Godin LookBook 2019

Those Godin acoustics look like a cross between a Taylor and a Gibson.

Not saying that's a bad thing.  When in Rome..........

RobertW ,

That looks a very nice guitar, have you had a play, have you got a touch of GAS. 😀

I think Godin has lost the plot here.  Gadzooks!  Seagulls are nice, but they ain't over 2k nice.  All the Artists (the few that are left that is) are also pretty much the same, spruce/hog guitars.  Except one, the Studio, which has solid rosewood back and sides........and it costs less than this one? 

Seagull just makes me scratch my head these days.  LOL.

Glad I have the Artist Studio I have (from 2013). I think I'd better hang onto it, as Seagull (and Godin in general) seem to have entirely lost their mojo. As to the Artist Tuxedo Black... this is my own bias and I know it, but I'm always suspicious of 'painted' guitars. It's easy to hide flaws in the wood under paint. Give me natural wood and a stain that lets me see the grain. But YMMV, as they say. 

EDITED TO ADD: My bias is only with acoustic and acoustic-electric guitars. With solid body electrics, I don't really care if the wood's painted. I still prefer a stain rather than paint, but with solid body electrics, it's more the electronics that give the sound, not as much the wood. Call me fickle!

What made me scratch my head on this particular guitar is this, leading to my point at the end here:
This guitar costs the 2nd highest of all the Artists (Peppino being the highest), but it's made of the same materials as all the other ones except one.  The only difference is that it's painted black, has a different inlay at the 12th fret and a different pick guard.

The one model left that's actually made from more expensive materials, the Studio, is almost 300 hundred bucks less.

My point is that ya, maybe not everybody knows their stuff about guitars, but most do that are spending upwards around 2k.  Do they think people are not going to notice this?  Do they think people are going to think a paint job and a different inlay is worth, with tax, over 300 bucks?  I don't think so.  That's what's made me think they've kinda lost it.

There are other guitar companies that may do similar things regarding pricing, but my point is that Godin never used to do that.  All their guitar pricing made sense as it went up.  Now it's starting to be, "Hey, this looks cooler, so ya, pay us more for it."  SMH.

Ah well, it doesn't affect me anymore, but I'm very curious to see how this all pans out for Godin.  I wonder if we'll get any kind of insight over the next couple of years as to whether their sales are truly going up or down.  They are the biggest North American acoustic guitar maker still, so ya, just curious.