![]() ![]() On the bridge pickup, you'll find quite a bit of heat, a bit of growl that works very well with an overdriven tube amp. This is a great choice for the serious student, perfect spare for the gigging musician, or simply highly usable additions to any arsenal. Vintage-styled, super lightweight, and offering a slick playing experience and some really cool old-school tones, the Aristocrat is a suave choice and a bargain at the price. Again, like the pickups, these are mounted on the pickguard. That hardware's nickel/chrome look is reprised on the knurled volume and tone controls, and a is a nice contrast with the tortoiseshell 'guard. It's clearly modelled on the old-school Gibson wraparound idea, and while it might be a difficult proposition for the intonation fanatics it is certainly suited to banging out rock 'n' roll, open chords with a heavy attack. The bridge is a minimalist wrap-around style, with a pair of steel bolts for adjusting intonation and preset ridges for saddles. You will hardly need to touch them, though. Here we have some tuners with a reassuringly smooth action and a high ratio, with 18:1 on the bass side and 26:1 on the treble side. Much of that is down to the quality of the production, but here the components are not too shabby either. ![]() ![]() There's always a sense of luxury with Godin, no matter the price point. Performance and verdictįor 800-odd bucks, this is quite a guitar. ![]() There are 22 medium frets, a 24.75" scale, and for hardware we've got some nickel-chrome tuners and a tidy looking wraparound bridge. This 2020 Radiator has a set neck carved from silver leaf maple, matching the silver leaf maple of the chambered body. Pickups are made in South Korea, have nickel-coverings, and are mounted on the scratchplate. The Radiator is equipped with a pair of Godin humbuckers, with the GHB1 in the bridge position, the GHN1 at the neck, and there is a 3-way toggle pickup selector, and individual pickup volume and tone controls. The pickguard aesthetic is reprised on the headstock face, and you have to wonder what kind of guitarists Robert Godin goes to see play that they need all that protection on the guitar. Ours comes in Trans Cream and has a tortoiseshell pickguard covering much of its face, but you can have Matte Black with matching 'guard or a Bourbon Burst number with a high-contrast pearloid pickguard. The body showcases a three-piece design that combines rich tonewoods of variant natural wood grain and contrast, making each guitar unique from one to the next.Godin offers the 2020 Radiator in three finishes. The Winchester Brown model has an eye-catching finish, worthy of a classic/aged vintage guitar. The guitar is voiced with Custom Godin Nickel-Covered Humbuckers for vintage tones, with the addition of a Godin Custom Cajun Nickel Single Coil in the middle. The Radium also comes equipped with an H-S-H pickup configuration for a multitude of tonal possibilities, and a re-invented vintage-style control plate, which has a Volume, Push-Pull tone, and an angled 5-way switch that follows the natural sweep of your right hand for easy pickup selection. Presenting a new breed of single-cut guitars, which combines all the best elements of the Radiator and the Stadium into one: The Radium! It offers some unique features compared to the more traditional single cutaway solid-bodies, such as a short-scale (24 ¾”) set-neck and a 3&3 headstock design for comfortable playing and bending. ![]()
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