Product: Godin xtSA
Price Paid: US $800
Submitted
07/13/2004
at
02:05pm
by
PBSamson
Features
:
10
Brand new, 2004. Solid Body, contoured Silver Leaf Maple center with Poplar wings. See Mfg desc: http://www.godinguitars.com/godinxtsap.htm
I was anxious to get a H-S-H pickup setup with synth access from Godin. This is it. Medium frets, locking tuners, piezo RMC pickups for acoustic and 13 pin to go to my GR-30. That what I was waiting for.
Sound
:
10
I play al kind of stuff and have a American TELE, a RG-550, a baby Taylor. This godin is a good mix of them all, it sound great as a normal electric, very good accoustic rendition and superb tracking for synth access, I use to have a Multiac Steel SA and it tracks better. I have a Custom Shop Fender Blues Junior, a Digi101 and a PA, so I can have the sound I want. I also get the MIDI out of the GR-30 to a EMU HALO Key (64 voice) and a Mophatt (128 voice synth). The synth/waves are incredible.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
Came perfectly adjusted, The finish is good but you can guess the wings from the center of the body. Mine is Trans-Black. The frets are a little small to my taste (Medium) I'm use to jumbo, it probably has to dbe like that for better tracking. The neck is perfect and since I love ebony fretboard, i'm in heaven. This guitar is priced lower than their LGxt-SA and LG-SA (signature series).
Reliability/Durability
:
10
I would think this guitar will last a long time, all the parts looks to be very good quality. I would rely on this one if I had to carry only one guitar, that's for sure!
Customer Support
:
9
I ordered my guitar the day they anouced it, I think, I had to wait 16 weeks, I was told 4-6. I contacted my reseller several time, anxious customer..., who answered well. I then email Godin and, as it is stated in their introduction page, I got an answer from an informed tech guy. He explained the delays without any BS and I was very pleased. After the guitar came I had a question and ,again I received an answer 2 days later, as stated.
Overall Rating
:
9
If it was stolen I would definitly get another one. I wanted a solid body 2 Humbucker 1 single coil in the middle, an ebony fretboard, synth access and a great play feel on the neck. Godin just made my dream guitar... I don't give a 10 for the lack of docs that came with the guitar, even if I pretty much knew what all the swith, pots, Slider were supose to do I would have like to get real specs. I did not even found it on the Godin web site.
