Kenmac
Well-known member
Well, yesterday (September 9th, 2011) I bought a guitar at Steves Music Store here in Toronto. It's made by a new company called Logical who are based out in Vancouver, B.C. and it's their take on the Gibson Moderne. I had previously tried it out the week before and I liked the feel, action and tone of the guitar. It's interesting in that even though it has two humbuckers, in the middle toggle switch position with both pickups on, I find that it has a kind of "Strat" like tone. The pickups are Wilkinsons BTW. It also sounds good acoustically which is always good for an electric guitar. It's well balanced and there are no sharp fret ends like I've seen even on some more expensive guitars. I was also surprised by the size of the case! I used to have a Tokai Explorer back in the mid 90's and I used to refer to its case as the "Coffin" and this one certainly rivals it. I had to move a few things around to fit the Moderne in with my other guitars, but the good part is things are a little better organized now.
Speaking of the case, I like the brochure included that shows the other models available, plus what I was genuinely surprised by was the included guitar cable. I thought that was a nice touch. This company has a pretty unique naming scheme for their models. They give the guitars names of famous players who have played instruments that Logical has done their own take on. For example, there's a guitar on the Logical website called "Duane" and the guitar looks like the Les Paul that he played with the Allman Brothers, there's a bass called "Geddy", and so on. This company is less than two years old and I think if they continue to build guitars and basses of the quality they have now with the more than reasonable prices they're asking, they'll be going quite far. This Moderne for example cost me $399.00 Canadian *including* the case! Talk about bang for the buck. Here are the photos I took of the guitar (including one of my nosy cat.)
Here's my Maine Coon cat, Samson (looking up at the ceiling for some reason) and the closed case:
Open case and the Moderne:
On the couch:
On the chair:
Side view:
Rear view:
Headstock and serial number:
Moderne on top of the case one:
Moderne on top of the case two:
If you want to check out the other guitars in their line-up the website is http://www.logicalguitars.com/
Speaking of the case, I like the brochure included that shows the other models available, plus what I was genuinely surprised by was the included guitar cable. I thought that was a nice touch. This company has a pretty unique naming scheme for their models. They give the guitars names of famous players who have played instruments that Logical has done their own take on. For example, there's a guitar on the Logical website called "Duane" and the guitar looks like the Les Paul that he played with the Allman Brothers, there's a bass called "Geddy", and so on. This company is less than two years old and I think if they continue to build guitars and basses of the quality they have now with the more than reasonable prices they're asking, they'll be going quite far. This Moderne for example cost me $399.00 Canadian *including* the case! Talk about bang for the buck. Here are the photos I took of the guitar (including one of my nosy cat.)
Here's my Maine Coon cat, Samson (looking up at the ceiling for some reason) and the closed case:
![SamsonAndModerneCase.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/3c3/3c364876cbde2679fcf6e82e41993345.jpg)
Open case and the Moderne:
![ModerneInCase.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e50/e50b621adf8b090226a5d23b4ae37f39.jpg)
On the couch:
![ModerneOnCouch1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7c7/7c79788b7d3f95b7d8b204b81106f33f.jpg)
On the chair:
![ModerneOnChair.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2a8/2a87e0be9312bfe5d2f0e052779742d9.jpg)
Side view:
![ModerneSideView.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/aed/aed32fad7c7d8c3416398e6aa19b3e9c.jpg)
Rear view:
![ModerneOnCouch2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a10/a103b59ab8225ba3d463fff3054a9568.jpg)
Headstock and serial number:
![ModerneSerialNumber.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c76/c766a7ed957176a7b63913b8449f0a24.jpg)
Moderne on top of the case one:
![ModerneOnCase.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/26c/26c5d9952f9651ba46cf8da3bc1eb981.jpg)
Moderne on top of the case two:
![ModerneOnCase2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1ab/1ab8ee02ae5ed2b6d3d4f969074c75e1.jpg)
If you want to check out the other guitars in their line-up the website is http://www.logicalguitars.com/