Godin LGXT Guitar Review With Tom Quayle | Guitar Interactive Magazine

[@AlainChatignon]

The LGXT is one of the most versatile guitars with its splittable humbuckers, piezo pickup and 13 pin synth output...

[@thelolguy007]

I discovered Godin last year and bought an Lgx. Blown away by them. I had 3 within months. Quality guitars 👍

[@shirleymental4189]

I've got one and I love it, not just because of it's versatility but just because it's a great guitar generally. One thing you omitted was the function of the 5 way selector and the fact that the pups are split, so allow me: Position 1. bridge/humbucker. 2. bridge /single coil. 3. bridge and neck/single coil. 4. neck/single coil. 5. neck/humbucker. Versatile indeed.

[@chrismartinez1370]

Do you still own it? What do you think about it now?

[@shirleymental4189]

Yep still own it and still think it's great.

[@Stygianite]

How about now? Still got yours? Still lovin it? I just came across one for sale for $1000USD, its an older model, 2006, but in great condition . Im considering buying it. Think its worth that price? Do you know if the synth capabilities would be the same as a more recent model or would it be outdated?

[@fri8601]

Fender and Gibson have some work to do.

[@dietersdawgs]

Had mine 22 years now.....still superb, have never played a better guitar!

[@nealixd.3011]

I have 36 stringed instruments, but it's probably the one that could do it all if I had to cut down to one, no doubt. It's definitely my workhorse, has been to about a 100 gigs or so, some as long as 5.5 hours. Doing solo concerts now, so I use backing tracks and typically a Les Paul, Strat or Tele, but I will likely never let it go. It's a perfect instrument that just oozes quality, and too much fun with my Roland GR-33 and Roland VG8 guitar system, old stuff but goodies. Mine is a 1999 (like your's perhaps?) that I traded three guitars to a guy for, who was a beginner and only had it three months. One of my better trades! He had paid $1300 for it back in '99, and I traded him three instruments I had about $1100 in, but it was worth every penny of the trade, no doubt. One of the guitars was a mini-Strat for his young son.

[@TNungesser]

Thanks for the great review! I just purchased the LGXT and am waiting for the GR-55 to arrive!

[@brucecutter2416]

I love my GR55

[@nealixd.3011]

I have the 1999 Godin LGXT w/OHSC since around that time. Traded a fellow three guitars for it, after he had bought it new only three months before. It is still in mint shape, I do my best to take care of it. Amazing instrument. I would likely sell both my Gibson Les Paul Std. and SG Std. before this one. The LGXT just oozes quality, tones, playability, versatility, etc.

[@MrJrollins]

he nealix thinking about getting one of these. How ever does the Pizo work without the midi .? love the sound of the pizo i do alot of acoustic stuff

[@nealixd.3011]

@@MrJrollins Yes, you can run the acoustic circuit separate from the MIDI or electric, or combine them in two other combinations. No problem. You also have a small three way switch for separating or combining the three voices. The Piezo is in the guitar bridge and takes a 9V battery on the back, which seems to last a long time, as long as you don't leave it plugged in for long periods. It is a very good acoustic guitar sound and you have slide controls in the upper bout to tailor the volume, bass, middle and treble. The LGXT would definitely be my desert island guitar, it covers so much territory. On some gigs I ran each voice through its own amp, but usually I was good with a small tube amp for the electric tones and a Carvin AG for the acoustic and MIDI. Some gigs I just used the AG only.

[@briannielsen9556]

I`ve owned one of these exact guitars. Brilliant guitars. One of the best and most beautiful guitars I`ve ever had in my hands. Nothing more to say really.

[@ErayAltin]

One of the rare guitar review videos where the reviewer can actually play at a pro level...

[@joshuamichael4312]

That's because he's actually a pro lol. He even has his own signature Ibanez guitar.

[@dietersdawgs]

I've got one....superb guitar, best electric I've ever had....mine's older, a 1999 model, the tuners have a lock on the back,not top of the headstock, and I have the lr baggs pickups, not the RMC's...also have the Freeway SA, lighter and a maple neck.....actually have 6 Godin electrics lol and love them all!

[@nealixd.3011]

I have a 1999 LGXT in the black pearl finish too. Great guitars, they just ooze quality all over from the second you touch them. Another difference of that year is a hard maple cap, over a soft maple body, somewhat unusual, but plenty of good tone and sustain. Plus, the three position on the five way switch seems to be both humbuckers in parallel, like you would find on a Gibson with two humbuckers. So, you have all three normal HB tones and two extra single coil offerings. I just picked up a 2000?, rare cherry sunburst AAA flame top, book matched LGX-SA hardtail, but I am more and more thinking of just keeping them both. Both great in their own ways. E.g., the LGXT has the nice pop in and out free floating whammy, which is very stable.

