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phraseland
Published on 12/04/08 at 08:10
The guitar I will be describing differs a bit from the picture above. It is the model with the tremolo bridge and has a hi-gloss black finish and the pickups don't have any covers. Since I don't know what is built into the guitar in the picture I assume that the Seymour Duncans mine was sold with differ from that as well.
The guitar was built in Canada and has 2 Seymour Duncan Humbuckers and 1 Piezo Pickup (for acoustic sounds and as a pickup for the integrated MIDI Interface). Everything is built very solid - almost like a tank. The frets are jumbo frets and the neck is very slim and easily playable. The body and neck are made of magagony and the fretboard is made of ebony. Godin used locking tuners for this guitar - probably to complement the tremolo system.
The Piezo Sound can be adjusted with a built in EQ and the Humbuckers as well as the volume of the MIDI pickups can be regulated with the three knobs under the bridge.
UTILIZATION
The guitar is formed very well and can be easily played everywhere. Reaching the 22nd fret is no chore and the sound is very punchy and deep. If you are looking for vintage tones don't pick up this guitar though. It is definately made for more modern sounds and sounds best over a Mesa Boogie or similar amp.
Next to all these plus points there are a few annoying setbacks. Due to all these electronics and the solidbody construction this guitar is one heavy mother! It was in the end the reason why I chose to sell it. I loved how well it integrated the MIDI pickup and the response was always very fast and precise (best on the market). The Piezo Pickups I never really cared for as they sound quite shallow. At best they complemented an overdriven sound. I think the idea is to use a stereo cable at the output and then split the signal into two different amps. But along with MIDI applikations amongst other things this started to be quite a lot of setup just to play guitar. Who knows - maybe I am getting old
SOUNDS
As I already said - the guitar sounds very nice. Eventually I realized that I need more of a Stratocaster and after I bought my Fender Twin Amp it was clear that this guitar was not 'my baby' anymore. For a while I tried myself in ProgRock and for that it was truly amazing (probably also due to the Seymour Duncan Pickups).
OVERALL OPINION
I really think Godin is making very good guitars for the money. I have become much more of a 'Strat'-guy the last couple of years and my style of playing just doesn't suit this type of guitar anymore. It is built rock sold and stays in tune very well. But it is also very, very heavy and I started to have back pains just from playing this guitar! This is something I cannot deal with and I really think they could have thought about this before they put a bunch of electronics in an already heavy guitar.
The guitar was built in Canada and has 2 Seymour Duncan Humbuckers and 1 Piezo Pickup (for acoustic sounds and as a pickup for the integrated MIDI Interface). Everything is built very solid - almost like a tank. The frets are jumbo frets and the neck is very slim and easily playable. The body and neck are made of magagony and the fretboard is made of ebony. Godin used locking tuners for this guitar - probably to complement the tremolo system.
The Piezo Sound can be adjusted with a built in EQ and the Humbuckers as well as the volume of the MIDI pickups can be regulated with the three knobs under the bridge.
UTILIZATION
The guitar is formed very well and can be easily played everywhere. Reaching the 22nd fret is no chore and the sound is very punchy and deep. If you are looking for vintage tones don't pick up this guitar though. It is definately made for more modern sounds and sounds best over a Mesa Boogie or similar amp.
Next to all these plus points there are a few annoying setbacks. Due to all these electronics and the solidbody construction this guitar is one heavy mother! It was in the end the reason why I chose to sell it. I loved how well it integrated the MIDI pickup and the response was always very fast and precise (best on the market). The Piezo Pickups I never really cared for as they sound quite shallow. At best they complemented an overdriven sound. I think the idea is to use a stereo cable at the output and then split the signal into two different amps. But along with MIDI applikations amongst other things this started to be quite a lot of setup just to play guitar. Who knows - maybe I am getting old
SOUNDS
As I already said - the guitar sounds very nice. Eventually I realized that I need more of a Stratocaster and after I bought my Fender Twin Amp it was clear that this guitar was not 'my baby' anymore. For a while I tried myself in ProgRock and for that it was truly amazing (probably also due to the Seymour Duncan Pickups).
OVERALL OPINION
I really think Godin is making very good guitars for the money. I have become much more of a 'Strat'-guy the last couple of years and my style of playing just doesn't suit this type of guitar anymore. It is built rock sold and stays in tune very well. But it is also very, very heavy and I started to have back pains just from playing this guitar! This is something I cannot deal with and I really think they could have thought about this before they put a bunch of electronics in an already heavy guitar.