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Godin Guitars Radium, Stadium HT & Imperial Laguna Blue Demos | NAMM 2020

The Canadian guitar maker unveils a hybrid of its Radiator and Stadium Models, updates the Stadium, and debuts an eye-catching acoustic.

Ted Drozdowski
By Ted DrozdowskiJan 17, 2020
Ted Drozdowski

Editorial director Ted Drozdowski is an award-winning journalist and music historian, and a musician, songwriter, producer, and film consultant. He’s a maniac for slide and psychedelic guitar, and has toured and taught workshops internationally. Ted is also the proprietor of Coyote Motel, his psych-roots band, who star in the film The River: A Songwriter’s Stories of the South. Connect with him at ted@premierguitar.com.

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