Godin Radium Winchester Brown RN w/Godin Gig Bag

Featuring a unique mash up of Fullerton-meets-Kalamazoo pickups, body shape and scale length, the Godin Radium packs a diverse set of tones in a comfortable, easy to play package. Not to be mistaken for anything else, the Radium sounds as unique as it looks and is an excellent value.

This new Godin Radium Winchester Brown features:

• Mahogany Center body with Basswood wings, 7.4 pounds
  
• Satin Winchester Brown finish
• 24.75" scale 12" radius mahogany set neck
• Rosewood fretboard, 1-11/16" nut width
• Godin nickel covered humbucking neck and bridge pickups
• Custom Cajun middle pickup
• Wrap tailpiece
  
• Volume, Tone controls w/pull split tone control
  
• 5-way pickup switch
• Schaller strap locks
• gig bag optional

Looking somewhat like the Fender-Gibson love child, the Godin Radium combines a multitude of influences to create a surprisingly broad array of tones.  The mahogany neck, covered humbuckers and mahogany center section gives the Winchester a generally warm mid-focused vibe....much like any set neck humbucker guitar. But that is where the similarities end.  The 'buckers are direct mount, so any pickup output balancing is accomplished with the middle pickup. The Cajun middle pickup is a little lower in output, but overall matches nicely in tone with the neck and bridge pickups.

Selecting the neck and bridge pickups gives you much of what you might expect out of those positions. Neck tones have a nice warmth that does not overly mask the high end, and there is a pleasant midrange emphasis that lends gravitas without sounding muddy. The bridge pickup does not have bite of an open coil humbucker but we loved how it sounded through our JAM Pedals Tubedreamer: Plenty of crunch and harmonics, but a refined smooth top end without any metallic edge. Something you can play all night and never get tired of hearing it.

Putting a Tele-style pickup in the middle position provides a smooth rhythm vibe with enough sparkle not to get lost in the mix. Combined with the neck or bridge pickup you don't get strong "out of phase" tones like from a Strat. The effect is more clean and distinct with less quack. While that might disappoint some, it works great with vibe, chorus, and phase effects to create lush, detailed and hypnotic chords that shimmer nicely when the notes are individually picked out. Even when piling on the modulation effects, the fundamental tonality remained intact.

And something interesting happens when you pull the tone knob up to split both humbuckers: You get a bit of the "quack" back when combined with the middle pickup. This gets you closer to a "Strat" tone, but with less snap than the real thing. But the point is not to sound like that guitar, and pulling the tone knob is like getting a second guitar to work with.

The Radium is an excellent value from its smooth playing medium C profile neck to its unique pickup arrangement. Tonally it occupies its own space, so don't expect it to substitute for a Les Paul or a Strat. It will certainly rock like any two-pickup humbucking guitar, but it has a whole other personality that is well suited to rhythm playing, modulation effects, and even a little funk. The Godin Radium radiates uniqueness, and if you are looking for something different, we highly recommend it.

We are an authorized Godin dealer and this is a new guitar with all tags, tools, paperwork and certificates. We have a wide selection of Godin-family guitars stock at all times, and please feel free to browse our other listings,or contact us for delivery time and availability on other Godin models.