New Godin

Well, I have a new guitar. And I must bow to those who said I would like a Godin better than my Agile. I traded a used Solidac that i picked up from a friend last week, and absolutely loved, for an xtSa in transparent Black. I got what I feel was a pretty good deal on it. They gave me more in trade for the Solidac than I spent for it and it was in ok shape but had a few dings and such. So, the Starfire in on ebay now and I will be selling my Agile LP or my PRS Santana SE (depending on which my boy wants to use). My wife has been begging me to cut down and get our room back that stores our gear. I must concur as I am far from a pro and I only used two guitars. So I am going to cut down to the xtSA (which has awesome acoustic tone by the way..bah on the high priced Taylor T5) and my Carvin Cobalt. If I need a backup electric at anytime I can use my sons temporarily. SO I am thinking about selling some stomps ( a Roland Synth (Godin is set up for it). ANyway here is a pic of the axe from their website. These things are awesome. It is the best feeling and playing guitar I have ever tried. The necks on these things are like custom shops. Perfect workmanship. The acoustic sound is awesome. It sounds better than my bandmates Yamaha. The onboard eq for the acoustic is decent, but when I ran it through the new Behringer Acoustic DI the acoustic side was super realistic and rich. This is the exact color. It is transparent black with a flame top that makes it brownish in appearance. Very cool.



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Is that the one with the P 90's? They had one of those where I got mine. It was very nice. Sounded great. Why is it, other than their Seagull acoustics, outside of Canada most people either have never heard of them or have never tried one.

 

My only fear is that Godin will cheapen their line to keep Musicians Friend Stocked. I pray this is not the case. There stuff can be ahrd to find at times in the US. They take their time and make quality instruments. Stores get a batch in and then it takes awhile to get more. I knw a lot of shope around here are down to one or two of them now. You really have to search to find the one you want

 

I am just a few miles North of you. I am 3 miles outside of Butler.

 

No. They appear to be a solid neck. I was pretty sure, but I had to go look.

 

I imagine the New Hampshire plant was to save on some of the fees and problems related to customs. Great guitars.

 

Actually mine is like that, though not nearly as noticeable. I was think more along the lines of the way Starfires and some other Guilds had two piece necks. I really dooubt that there would ever be any problem with that. Sometimes joints like that are actually stronger than solid wood. I would be almost lay odds they did that to make the neck stronger with the angle of the headstock.