Do You Have Too Many Guitars?

[alfstone]

Jokes apart, I have many guitars, and my problem is the physical space where to store them, so my idea since some years is that if a new one gets in, an old one must go out.

Actually I have a Les Paul Standard, an American Deluxe Strat, a Martin DCPA4, a Godin ACS Sa, a Godin Freeway SA, a Washburn J6, a Yamaha GC-180A, an Eko EVO, a Tamaki 12-string and an Ibanez bass.

My hope for the future is to replace my old Washburn with a new semy-hollow (Gibson ES-339? ES-335?) and the old Tamaki with a GOOD 12-string (Taylor? Martin?)

Alfredo

[Hook]

Yes and not single one to brag about!
Same with my ukes, all I have is mediocre crap...by the tonnage!
Rock On!

[Flash Harry]

n+1. It's a simple rule. Simple to write, simple to follow, simple like me.

[Speed Demon]

I only have four guitars. I am a poor demon, compared to you guys.

However, I do have two racks of digital effects, EQ, two stereo amps and a Peavey 5150 with two cabinets.

I sold the extra four cabinets before we moved to our new home.

[Burtog]

I'm in the market for a new guitar, was looking at the Godin XTSA which looks great but heard mixed reviews on the the Synth tracking with GR-55 I have.

Maybe 64 knows more on this - I think he has one?


I'm considering flogging my Roadworn Tele if anyone is interested, its an early model, nice guitar but not getting any use in the shed.

[64Guitars]

I'm in the market for a new guitar, was looking at the Godin XTSA which looks great but heard mixed reviews on the the Synth tracking with GR-55 I have.

Maybe 64 knows more on this - I think he has one?

I love my Godin xtSA. Best guitar I've ever had. I also have a Gibson and an Ibanez but the Godin is by far my favourite. Unfortunately, I don't have a guitar synth so I can't say what the tracking is like. But the xtSA comes with RMC bridge transducers which I've heard are the best for synth tracking. User reviews can be misleading because the problems encountered are often the fault of the user rather than the hardware. Just read some user reviews of the BR series recorders and you'll see what I mean. The negative reviews generally come from people who don't know what they're doing and can't be bothered to read the manual. In the case of synth-capable guitars, I think the negative reviews generally come from people who haven't adjusted the sensitivity of their synth correctly (or at all) for the guitar. If you adjust the sensitivity correctly, I think you'll find that the xtSA tracks as well as any other synth-capable guitar and probably better than most. But I can't speak from first-hand experience because I've never used the GK connection of my xtSA. I'm only going by what I've read.

Godin also offers a couple of guitars featuring the Fishman TriplePlay wireless guitar controller instead of the RMC bridge transducers. These might be worth considering, especially if you're into country or jazz music. The Session Custom TriplePlay looks a bit like a Telecaster and has a single-coil bridge pickup for that twangy country sound. The Montreal Premiere TriplePlay is a thinline, semi-hollow body electric which would be great for jazz or country-rock. For rock guitar, I think the xtSA is best, but that TriplePlay wireless system is very tempting.

Session Custom TriplePlay
http://www.godinguitars.com/godintripleplayp.htm

Montreal Premiere TriplePlay
http://www.godinguitars.com/godinpremieretripleplayp.htm

xtSA
http://www.godinguitars.com/godinxtsap.htm

[alfstone]

I'm in the market for a new guitar, was looking at the Godin XTSA which looks great but heard mixed reviews on the the Synth tracking with GR-55 I have.

Maybe 64 knows more on this - I think he has one?

I love my Godin xtSA. Best guitar I've ever had. I also have a Gibson and an Ibanez but the Godin is by far my favourite. Unfortunately, I don't have a guitar synth so I can't say what the tracking is like. But the xtSA comes with RMC bridge transducers which I've heard are the best for synth tracking. User reviews can be misleading because the problems encountered are often the fault of the user rather than the hardware. Just read some user reviews of the BR series recorders and you'll see what I mean. The negative reviews generally come from people who don't know what they're doing and can't be bothered to read the manual. In the case of synth-capable guitars, I think the negative reviews generally come from people who haven't adjusted the sensitivity of their synth correctly (or at all) for the guitar. If you adjust the sensitivity correctly, I think you'll find that the xtSA tracks as well as any other synth-capable guitar and probably better than most. But I can't speak from first-hand experience because I've never used the GK connection of my xtSA. I'm only going by what I've read.

Godin also offers a couple of guitars featuring the Fishman TriplePlay wireless guitar controller instead of the RMC bridge transducers. These might be worth considering, especially if you're into country or jazz music. The Session Custom TriplePlay looks a bit like a Telecaster and has a single-coil bridge pickup for that twangy country sound. The Montreal Premiere TriplePlay is a thinline, semi-hollow body electric which would be great for jazz or country-rock. For rock guitar, I think the xtSA is best, but that TriplePlay wireless system is very tempting.

Session Custom TriplePlay
http://www.godinguitars.com/godintripleplayp.htm

Montreal Premiere TriplePlay
http://www.godinguitars.com/godinpremieretripleplayp.htm

xtSA
http://www.godinguitars.com/godinxtsap.htm

A lot of things to say about it, but: if you spend some time with the proper setup of the GR-55 according to the Godin, you will have almost no tracking problem at all. The guys at V-Guitar are simply fantastic about this kind of things:

http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?board=60.0

I suggest you to take into consideration the Fishman TriplePlay Godin, as 64gtrs said: in fact this way you are not limited anymore to the sounds of a single sound module (as the Gr-55): the whole universe of VST-instruments is open to you!

I have two Godin, the Freeway and the ACS SA. No problem with the GR-55, no problem with the VG-99,

BUT

since I mounted the Fishman TriplePlay on my Freeway, I can use it with Kontakt libraries, Omnisphere, Sampletank, hardware sound modules, iPad instruments...the quality of the sounds is way better...

I hope it helps...

Alfredo

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

Good question, I had a count up and and I reckon I'm still a couple short. I have a :-
1972 American Strat
1959 Gibson ES120 (not sure of date)
2013 PRS 25th Anniversary
2014 Fender Resonator
2013 Crafter (six string)
2014 Crafter (Twelve String)
1970 Framus Acoustic
2011 Encore Bass
2008 Three Quarter size (can't remember name or where I put it)

But I would really love guitars that I had to part with i.e. Fender Jazzmaster and a Gibson Melody Maker.
What I would really like is the talent to use the instruments I have.    Willie

[bruno]

Okay - people are listing, so here's my list

Music Man Luke American around 2000
PRS CE24 - early one, American around 2000
Fender Squire JV Strat -1982 (based on 59 strat)
Ibanez RG550 Ltd - wizard neck, pointy headstock, 1995 ish
Squire Telecaster - probably 10 years old

Brook Taw
Brook Tavy
Applause Roadback - mid 90's

Vantage Fretless Bass
Musicman Sterling Bass

[Flash Harry]

I have the Godin Solidac, no synth access so I cannot comment on the tracking but the best made and most playable and flexible guitar I have.

If the SA is as good as the quality of the rest I wouldn't be surprised.