My new Godin Summit CT, and my G&L Legacy Special
I've got my eye on a Godin. I've played a few and they're very nice. How do you like yours?
This is really my new baby, I like everything about it. I play electric guitars since 31 years, went through a lot of them, but only a few that I kept for a long time, a Les Paul Deluxe that I kept from 1980 to 1997, then the G&L Legacy Special from 1997 up to today. All these years I had numerous other ones, all 25.5 scale, humbuckers, single coil, mix of them.
I don't know why, a few months ago I wanted to look for a 24.75 scale again, spent too many hours in different guitar shops, but as soon as I tried this one, I knew this was it.
Unplugged she was singing almost as loud as an acoustic, at least like an archtop, the neck is one of the most comfortable that I've tried and is very fast, I like that ebony finger board, also the bridge is recessed, and incredibly low, nice feature, it plays effortlessly. I think it is the first time in my life I can say that I can play 3 hours in a row without any pain. I also tried their new Icon series, but I felt they were not comfortable as this one, didn't like the finish on the neck (gloss as opposed to satin), and were not resonating like the Summit.
The SD '59 at bridge and Alnico 2 pro at neck (a nice choice) with a 5-way switch (position 2 & 4 in coil split) is making it very versitile, plus the High-Definition Revoicer button, that turns the pickups active, well you then have 10 different configurations. It has the beefy sound of an LP, but with more definition ( I don't know, may be because of that nicely executed bolt-on neck?). The lows are tight, the mids are really nice, and the highs quite snappy. Can do everything amazingly; Metal, Rock, blues, Jazz even Tele twang. I already have a floating bridge on my other one, wanted this one to be fixed, I like the string through body, stay always in tune.
Everything about it is quality, nice wood selection (Honduras Mahogany body and neck, ebony fretboard, nice flamed carved maple top), good hardware, tusq nut, Schaller strap locks..., the back body contours are well studied and the weight is perfectly balanced.
I don't know what to say more, at their price these Canadian/American made are a steal, they come with a paper having the signature of everyone who touched the guitar during the different steps.