Godin Guitar

Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:00

I picked up a Godin Multiac ACS-SA solid-body classical guitar. This is a very interesting instrument as it is a nylon string guitar with wider string spacing for fingerpicking but also has a built-in Roland synthesizer pickup. The guitar has a very smooth and consistant jazz tone, it works extremely well for Latin songs. I have also now used this guitar multiple times on the job to play bass! Some tricks the guitar synth will do - open string tunings on demand, doubled bass lines with the lower strings of the guitar, string pad backups to traditional guitar sounds. I am still learning all the possibilities using the synth as many traditional instruments can be emulated. No doubt, there are limits to how much one can emulate the expressiveness of wind and brass instruments, but there are ways to work around these deficiencies and provide a versitility not found in a traditional guitar. Many of the keyboard sounds are very useful, organ and vibes are two favorites.