[@dietersdawgs]

I agree...keep 'em!

[@BastognePitBull]

Looks like a stunner. Well thought out. How is she holding up?

[@dietersdawgs]

@@BastognePitBull 21 years old and still good as new!

[@ericpalkovich]

Tom - I always enjoy your videos. Well done, and these Godin's are really amazing.

[@fuz1284]

I've been shopping and buying and regretting and on and on . I picked one of these up that was used and it just.. I'm selling all my junk to get myself a new one. What a guitar

[@natelivingston5528]

Nice review! Learned a lot. My Canadian friend who worked there said it was pronounced GoDan.

[@AkiraSpectrum]

Godin make fantastic guitars in all price ranges; high quality.

[@LuisMorales-xm6wc]

I purchased a acoustic fairmount composer....i love it!! Robert Godin is a great guitar maker.God bless this Man!

[@robcourtnall5332]

This is a great guitar. I used a speech-to-text app and sadly it was sent before I could edit it down to nothing. Patrick Hale noted this, it was an accidental essay, tried to fix it, tried to respond, to say he was correct, so if he sees this, he is right but was an accident. Great guitar! Be well to all!

[@Colin.W]

I'm late to the Godin show! WTF! Made in my country and I haven't researched or tried any. Crazy what they can do.

[@stevemorse108]

Thanks for review and great playing...ironically your video was cut by an add of someone playing a tele and the sound was so strong and full of personality that it undermined my impression of the Godin.....I was thinking of buying a LGXT but now am hesitating because I already have a Godin Multiac nylon string on which I play bossa, flamenco, fusion, classical and even some rock but when I play electric it is on my Collector's Choice Les Paul that has a very strong and distinctive personality or iconic sound so I think I'll stick with my instruments.I also have a Martin D-18 with a pickup which sounds great.so I a not convinced that the ergonomics and versatility of the Godin LGXT is sufficient to tip the scale.....I feel that like a PRS it is a hybrid and can't compete with the say 20% real Strat of Les Paul sound.

[@fredericlinden]

Remarkable presentation ! And what an instrument!

[@RByrne]

Nice! I've been looking for one of these and found one advertised as "great condition", but who knows really. It includes the case and a Traynor amp. For a few hundred bucks I'm hoping it's good.

[@eelalien]

My Godin LXGT, purchased in 2007, is still likely my "desert island" one-and-only...

[@samuraigypsiesGC]

Great Demo. Convinced me to get one. Thank you.

[@CHECOMEXvlog]

Amazing review!!! What is the unit he is using for creating the midi sounds???

[@KordTaylor]

Great video thanks! You really showed that it can track well. Thanks again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@GuitarInteractive]

Glad you liked it!

[@nealixd.3011]

Go-dan is the way I say it. French Canadian, ha. Got this one in the pearl black, and the LGX-SA hard tail in a very rare cherry sunburst. Wonderful instruments.

[@JamesThomas-zl9er]

I’d been thinking the SA was the midi “version” - love mine, it’s the first gen with the Godin blade humbuckers, piezo p/u and no midi stuff

[@Metallian81]

Ok, I just found out about this amazing guitar in an interview with Steve Steven's. But I'm trying to found out if the tremolo is a Floyd Rose floating tremolo or more like an EVH fixed bridge floyd? Thats the deal breaker for me, I dont want a floating tremolo.

[@joshuamichael4312]

That's definitely a floating tremolo, but there are ways to lock it in place with a tremol-no. Or you could mount a piece of wood in between the block and the guitar and lock it in place. Then you have the added benefit of those types of bridges, with the saddle height adjustments and such.

[@Metallian81]

@@joshuamichael4312 Thanks! That's what I was afraid of. I have an Ibanez Prestige with a Floyd, I ended up having it blocked years ago. It's still a pain to restring and tune though. My problem is I want a tremolo but I also want to be able to change tunings often and easily. Floyd Rose is a no go for that. I have a strat, but I prefer the thinner neck of my Ibanez. The EVH branded guitar seems to have a fixed style tremolo, I may look into that more. I generally don't go after officially branded artist's guitars though. I had seen a couple reviews of it, and it works with EVH's D'tuna, which seems cool, but not something I'd prefer to use.

