched pickguard shape, his most most pleasing iteration of the form.

The elegant pickguard meets a beautifully reproduced CLF control plate in original style black wrinkle powdercoat, a perfect backdrop for the exquisitely machined and chrome plated CLF knobs for volume, treble and bass. The Dual Fulcrum Vibrato features a CLF 3/16 machined stainless steel vibrato arm for a period look while benefiting from todays forged brass saddles and block.

And there are those three Leo Fender-designed MFD single coil pickups that defined the Skyhawk back in 84 and the SC-3 in 1983. These meaty-yet-sparkly MFD pickups are best known as the power behind the current generation of S-500 guitars from 1989 on. In a bit of backdating, the CLF Research Skyhawk adds a mini-toggle expander switch from the S-500 so this Skyhawk leaves no tones behind.

The CLF Research Skyhawk is available in the following thin urethane finishes:

• Clear Blue over swamp ash, maple fingerboard
• Natural Ash, maple fingerboard
• Old School Tobacco Sunburst over okoume, Caribbean rosewood fingerboard
• Pharaoh Gold Firemist over alder, Caribbean rosewood fingerboard