Godin A6 Ultra Black HG  

Godin

Godin is a Canadian company which produces professional and innovative guitars. Godin guitars are also quite sustainable, almost all the woods they use come from North-America and are hand made in their workshops in Quebec and New Hampshire. Godin guitars are made by the best luthiers in a production line, who individually check the guitar and add new components. This means that they can guarantee the high quality of their guitars.

Hybrid Guitar

The Godin A6 Ultra Black HG is a hybrid guitar, as Godin refers to it. This means that the guitar can produce both electric and acoustic sounds. The guitar has a piezo pickup under the bridge and a humbucker in the neck, this makes it possible to get a beautiful and versatile acoustic sound and a full and amazing electric sound. Moreover, the guitar has two jack inputs. It is possible to use both the pickups through the same jack, but by using both of them through the separate jacks, you’ll have more control over your sound. The humbucker can subsequently be connected to an electric amp, and the piezo pickup to an acoustic amp. However, with one cable the guitar is still versatile. On the body of the guitar there is also a mixing system with which you can alter your sound quite easily.

Materials

The body of the guitar consists of two chambers, which are two hollow components in the body which improve the resonation. Most acoustic guitars have a completely hollow body, because they solely rely on resonation, whereas a chambered body has a more nuanced resonance and is better suitable for use with pickups. The body itself is made from cedar, which is quite rigid and has a beautiful sustain. The neck is made of mahogany and the fretboard is made of Richlite. Richlite is a synthetic alternative for other popular, but rare, tonewoods. Richlite consists of recycled paper and wood fibres that are pressed together with resin under high temperature. This results in a rigid material and is comparable to wood. It also feel like wood and doesn’t require any maintance. Fretboards made of tonewood need to be cleaned and conditioned regularly, but Richlite is completely sealed off which means it won’t change over time. The A6 Ultra is thus a professional and high-quality hybrid guitar!