[@joshuamichael4312]

@@Metallian81 ya then you should get a Floyd but just "hit the deck" as they say. So it's down only instead of floating. Then you can change tunings all you'd like without it effecting you, while still be able to dive bomb. The Kramers EVH used to play were set up that way at one time.

[@Metallian81]

@@joshuamichael4312 Cool, thanks for the tip.

[@shirleymental4189]

@@Metallian81 Probably too late for you, but the LGXT sorts that problem out for you. I use mine along with a Boss GP 10 (using the 13 pin lead) So when I want to change the tuning to a drop D or open G for example, a simple tap of the foot let's the GP 10 do it for me with no issues.

[@Fender5621]

Even wearing good headphones, the distorted sound from ALL the coil pickup selections sounds the same. Not sure if the guitar or KZbin's audio processing. Also I cannot find in the video where the coil pickups clean sound are ever demonstrated.

[@dietersdawgs]

you have to actually play one...I have one.....youtube recording quality doesn't reproduce the amazing tones accurately

[@imaginableAudio]

It's about 3500 where I live. Is it worth it? The godin koa is 2200. I just want to know if it's worth all that money

[@philippe_durel]

The fretboard is "richlite" composite, not ebony, according to the official 2020 Godin documentation ... but I have no idea if in 2015 these guitars came with ebony fretboards.

[@dietersdawgs]

they used ebony on the lgx and lgxt up until 2018 or 2019 I believe. They went to richlite because ebony is getting rarer and supposedly richlite tracks better because the density is more consistent

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

OKK lgxt not the same as LTXSA ? or XTSA; why not vdo to compare them all; sounds and hardware ? I want the nylong acoustic sound also !

[@baturayakat9733]

Can you play metal with this?

[@GregWorzel]

I wish you had better guitar chops so I could figure out if I like this guitar or not. LOL 🤣You are one beast of a player! You make me want to change tunings! Thanks for a great review!

[@mboyer68]

Surprised you didn't talk about the very unusual headstock joint. It's not a scarf joint...I don't think? I've never seen a joint like that.

[@МихаилКузьменко-р7ш]

Thank you in advance - please give me a link to Godin's electric guitar with the lower horn forward ... I think it will suit me because I am 194 cm tall

[@josephciccarello2488]

I have the same guitar but it does not track as well with GR-55 if that's what you are using.

[@Fredwitrave]

Clear explanation + nice guitar playing! Thanx

[@MrXcrt]

Damm , this guy can play !

[@ConstruKction]

When are people gonna stop calling them MIDI pickups? They take analog signal just like your regular magnetic pickups. It's the synth unit that converts pitch to MIDI, not the pickup itself.

[@justsomeguy1074]

Then why would it need a 13-pin connector!

[@ConstruKction]

Technically speaking you don't. You can perform pitch-to-MIDI conversion on your regular 1/4" mono signal, but it's going to be extremely imprecise. You can forget chords too because there's no processing unit out there that can process mono signal and split it up into up to 6 strings being played at the same time. It's just impossible.

[@justsomeguy1074]

@@ConstruKction The Godin has a pickup for each string going to the 13-pin connector. So it would be 2 pins for each string and one extra for whatever purpose. I believe the Roland GK-3 pickup also has a sensor for each string.

[@ConstruKction]

@@justsomeguy1074 The 13-pin interface uses 6 pins for each string, then 1 pin for normal pickups, 1 for GK pickup volume, 2 pins for two selector switches, two pins for +/- power, and one unused pin. There's no sensor at all, it's just six tiny humbuckers whose signals are being passed through to a processing unit like the Roland VG-99, GP-10, GR-30, or what have you. It's up to said units what they do with these signals, pitch-to-MIDI is one of their features and can be used to trigger external (soft) synths. The GK pickup itself, or the entire 13-pin interface does absolutely zero sensing/MIDI related stuff or whatsoever.

[@justsomeguy1074]

@@ConstruKction Yes but it has to have a separate output for each string to process the signals so you can play chords. Like you said earlier if you just used a 1/4" output it would work but you couldn't play chords.

[@ivioca]

Did you tune your guitar a half-step higher?

[@XENONEZZ2]

Can anyone tell me please....what's the effect of using the tremolo arm with synth sounds...?...does it actually track...?

[@SrikanthIyerTheMariner]

I came for the review and got totally distracted by the awesome playing ..why dont my fingers move that way !

