"A few of my guitars have been around since the very early day. I like the Les Paul which Elton gave me when all my stuff was stolen. I have another couple of Les Pauls, ... and I still love my Steinbergers," he told the British magazine, Guitarist, in their September issue. "Of all the newer types of electric guitars, the Steinberger, to me provides far and away the cleanest distortion every time. I've been playing them for a real long time."

Johnstone is pictured here with a custom Steinberger GL. The state-of-the-art GL offers guitarists the same technological advances and ergonomic design as Ned Steinberger's original masterpiece. GL guitars are made from the patented Steinberger Blend reinforced carbon-graphite, molded in one piece to create a guitar with exquisite sustain, durability and clarity.

All GL models feature:

• One-piece reinforced Steinberger Blend neck/body
• Headless 24-fret neck
• 25.5" (64.7 cm) scale
• 1 5/8" (4.1 cm) width at 0-fret
• EMG pickups
• Headless double-ball micrometer tuning system
• Controls: one volume, one tone (treble and bass), plus pickup selector
• on Active models
• Patented Folding Leg Rest
• Black finish

Options:

• Active upgrade for the GL-2
• TransTrem upgrade for the GL-2
• Left-handed model
• 12-string TracTuner
• White finish instead of black

Model:

• GL-2 2 HumBucking, Passive S-Trem
• GL-4 Single-Single-HB, Active Trans-Trem
• GL-7 HB-Single-HB, Active Trans-Trem