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MGR/Alex Russell « Godin LGX AAA »
Published on 08/12/02 at 15:00I purchases this guitar new at "The Music Factory" a small shop in the town I live that sells lesser known, quality guitars. I paid roughly 1,400 including case and a set of elixers as well as an increadible set up. For those of you not familar with godin, it's a canadian manufacturer, who assembles it's guitars in New Hampshire.
First of all, it's AAA quilted maple top whith trans red finish is breathtaking. Nearly everyone who sees it up close and personal (or for that matter from the audience) comments on it's good looks. It is a two voice model that does the strat thing almost as well as my strat, the Les Paul thing perfectly, and The acoustic sound is comprible to most any strictly piezo equipped electracoustic. It also plays super smooth and comfortably. it has awsome tone, sustains forever, and holds a tune superbly.
The only thing I don't like is that it is somewhat tricky to get the strings through the back of the guitar when changing. No biggie. Also, I was somewhat dissapointed to discover you cannot get graphtech string saver saddles for it. Otherwise it is perfect.
It is pretty much a combination of the best parts of a strat and the best parts of a paul but together. It has a mahagony body with a maple top which gives it tones of sustain and a beautiful sound (which even is evident unplugged) It is string through body to add more sustain and a recessed bridge to be more comfy as well as easier on strings. It has a rosewood fingerboard, real bone nut, and excellent tuners as well as a bolt on neck that was painstackingly placed to transfer more vibration then any other method except "through body" (yes that means even set neck, all you paul junkies) the pickups (duncan jazz for neck and a custom custom humbucker for the bridge that was made especaily for the LGX) were both selected by Symour himself. The quality is better then any guitar I have yet seen. That includes Les Pauls, PRS, and custom shop strats.
This is easily the best electric guitar on the market for under 4,000 (keep in mind it costs only 1,200- 1,400 depending on finish and top) it can do any sound you want nearly as well or better then any electric guitar as well as doing the acoustic thing. I am a self admitted gear whore, and out of the many many guitars I have tried out or had a more extended expierience with. This is the best. It does not get much better, and it definitly doesnt get any better for the price.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
First of all, it's AAA quilted maple top whith trans red finish is breathtaking. Nearly everyone who sees it up close and personal (or for that matter from the audience) comments on it's good looks. It is a two voice model that does the strat thing almost as well as my strat, the Les Paul thing perfectly, and The acoustic sound is comprible to most any strictly piezo equipped electracoustic. It also plays super smooth and comfortably. it has awsome tone, sustains forever, and holds a tune superbly.
The only thing I don't like is that it is somewhat tricky to get the strings through the back of the guitar when changing. No biggie. Also, I was somewhat dissapointed to discover you cannot get graphtech string saver saddles for it. Otherwise it is perfect.
It is pretty much a combination of the best parts of a strat and the best parts of a paul but together. It has a mahagony body with a maple top which gives it tones of sustain and a beautiful sound (which even is evident unplugged) It is string through body to add more sustain and a recessed bridge to be more comfy as well as easier on strings. It has a rosewood fingerboard, real bone nut, and excellent tuners as well as a bolt on neck that was painstackingly placed to transfer more vibration then any other method except "through body" (yes that means even set neck, all you paul junkies) the pickups (duncan jazz for neck and a custom custom humbucker for the bridge that was made especaily for the LGX) were both selected by Symour himself. The quality is better then any guitar I have yet seen. That includes Les Pauls, PRS, and custom shop strats.
This is easily the best electric guitar on the market for under 4,000 (keep in mind it costs only 1,200- 1,400 depending on finish and top) it can do any sound you want nearly as well or better then any electric guitar as well as doing the acoustic thing. I am a self admitted gear whore, and out of the many many guitars I have tried out or had a more extended expierience with. This is the best. It does not get much better, and it definitly doesnt get any better for the price.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com