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Published on 08/03/12 at 01:16Made in Canada and assembled in the USA, the body is basswood Laurentia, the sleeve 22 frets maple with rosewood fingerboard, frets mediums, vintage bridge with 2-point tremolo, three pickups (a single handle, a central and a single humbucker splittable the bridge), a 5-way switch, 1 volume knob and a tone (which splits the humbucker)
UTILIZATION
The handle is very comfortable to the touch, satin back, a little confusing at first (u flattened shape in the middle) but can bind barre chords and solos very quickly. Access to the treble is very easy unless you have bunches to place fingers. The sustain is very good. The guitar is neither too heavy nor too light, in the middle of a classic Strat. The body is slightly narrower than a Stratocaster is well balanced.
SOUNDS
As the Stratocaster is a versatile guitar. Also with an HSS configuration and split twice I tend to find him more versatility. The control buttons are very progressive and allow to refine the sound remarkably. The neck pickup delivers sounds great for blues and jazz, the middle pickup is closest to the sound "Fender" slamming good to play the SRV, the double bridge will go on to register a Rock / Hard Rock without going up 'distos to metal.
I plug in an Epiphone Valve Junior or Peavey Backstage (1982 manufactured in the USA) with a pedalboard (disto Yamaha DI-01, a Ruby Drop in Elypse analog overdrive, a Boss CE-5 chorus and a Boss FDR-1 ).
With or without the sounds effects are excellent, only the two split singles is slightly behind with just under the potato and the central shaft.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 2 months every day (even for 5 minutes!. I tested quite a few models Fender Strat (or Squier) and Yamaha Pacifica. I wanted a versatile guitar in mind for my Strat Ibanez SB70 to 1981 is getting old. I love this guitar wood, sunburst finish, the finish quality is excellent. I think it exceeds the Fender Mexican and some U.S.. I found the finishing touch and the perfect Pacifica 611 but these are the sounds of the Godin which have refined my decision. Also a guitar at this price and built on the North American continenet with Canadian species ... and little more in my final choice: Godin does not use wood cut trees but trees that have fallen! An ecological reflex is not negligible.
If it all over again I would do this choice in a heartbeat and with a little more money in your pocket I think I would pass easily to a higher range in Godin.
UTILIZATION
The handle is very comfortable to the touch, satin back, a little confusing at first (u flattened shape in the middle) but can bind barre chords and solos very quickly. Access to the treble is very easy unless you have bunches to place fingers. The sustain is very good. The guitar is neither too heavy nor too light, in the middle of a classic Strat. The body is slightly narrower than a Stratocaster is well balanced.
SOUNDS
As the Stratocaster is a versatile guitar. Also with an HSS configuration and split twice I tend to find him more versatility. The control buttons are very progressive and allow to refine the sound remarkably. The neck pickup delivers sounds great for blues and jazz, the middle pickup is closest to the sound "Fender" slamming good to play the SRV, the double bridge will go on to register a Rock / Hard Rock without going up 'distos to metal.
I plug in an Epiphone Valve Junior or Peavey Backstage (1982 manufactured in the USA) with a pedalboard (disto Yamaha DI-01, a Ruby Drop in Elypse analog overdrive, a Boss CE-5 chorus and a Boss FDR-1 ).
With or without the sounds effects are excellent, only the two split singles is slightly behind with just under the potato and the central shaft.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 2 months every day (even for 5 minutes!. I tested quite a few models Fender Strat (or Squier) and Yamaha Pacifica. I wanted a versatile guitar in mind for my Strat Ibanez SB70 to 1981 is getting old. I love this guitar wood, sunburst finish, the finish quality is excellent. I think it exceeds the Fender Mexican and some U.S.. I found the finishing touch and the perfect Pacifica 611 but these are the sounds of the Godin which have refined my decision. Also a guitar at this price and built on the North American continenet with Canadian species ... and little more in my final choice: Godin does not use wood cut trees but trees that have fallen! An ecological reflex is not negligible.
If it all over again I would do this choice in a heartbeat and with a little more money in your pocket I think I would pass easily to a higher range in Godin.