[@josephciccarello2488]

What guitar processor are you using GR-55

[@gregoirearmaos7944]

Hi I was wondering how do you compare the LGX with the Godin Triple play in terms of tracking ?

[@gregoirearmaos7944]

+Gregoire Armaos Or has anyone tried both and can recommend one or the other?

[@KyndesCovers]

So. No one is talking about the tuning he uses? I’m pretty sure he tuned the highest e half a step up. Why? Maybe also the b

[@נועםגלעדי-ש7ז]

Hey i want ask i this guitar work well with breath controller?

[@diabolowhite]

Hearing an acoustic kind of sound from an electric looking guitar blows my mind....

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

std 5 way sw. like the fender Tele; with the rmc 13 pin synth output. as I see it. ? The piezo for midi ; great !

[@shadowcaster2k276]

Is there a model like this available WITHOUT the synth/midi stuff?

[@AvroBellow]

No, but there's no law that says you must use it.

[@iandavon3141]

Yes older ones... you can find them around it is a called a godan Lgx no sa or t. I got one in the 90s it still has the acoustic switch and is better than my les Paul my sg my strat... it really can’t do that tele twang though.

[@nateonearth]

#beautiful guitar #unreal performance

[@MartinLang1625]

Tom Quayle Holy #@!$ your good!

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

so different from XTSA ? in playing acoustic also ? This is more electric only.

[@dietersdawgs]

lgxt and lgx are top of the line......better quality woods and tuners etc. than the xt, but the xt is no slouch!

[@ApolloSol]

I had a LGX-sa and interestingly enought the SA is a Mahogany body / maple neck guitar. The Reverse of this guitar but other than that they're the same model (Except the trem), I wonder if the different wood combinations make a difference.... I remember the SA being real deep and full in tone.

[@EgeCoskun]

ApolloSol SA means "Synth Access" nothing to do with wood at all. There are some different Wood types named A, AA and AAA. Those A's named after the quality of the mapel. I'll prefere AAA version.

[@ApolloSol]

EgeCoskun If you look on their website you'll notice one has a mahogany body and the other a maple body. Both models are synth access.

[@EgeCoskun]

Dear ApolloSol, I think it's new for them. Please don't get me wrong. But I'm sure "SA" means "Synth Access" in godin family. There are Freeway SA and Nylon SA and so on. I will still prefer AAA maple ones. They are little more expensive but trust me they worth it. I hope to find your best godin. I'm using mine about 11 years right now. Flawless guitars. (VG99 highly recommended by the way)

[@EgeCoskun]

I think I get you confusion now. My bad sorry. In beginning the lgxt models also named lgxt-sa. But afterwords they decided to drop "sa" on those models because all LGXT's came with synth access. However it's a bit different story for LGX models. They had a regular LGX's and with Synth access LGX's. To be clear the confusion, Synth models named LGX-SA. Last years they decide to discontinued the regular LGX models, but still named with SA. I guess within couple of years they will drop the SA after the LGX models as well. LGXT models are always made by flaming maple wood and mahogany neck. LGX's are mahogany body with mahogany neck. Hope to clear my point.

[@nealixd.3011]

My 1999 LGXT is a wee bit different, with a hard maple cap over a soft maple body, according to the era's specs. Dunno if or when they switched to the traditional Les Paul construction of maple cap over mahogany body.

[@MusicMan642]

Could you use it to control a Strymon or Eventide with the midi?

[@furzikurzi6243]

Robert Godin is simply a genius!

[@SuchaDoofus]

Oh no. Fusion heaven. Everyone else's hell.

[@TMoody]

Just bought one of these for $150. Killer chops dude!

[@AvroBellow]

WHERE?!

[@chrismartinez1370]

150? No way in hell

[@wickedwayzzz33]

@@chrismartinez1370 Fairly certain it's a troll. Seen it a few different reviews for the same guitar

[@ninasatriani6924]

How much is it?

[@kevgh3869]

I thought the fret board was Richlite?

[@AvroBellow]

It is now. Godin stopped using Ebony because it's becoming an endangered species and Godin only uses sustainable wood sources.

[@dietersdawgs]

they went to richlite in 2018 or 19...in 2015 it was ebony

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

Does the XTSA w/ nylongs sounds more like the multiac acoustics ?

[@JoziasMiguel]

It's real?

[@McWhatevs]

Is this "too much guitar" for a first electric? I've got an acoustic, been playing for 6 months and now want an electric too. I like this one and the Jimmie Vaughn Tex Mex Strat

[@sonic7184]

There is no such thing as "too much guitar", the more options you have, the better

[@orbitalchiller]

If you have the money, this is a guitar for life.

