Godin A6 Ultra

 Funny, I don’t have to say much about this guitar because I use it rarely for one big reason. After many good experiences with Godin guitars I thought I couldn’t go wrong with this one. Around 2005 I was playing in a Django Reinhardt style quartet and the only amplifiable acoustic guitars I owned were nylon strings. Not ideal. The A6 is a steel string acoustic – although it’s only partially hollow. It has a sweet sound unamplified and the added magnetic pickup adds some extra sound control. The magnetic and piezo pickups can be routed to two different outputs on the instrument. The one feature that killed this guitar for me is that it just doesn’t stay in tune. It’s funny how some guitars do that. You experiment with different string brands. You make sure everything is tight and well set up but it doesn’t make a difference. One of these days I’ll try to conquer that unlucky feature again.