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I have the LGX-SA, I have an Artisan w/GK3 pickup, and now this guitar. The Koa top grade quality varies tremendously on these, look before you buy! My XTSA tracks quite well, doesn't seem to have the problems described on some reviews, no ghost notes that couldn't be fixed with a little patience. This doesn't have my favorite pups, but the Duncans chosen for this model do give you a wide variety of palettes if you're playing a lot of different styles. Acoustic side is excellent, every bit as good as my LGX; my LGX is set up with a standard strat 5-way, with the push-pull tone pot, which is nice, and not an option on the XTSA. The LGX is sexier, with the carved body and all, but the XTSA still feels great strapped on, is NOT as heavy as some of the wimps who posted reviews are complaining about, and will accomplish everything I could do with the LGX, and do it just as well, with the possible exception of how quiet the LGX pups were, and how good that neck pup sounded for clean jazz. I got my XTSA like new used for $650, with an excellent (not exceptional, like the one in this ad, which I guarantee isn't the guitar they're gonna send you) koa top. So many people are buying these and then deciding they don't "like" them w/out really giving them a chance, mainly because they're either inexperienced with the 3 voice concept or they're snobbish about the ebony vs. richlite fretboard. The richlite's fine, and once you start going out there and gigging, you're not gonna care, 'cause you can't tell the difference! Synth tracking is every bit as good as my LGX, and as good as my GK3's (got those on 4 different guitars!); it's all about knowing the pickup and how to set up your parameters, play feel, attack, etc. I'm completely content with my purchase, but I wouldn't buy one new; there's too many barely used ones that are low fruit for 1/2 the price, and that's alright by me! Love Godins, been playing them for almost 20 years now, and this is a great quality guitar and a solid workhorse, just not a showgirl. That's o.k., everyone's trying to steal the showgirls!Read full review
Verified purchase: No
Above all, the Godin XTSA is versatile. With both magnetic pickups and piezo saddle pickups you can get lots of tones just within the guitar. The mag pickups aren't as sparkly as a strat, but I can blend in the top end from the piezos and get some sparkle, (not quite the same, but nice). It is a very well-designed and well-made instrument- especially for this price range. With the "Synth Access" (a 13-pin interface) you can connect to a Boss or Roland product that lets you access many other sonic options. (I found a used Boss GP-10 and will be enjoying adding other sounds to this guitar's already wide tonal range. I find the guitar does feel a little heavier than my strat, but not too bad. The switches and pots are in good positions. It comes with those locking strap pins, but the part that goes on the strap itself does not come with the guitar. But a regular strap works ok. The floating tremolo bridge is great, but I'd rather not use it, so I'm going to block my bridge (i.e., prevent the tremolo from moving). This is a fantastic guitar, and if I had to pick one guitar, this one is it.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This guitar is great right out of the box. The HSH pickups do everything a guitarist needs them to do. The acoustic pickup is terrific. With a bit of adjustment, it sounds amazingly close to a real acoustic guitar. For those using a 13-pin device (GR-55, etc.), there will be a bit of a learning curve. To get the best out of the guitar, the guitar needs to be set up to communicate with the 13-pin device. This takes some time. Be patient. There are a lot of good videos out there made by guitarists who have shared their experiences on setting the guitar (and similar guitars) up for 13-pin devices. Watch all of them. Experiment. When you finally get it right, the musical possibilities this guitar provides are endless.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Purchased new, pick-ups needed adjustment and set-up. Plays and sounds great. Translucent Finish looks nice. A great addition to any guitar collection.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I bought a Godin xtSA locally as part of a package deal with a Roland guitar synth. It is the most technologically advanced guitar I have played. The regular "magnetic" pickups sound good, particularly when mixing with the single coil via the Strat style selector switch. The body is super resonant for a solid body electric, probably the loudest unamplified solid electric I have played. The piezo pickups are built into the bridge, and provide the acoustic simulator sound, and the synth triggering signal via a 13 pin Roland type jack. The synth tracking is the best I have ever played, with no weird squawks like sometimes happen with gk type pups. The different sounds can be mixed together or sent to individual amps/channels through the 3 different output jacks. The body is deeply sculpted on the back, and is very comfortable to play. The neck is great, plays easy and is comfortable to me. The variety of tones it is capable of is simply astounding. I would recommend the xtSA to any level player, beginner to pro. The fit and finish is as good as any Fender or Gibson. Try one if you get the chance, you'll get it.Read full review
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