Club : Art & Lutherie / Norman / Seagull

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Si je n'avais qu'une Norman B20 à ma disposition, je serais tout sauf malheureux.

Donc, maintenant que j'ai vraiment pu tester chaque marque, je vais me décider probablement pour la Norman B18.

Je trouve étonnant que les modèles Norman avec table trois plis soient plus chers (de peu, mais bon) que les Art&Lutherie qui ont déjà une table massive! Evidemment, la table ne fait pas tout, et le prix ne signifie rien, mais bon... Quand on sait que la plupart des acoustiques du groupe Godin regroupent les même caractéristiques globales, on peut se poser la question.

A Preconception Laid to Waste -- A&L Folk Almond
So I finally found a local store that stocks a fair amount of Godin guitars, and I went in looking for a Folk guitar to replace the Go Grande travel guitar that I recently sold. I had a budget in mind of $400 pre-tax (having the pickup included would be a plus,) as I sought a durable, decent-sounding guitar that I could take anywhere, be it campfire, gigging/worship, etc. The goal was not to find something that would rival my "high-end" guitars (as Broadus did a while ago ), but something sturdy that would nonetheless be a bit fun to play.

I was hoping for a Spruce-top Folk, alas none of them were in stock. So on a whim, I first tried an A&L Folk Cedar, which was okay but a little too warm for my taste. Then I took a look at the A&L Folk Almond, which has the all-laminate cherry body (top, back and sides.) I thought, this could be something similar to that mediocre Ibanez Exotic Wood series... I mean, surely Godin makes good guitars, but how good can an all-laminate guitar sound, right? But once I tuned it up and played I was surprised by its tone. It actually sounded "nice," with brightness and overtones galore. It doesn't have the volume of my Larrivee or even that of the Big Baby (which I did an A/B just for reference), but I don't think I ever played a livelier all-laminate guitar ever.

And just for comparison's sake, I played an A&L dread with Spruce top, and I found that I actually prefer the Almond's tone still. I actually couldn't believe that I was actually giving the nod to a laminate-top guitar over a solid-top one, but that's exactly what happened. Had there been a Folk with solid Spruce (like the Norman B20 Folk, which I know very well having owned one before), I probably would've gone for that. But while I still consider the B20 to be superior to the Almond, I don't think I could get a pickup included within the budget with the B20. Since it wasn't available locally, it's a moot point to consider the B20 anyway. And I don't consider the quality of the Almond to be that much of a drop off from a Seagull or a Norman.

As for the pickup, I did have a K&K Pure Western Mini in hand, but then I found out that there would be an installation charge for the pickup. So rather than burning a perfectly good pickup and paying for installation on a very inexpensive guitar, I inquired about a serviceable soundhole pickup. The store recommended the Lace Acoustic Bronze pickup for about the price of the labor fees of pickup installation, so I tried, and it actually worked fairly nicely. So now that K&K pickup will be installed on the custom build that should be ready very soon.

So in the end, I walked out with the guitar, the pickup, a strap and a cheap gig bag for just about the budget listed at the top. It's been over ten years since I've bought a laminate-top guitar (a cheap Fender that I was using to start learning to play), but this is no junk. It's a legitimate guitar built to serve just the purpose I had in mind.
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Je me site:
"Ma préférence va encore une fois aux tables en cèdre, du fait que les aiguës sont moins brillants et surtout pour leur chaleur et leur rondeur.
Mais loin de moi l'idée de dénigrer les tables en épinette, elles sont très bonnes également.
Si je n'avais qu'une Norman B20 à ma disposition, je serais tout sauf malheureux.

Donc, maintenant que j'ai vraiment pu tester chaque marque, je vais me décider probablement pour la Norman B18."

Donc, je dis juste que si je ne devais, pour x ou y raisons, avoir que la B20 je ne serais pas déçu, mais qu'à choisir je prendrais certainement la B18, pour les raisons énoncées plus haut.

Sinon, le modèle en 3 couches de bois laminé, c'est la B15. Tous les modèles en dessus ont une table massive (B18, B20 et B50). La B18 que j'ai essayé avait clairement une table massive, c'est facile à reconnaître au niveau de la rosette, surtout avec un modèle aux finitions naturel.

La nouvelle série premier prix similaire à la série Seagull excursion a elle aussi 3 couches de bois laminé.

Enfin, j'essaierai quand même la B18 et la B20 encore une fois le jour ou je me décide à en acheter une. Peut-être avec les yeux bandés, pour avoir plus d'objectivité, particulièrement au niveau du son.

Comme dis précédemment, je me demandais si la qualité sonore de la ST40 était vraiment meilleure, par rapport à son prix, à une B18, car je pourrais pour finir me tourner vers ce modèle. Si qqn a pu tester les 2 modèles et peut m'informer là dessus, ça serait super.

Bonne journée à toutes et à tous