Godin Radium: Mixing a Radiator and a Stadium!
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What you get when you mix a Radiator and Stadium? A Radium, obviously. This new guitar by Godin is available in two varieties and combines two of the company’s electric guitar models into one.
Godin Radium
The new Godin Radium is a combination of its Radiator and Stadium models. It’s an attempt to combine all the best elements of these two designs into one instrument. The new models have a 24.75” set neck and a hard tail bridge and an HSH pickup configuration. Two versions will be offered, Godin says.
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- Godin Guitars Radium Carbon Black · Source: Godin Guitars
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- Godin Guitars Radium Carbon Black headstock · Source: Godin Guitars
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- Godin Guitars Radium Carbon Black with 24.75″ set neck · Source: Godin Guitars
Carbon Black
The new Radium model comes in two flavours, Carbon Black and Winchester Brown. The Carbon Black model has a Canadian Laurentian basswood body and and a silver leaf maple set-neck with a 24.75” scale length. It comes factory fitted with a pair of Custom Godin Zebra Humbuckers that are more aggressively voiced than the humbuckers fitted to the Winchester Brown model below. The middle pickup, a Godin custom Cajun nickel single-coil, is shared by both models.
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Godin Radium Winchester Brown and Carbon Black · Source: Godin Guitars
Winchester Brown
The Winchester Brown has a three-piece body with a mahogany centre between two Canadian Laurentian basswood sides. The 24.75” set-neck is also mahogany.The HSH pickup layout consists of a custom pair of Godin nickel-covered humbuckers in the neck and bridge positions, plus a Godin custom Cajun nickel single-coil in the middle position.
New Design
Both guitars look like a cross between some of the late ’70s and early ’80s designs coming out of Japan and some of the Fender models from their Parallel Universe/Alternate Reality runs from the last few years. Certainly an interesting take on the shorter-scale H-S-H layout guitar. I’m not a huge fan of the two finishes, as they remind me of those earlier Japanese import guitars from my youth, which I always found a bit dull and lacklustre. However, I know lots off players love these muted tones, so I can see them being popular with some guitarists.
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2 responses to “Godin Radium: Mixing a Radiator and a Stadium!”
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I want to know if I can get nickel plated covers for my new Radium Carbon black guitar so I can personalize my new baby.