[@ergbudster3333]

Go Godin. The price is right. You can buy two beautiful Godins for the price of one overpriced, overrated big name instrument that was probably sneak made in Asia anyway. Godins are North American instruments, cut in Canada, assembled in US.

[@jay2xtremefy]

orbitalchiller indeed!

[@johnbifulco707]

No, but its $2000 and if you stop playing guitar it will be a huge waste. The split coils will give a strat sound to a degree though. I was 12 when I got my first electric, after playing acoustic and bass for a year or two, it was a $150 Washburn...and it was awesome. You will be satisfied with a cheap electric as it will be so new to you that the quality wont matter. I'd get a cheap one first.

[@phenixreturns]

this is what DARYL STUERMER has so it's the best guitarist for this guitar :)

[@budgetguitarist]

Wow - that tracks really, really well. If it can handle Tom's playing, it could easily handle mine. :)

[@TheStrataminor]

and with mine it has enough time to make a cup of tea....

[@angelalbertoolivaresramire8547]

Hi, I'm Rob Goose

[@Buzzedd777]

So it's an and out not in and out? I've been saying it wrong my whole life, jeez.

[@steveburchfield5576]

i once got really excited about good ones when i saw john maclaughlin play one , so i ordered one. my 75$ suire sounded much better so i sent it back ,sameday. they make a wide range from very cheap,tinny sound to really good pro level. you get what you pay for.!

[@dietersdawgs]

doubt your's was set up right.....I've never played any Godin that didn't sound waaaaay better than any squire lol! I have seen them not set up properly in shops, though....once they've been set up, I've never played a bad one, and I have seven, in various price ranges, all excellent

[@aldrencleiton5870]

please legends, top guitars.

[@jorhay1]

Why do cheezy guitar licks still sound like cheezy guitar licks regardless of what instrument sound it plays?

[@nealixd.3011]

My 1999 LGXT's acoustic guitar section sounds way better than this. Way better. Either the battery is old, you are strumming too hard, or the audio has too much gain. That sort of sucked for a demo of the acoustic guitar section, but everything else was good. You are a great player too, no doubt. Thanks for an overall good demo, but I feel the acoustic section normally sounds way better than this, plus has the great four sliders in the upper bout to control it very nicely over a wide range of different acoustic guitar flavors. Since my LGXT and 2000 LGX-SA are early years, they could use a trip to the shop to clean up the sliders and pots, kind of scratchy in places. Looking for a good service shop now.

[@christiandufour4152]

The probable reason for the better acoustics on your 1999 LGXT is that it's equipped with a LR Baggs piezoelectric system and that the new version is equipped with a RMC system.

[@dietersdawgs]

it's the media.....nothing sounds good on youtube, duh!

[@nealixd.3011]

@@dietersdawgs possibly so, no doubt.

[@phenixreturns]

for the axcess to the last frets, it's not perfect

[@megadeth1818]

hot damn i need one of those bad boys

[@藤野欽也-p2h]

Nice!!!!!

[@stratfinders8095]

Are you fucking kidding? PLAY IT CLEAN!!!!! You got so muck overdrive all 5 pickup selections sound the same.

[@steveburchfield5576]

you are correct

[@madyongyut8172]

Good

[@richardgordon9939]

its not godan its godin

[@richardg5301]

If you've ever watched videos from the manufacturer they pronounce it almost like goh-dain almost like the "i" is a long "a" sound with little emphasis on the "n" at the end.

[@AvroBellow]

Anglophones have a very hard time with the French N so Go-Dan is the best approximation for them.

[@dietersdawgs]

@@AvroBellow yep it's a French name phoenetically sounds like go-dan

[@richardgordon9939]

it's godin not godan lol

[@tinnitusthenight5545]

Is it just me or is the set up buzzing like a hornets nest?

[@AlanIsHarmony]

It's you, I'm afraid. The first part, where it sounds like buzzing is actually the synth it's connected to. There's no indication of buzzing when he plays using the piezo pickups.

[@tinnitusthenight5545]

@@AlanIsHarmony I was referring to the later bit, the set up sounds pretty bad to me. I own this guitar and did my set up myself, it does not sound like this.

[@dietersdawgs]

@@tinnitusthenight5545 computer recording on youtube sucks I have this guitar...it's excellent in all aspects.

[@tinnitusthenight5545]

@@dietersdawgs yeah i have it to its great i just think the set up on the guitar in the video is to low thats all