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If this is your first visit to Godin, we'd like to take a few minutes to introduce ourselves. We started building guitars over twenty years ago in a village in Quebec Canada called La Patrie. The man that started it all is Robert Godin. Robert still owns the company and he continues to design the vast majority of our guitars.
We are a Canadian company with our head office located in Montreal and we build our guitars in four different locations, three in Quebec and one in New Hampshire. For those of you keeping score, that adds up to six factories spread out over about 1000 kilometers. So why not just have one giant guitar factory? Although there are some obvious inconveniences associated with spreading ourselves out this much, the up-side is that these smaller operations promote a more intimate working environment which gets everybody more involved and this is reflected in the instruments themselves.
Godin guitars are assembled in our Berlin, New Hampshire factory. The necks and bodies are all made in our original location in La Patrie, Quebec.
We are also known for our acoustic guitars which include the following brands : Seagull, Simon & Patrick, Norman, LaPatrie and Art & Lutherie.
From the beginning the company has been more or less divided between our acoustic side and electric side. The electric side of our business was originally that of a parts supplier to other guitar companies. We built their necks and bodies. You might be amazed to find out how many different guitar brands are all being produced in the same handful of factories. We're not telling you this because we want to divulge somebody's secrets but simply to let you know where we're coming from. In any case, what started out as some generic replacement necks and bodies soon evolved into a major business producing finished necks and bodies for many established U.S. guitar companies. The great thing about this is the tremendous experience that we gained building all of these instruments to their various specifications. The down side is that the sub-contracting business is a pain in the neck, so to speak, but more importantly it does not include the best part of building new guitars and that is: coming up with new designs and coaxing them through the process that begins with a sketch and ends with the music.
New Guitar Concepts
Unlike many other instruments that follow a fairly strict set of design parameters-such as most orchestral instruments-guitars truly lend themselves to variation in design. This capacity for variation manifests itself in two distinct ways, there is the purely visual variation such as, the lightning-bolt-shaped-pointy-headstock-you're-obviously-not-in-an-easy-listening-band guitar. In other words, guitars as fashion statements. Don't get us wrong, we are committed to high aesthetic values in all of our designs but what we find most compelling is the other type of variation inspired by the endless musical possibilities in guitar design. From designing a Nylon string guitar that can be played at stage volumes and feel comfortable to a primarily steel string player (Multiacs) to the creation of the multiple-voice instruments in our Signature Series, exploring new design possibilities is an integral part of what we do. The Godin commitment to new guitar concepts is typified in the Glissentar which is so much of a variation on the standard guitar that it isn't even a guitar anymore and qualifies as a whole new instrument. The Glissentar project was not born out of a marketing meeting (i.e.) "Man, I bet if we built an eleven string fretless acoustic/electric we could sell a boatload of them." Instead the Glissentar was conceived because of the intriguing musical possibilities it promised and hearing some amazing Glissentar performances from musicians like Michel Cusson, Fareed Haque, and Sylvain Luc (to name a few) that deliver on that promise truly makes the exercise worthwhile.
I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THE BEST FOR NEW YEAR 2010 I WISH YOU HAVE ALL THE SUCCESS THAT YOU DESERVE GOD BLESS YOU XX & OO YOUR FRIEND VERONICA KAMURA LEFRANC
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!...Hey My NEW SONG IS ON MY SITE NOW!!! Stop in and check it out ,hit me back with a comment.. If you want to know first where my next shows will be , watch new videos and hang out with other fans. Then join the Jeffrey Allen Edwards Fan Club Go to or click on the link below and I will see you there soon. This is all very new to me and I look forward to any and all things that bring me closer to my friends and fans.. NEW CHAT ROOM ADDED TO THE FAN CLUB .
Booking Now for 2010 NC,SC,VA,GA,TN for info call 843-450-0171 Anyone who helps me secure a Booking date in there town.I will give a $50 finders fee, 2 free cds and 2 free dvds and Make sure thy get in free to the show they helped book...
The December 2009 collectible commemorative Les Paul issue of Guitar Player Magazine includes an interview with me covering my thoughts about the relationship of Indian raga to the music of Jimi Hendrix, and pointing to related materials on GuitarPlayer.Com. There is a video of me playing my 'Purple Raga' improvisation on a Godin Glissentar:
The Godin Glissentar has quickly become a favorite instrument of mine, and I thought other fans of the instrument might be interested in this material.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this folk-carol on myspace... Poem 230 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my blog for details): CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now.
In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance.
Here's a link to my performance of the Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto on the Godin Ambiance. Thanks for making a great guitar! Keith playing Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto
Hope you have a good weekend!!! What have you been up to lately? I just wanted to catch up and let you know that If you like the music you can get the full-length CD "Change is Good" @ http://www.jacobtylerlucas.com or click the link below to download your favorite songs on iTunes!
Compilation CD is finished!!! Will begin mailing out to radio stations any day now!! Please come by my page and listen to “Angel Kisses” by “Delores Hershey”. I hope you will also add Delores at www.myspace.com/deloreshershey and listen to “I’ve Been Waiting For You” Both songs are on this CD. You can start calling your favorite radio stations to request these 2 songs by Delores Hershey!
Thank you so much and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Hello There, Just stopping by to say Howdy, We did a video for Green Room ( we are movie stars now. they just don't no it yet) check it out if you got time and hit us back or facebook us.. (The Kids Love It) love pp
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