mariusgm's Reviews

My new workhorse

For the price of a Made in Mexico standard telecaster, you get a simply beautiful, handcrafted-in-Canada homage to the immortal Telecaster. It has a lot of nice construction details for comfort but still retains a somewhat traditional feel, and it's only part of the lower tier of Godin instruments. It is simple, but refined and essential.

The magic of a Fender or Gibson is the instrument itself, how you make it sound. The magic of a Godin is how it respects you, how it makes you sound.

A versatile, modern and distinguished instrument.

I do not own one, but I got to play with one during a friend's gig. It presents itself very simply to the untrained eye, but upon further inspection, you see this neat, handcrafted instrument has all sorts of tone controls and electronics. You can dial pretty much any tone you can think of, from a throaty "funk" electric sound to a very convincing, bassy, booming upright-esque timbre. However, it may not only sound but also feel different when dialling because of its semi-acoustic nature. You also get stuff like a custom integrated pre-amp and a 13 pin output, so the whole "you can dial pretty much any tone you want" goes up to 11 since you can synthesize your sound.

It is very comfortable, utterly pleasant to play, not in a childish or frantic "fun" way you get with other instruments, but in an "I feel privileged this instrument ended up in my hands" kind of way.

Good starter bass

tl;dr: Picked it up once but still would recommend as a starter bass. I did not own one myself but rather tried one from a friend.

It looks ugly and cheap (the shape and hardware that is, the red paint is actually pretty nice) However, it is (in typical Yamaha tradition) sturdy and frankly built. The sound palette is not incredibly large, you get a neutral yet slightly gnarly timbre. However, the 2 volume 1 tone control panel makes it really easy to dial in a certain tones.

The shape of the neck feels really nice (dare I say fast ?). You also get 24 frets, which is always welcome even if overkill on such a bass. I got a bit of fret buzz, but nothing major, it was the bridge. I always got a bit of fret buzz on Yamaha (both guitar and basses) but it was often because of the bridge which needed a quick, easy set-up.

Sturdy little thing

It looks like a kitchen cutting board, and is as solid as one. Versatile, low-maintenance guitar. Sounds decent through any kind of amp, a pleasant instrument with great potential for the original price. Even if it is not the greatest, I will urge anyone to get their hands on it if they find one. Would have easily been 4 stars if it had 22 frets.

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