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dobro
Posted 2009-01-01 3:20 PM (#435643)
Subject: Godin and Adamas



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I'm a hard-core steel player. Love my Adamas, as you know. Last week I had fun jamming opposite a Godin Multiac Nylon. Gotta say that the Adamas and Nylon Godin blended beautifully. Great complementary tones.

Question: How is a Godin different, say, from an Ovation Nylon (never played one)? What is the technological trick that allows the Godin, though an electric axe, to simulate the nylon sound?
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Beal
Posted 2009-01-01 5:19 PM (#435644 - in reply to #435643)
Subject: Re: Godin and Adamas



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Location: 6 String Ranch
it's like the nylon Viper.
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2009-01-02 5:23 PM (#435645 - in reply to #435643)
Subject: Re: Godin and Adamas


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The Godin is a chambered bodied nylon string with piezo pickups, which is pretty much the same as he nylon Viper. I have both and for live work I prefer the Viper. In fairness the Godin sounds more like a true classical guitar than the Viper, but that's not what works for me for what I do with an amplified nylon string.

I realised a while ago that If you are playing lead or back-up acoustic steel-string with someone playing another steel string guitar as the main instrument then you are competing in the same range tonally for sonic space. With a good nylon guitar you can contrast tonally, so don't have to fight for room with brute force and volume. Basically because of the tonal contrast, it's much easier to be heard in terms of definition and clarity, rather than just having to be louder. The Nylon Viper to me is better than the Godin in that respect, just because it's a little less "polite"

I really like my Godin Nylon Multiac, but I only ever use it's synth access functions. For me, as a stage guitar the Viper wins every time.
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Jonmark Stone
Posted 2009-01-02 8:26 PM (#435646 - in reply to #435643)
Subject: Re: Godin and Adamas


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I agree with Paul. A great guitar to backup a steel string.
The RMC PU system is sweet... both piezo and synth. Very fast pitch to midi.
I'm not crazy for the neck profile, but that's subjective.
Nice instrument.
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dobro
Posted 2009-01-03 1:10 PM (#435647 - in reply to #435643)
Subject: Re: Godin and Adamas



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Jonmark and Paul: You guys have clarified an important point. Jeff and I discovered a much lower volume "sweet spot" for duo work. Now I get it: the steel and nylon just occupy different sonic "spheres" as it were. That IS cool.
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moody, p.i.
Posted 2009-01-03 2:58 PM (#435648 - in reply to #435643)
Subject: Re: Godin and Adamas


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Here's a great example....

Guts & Steel
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schroeder
Posted 2009-01-03 3:17 PM (#435649 - in reply to #435643)
Subject: Re: Godin and Adamas


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The big plus with the Godin is that they do two different models - one with a flat 2" classical fingerboard and one with a radiused 1 3/4" board. I played one of the narrower models last week and it was very, very nice.
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