NORMAN ST-30
- dreadnought style, solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, rosewood bridge, mfg. 1980s-1990s.
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Cabinet maker Normand Boucher from La Patrie, Quebec, built his first guitar in 1967 and in 1968, he set up shop and began producing guitars under the Norman trademark. In 1972, Boucher left the cabinet industry to start building guitars full-time and it is around this same year he met Robert Godin on a hunting trip in La Patrie. Godin founded Sibécor that same year and became the exclusive distributor of the trademark. The company grew in the 1970s and became quite successful. Meanwhile, Godin started Unisonic in 1975 with Norman's son Claude to build classical guitars. By 1979, