The Godin Acousticaster is a semi-solid, acoustic-electric version of the Fender Telecaster featuring a bound solid spruce top and a routed mahogany body. The bolt-on maple neck is topped with a relatively flat profile, rosewood fingerboard and has large frets. I think of this guitar as an acoustic guitar that plays like an electric as I always use this guitar for acoustic settings. Others however; argue it is an electric guitar that sounds like an acoustic guitar.

I purchased this guitar used from my local music store during my college years. I was searching for a good acoustic-electric and looked at various acoustic guitars which had a pickup installed. While I was impressed with some of those guitars, to my ear none of them sounded as good amplified as this Godin Acousticaster. Furthermore, the small body style and electric guitar playability really set her apart from the traditional “acoustic” models. I was amazed at how great this guitar sounded when played unplugged or amplified, even when amplified at high volumes. Since she sounded so good even when played unplugged, this made her an ideal travel guitar and she has served me well for many years in this regard!

The Acousticaster is equipped with L.R. Baggs electronics, which are in my opinion one of the finest pickup/EQ combinations on the market, namely the L.R. Baggs LB6 piezo transducer and the L.R. Baggs PEQ-1 preamp. The key to the unique sound however, is the internal sympathetic comb, which consists of eighteen tuned metal tines mounted under the bridge that produce higher acoustic volumes and increased resonance. The sound is simply amazing and in fact, it has fooled many people who thought that the sound was coming from a traditional acoustic guitar.