Godin Multiac Gypsy Jazz

[joebloggs13]

A gift from my wonderful wife. Took me completely by surprise! A Godin Gypsy Jazz. Its an amazing instrument. Using both inputs, I am plugged into 3 amps, one acoustic, and the other is a 2 amp stereo setup for the neck pickup. You can get so many different tones blending the 2 pickups and the acoustic mike. A high quality instrument and an incredible gift!

[hot ford coupe]

Enjoy.

[archtopeddy]

Beautiful guitar. I just checked a number of YouTube videos demoing the guitar and it is quite impressive for live performance. Hat's off to your wife for picking out such a nice instrument for you. Enjoy it in good health!

[mr. beaumont]

Oh cool! Let's hear it.

[Lobomov]

Wow .. Never knew they existed .. How does it feel/sound unplugged .. Does it feel like Selmer style guitar or does it just feel like an electric?

[joebloggs13]

Wow .. Never knew they existed .. How does it feel/sound unplugged .. Does it feel like Selmer style guitar or does it just feel like an electric?

Regarding how it feels, it falls into the jazz style guitar type for me, with its flatter fretboard radius(16"). Its very easy to play. The neck is not as fat/full as my Eastman hollowbody but the nut is wider at 1.8", so it's between 1 3/4" and 1 7/8". Soundwise, unplugged, it's not very loud(great for playing quietly). It sounds nice, as the guitar is a semi hollow...dual chambered, but this is a guitar that is meant to be plugged in.

It has two jack inputs. When plugged into only one input, you can access all three pickups(Seymour Duncan lipstick neck, LR Baggs under saddle pickup and an acoustic mike under the soundboard. Blending the under saddle pickup and the acoustic mike gives you that Selmer sound, but it's when you use both input jacks that you really hear what the guitar can do, as this allows you to have the SD lipstick pickup go to an electric guitar amp and the other two to an acoustic guitar amp. The SD into electric guitar amp will give you a nice smooth jazz tone. Being able to go from a Gypsy jazz tone to a straight jazz tone using a volume pedal, or blending all 3 offers a lot of tonal possibilities. I was playing around with it today, and was blown away at what you can do.

[Jabberwocky]

An incredible wife!

[Steve Z]

Very sweet guitar! I also had not heard of this model.
Here's a great video I found that demos the controls etc... really nice sounding.

[rNeil]

My, that's an amazing range of timbres in one guitar!

A friend has a Godin with two different "acoustic" pickups, can't remember exactly what. Nylon stringed, a one-off intriguing blue/slightly cyan with green depths translucent finish that is stunning to look at.

Once she found the right amp, the sounds are beautiful from classical through pop/folk to light rock or lounge jazz. And the neck is a joy to hold and play.

This should be a great guitar for years, and like Jabberwocky said, incredible wife!

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[joebloggs13]

My, that's an amazing range of timbres in one guitar!

A friend has a Godin with two different "acoustic" pickups, can't remember exactly what. Nylon stringed, a one-off intriguing blue/slightly cyan with green depths translucent finish that is stunning to look at.

Once she found the right amp, the sounds are beautiful from classical through pop/folk to light rock or lounge jazz. And the neck is a joy to hold and play.

This should be a great guitar for years, and like Jabberwocky said, incredible wife!

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Thanks for the kind words. Of the 2 videos above, I had seen the first, but not the second. I agree about the versatility of this instrument, especially when you plug into both inputs. It's mind blowingly(if that is a word...lol) good! The fit and finish is flawless. Godin builds excellent instruments.

[archtopeddy]

Two more vids on the Godin GJ guitar. The first on with Dennis Chang and Zac Martel gives a good idea how they sound live (both solo and rhythm). The second, while a little more over-driven, gives a good idea how it sounds in the hands of a true Manouche (Gypsy Jazz) guitar master -- Angelo DeBarre. (Would love to hear Birelli or Stochelo play one.)

I think there's a lot going for this guitar for live performances. Finding a good live sound for GJ players has been a challenge for years! It's a mixed blessing though because a lot of Gypsy Jazz is about getting together with others and jamming acoustically. That said, this guitar wouldn't be my choice to take to Samois, DjangoFest or Django in June.

But for gigs, it could be quite satisfying. (Of course, I'll never know for sure because Godin doesn't make these left-handed...)

[D.G.]

Man, Angelo Debarre makes that thing sound fantastic! My favorite gypsy player.

[Woody Sound]

Unlike many companies that bring out new guitar models with little innovation, direction or purpose, Godin keeps coming up with new instruments that fill a need.