Why select and ASAT Semi-Hollow? Besides light weight, the semi-hollow design has some very nice benefits. Tonally, it balances the midrange of the guitar, the swamp ash add a touch more sweetness to the high end and makes the guitar less "peaky". The attack is bit softer than a solid ASAT, but the MFDpickups are very touch responsive and there is more than enough bite available just by varying picking style. Overall it's a great blend of richness and cluck with a leaner midrange and good clarity. If maximum attack and punch is your game, stick with solid Alder; but for a wide range of styles the Semi-Hollow is all good.If you like the "idea" of a Tele® neck pickup but never seem to actually like them, you'll really dig the ASAT Classic MFD neck pickup. Full up, it's clean, bold, with a very even response across the spectrum. Low notes are big and round with a generous percussive feel, and the high end is clean but smooth. Roll off the volume just a tad and the classic round, slightly hollow Tele neck tone appears, but with better clarity, less compression and a more satisfying attack. This is a pickup that does not necessarily reveal its most interesting tones full up, and players will be rewarded handsomely for using their volume and tone controls. When gain is applied the MFD neck pickup produces smooth lead tones that are more creamy than crunch, but don't get flabby or mushy. As you pile up the gain, the semi-hollow design helps to maintain midrange clarity and openness.The ASAT Classic bridge is a Tale of Two Pickups.  Played clean it is sparkly with plenty of twang on tap, and there is a slight "give" to the attack that lends the notes a nice springy feel. Hit it with some gain and this pickup becomes an awesome classic rock machine with gobs of overtones, harmonic complexity, and great sustain aided by the string-through body and brass saddles. It's truly great lead pickup; more articulate than a humbucker, and enough bottom end to lay down tight defined rhythms.The neck is the former Classic #1 C, the standard neck profile from the post-2000 era. With a 12" radius and 1 5/8" nut width, they are very smooth playing necks that have a medium taper and a bit more body than a typical American Fender. We like the profile, and unless you have very small hands, the fuller shape provides great hand support as you move up the neck.In building the ASAT Classic, G&L has solved some of the love/hate issues with this classic design: Mainly, a more consistent and versatile neck pickup, and a bridge pickup with power and sparkle that won't slice your head off. The Semi Hollow design just makes it "more better" in a lot of ways. It is possible to improve on a classic, and this is one of those times.