Who Designed The Seagull

No, no, no.  It went like this:



In the beginning, Godin created the Seagull guitar.  The Seagull guitar was formless and empty and the Spirit of Music hovered over and within the guitar.  Then Godin said, "Let there be strings on the guitar." And Godin saw that the strings were good.  Godin then separated the bass from the treble and He called them E, A, D, G, B and E.  That was the morning and the evening of the first day Godin created the Seagull guitar.

Then Godin said, "Let there be a vault between the strings to separate the strings from the strings."  And so Godin separated the strings below, to run over a bridge and above, to run over a nut.  And it was so.  Then Godin said, "Let there be an infinite amount of music within the vault of the strings." and it was so.  Godin saw that it was good.  The rest is......well .....you know........ as they say........history. 

Lys (pronounced “Lee”) Guitars were only produced from 1980 to 1983. They were handmade in La Patrie, Quebec by Claude Boucher (Boucher Guitars, Kamouraska Guitars) and Normand Boucher (Norman Guitars). Later, Robert Godin (Godin Guitars) joined after the death of Normand Boucher.

Robert Godin later went on to form Seagull Guitars and used the Lys body design for the Seagull S-6.

See the problem with histories>? this one claims Godin joined Boucher Guitars after Norman died??

The word "Lys" is French for lily and a stylized lily called the "fleur de lys" is the provincial flower of Quebec.  The headstock shape of the Lys guitar was modeled after the fleur de lys.

Norman Guitars was founded in 1968 by Normand Boucher. In a history of Norman Guitars (in french ) it states than Robert Godin sold Norman Guitars in his Montreal store La Tosca. (His aunt's store, he became partner at 18 -LaPresse Affaires)  (Vers 1970, Robert Godin qui gère le magasin La Tosca à Montréal remarque le travail de Normand Boucher et commence à vendre les guitares à Montréal. )

Later, it states that an entrepeneur took over Norman Guitar when Normand Boucher retired (not when he died! " Il est décédé le 21 décembre 1997 à l'âge de 80 ans.")

  Source:Boucher Guitars - Guitare.COM

quick translation:
Normand retired in 1987, the Norman trademarks and factory were sold to Godin in 1988. The Boucher next generation, Claude and his cousin, Robin, continued to build hi-end guitars under the Boucher  name after Normand passed away.

• The myth that Normand Boucher built bad guitars is not supported by non-Godin histories.
  
• There is nothing in any of the francais articles I found about Normand Boucher and Robert Godin designing any guitars together. 
• I think there more than a bit of confusion between Normand and his son Claude in the various English histories.

A note about LYS
Lys guitars were produced by Unisonic. Unisonic was founded by Robert Godin of Godin Guitars and Claude Boucher (son of Normand Boucher founder of Norman Guitars). In 1982, the Unisonic facilities closed and LaSiDo, Inc. bought the trademark. Guitars were produced into 1983 when the design was modified to become Seagull guitars. The first generation of Lys guitars have a dovetail neck joint and the second generation have a bolt-on neck.

Coda:
As you see, history is malleable and each protagonist tries to place himself in the best possible light.
IF you want a relevant example; the recently memorialized War of 1812, Both Canada (and England) and the USA record it as WON by themselves.

I wonder what Boucher's 2 sons and daughter have to say about that time period and Robert Godin.

Please excuse the french quotes. Please excuse the JanVinging. Please excuse the passion.

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the histories prove that statement questionable..

Robert Godin worked in his aunt's  music school/store from the age of 13, doing repairs. When that aunt died, another of his aunts took over and made Robert a full partner at 17.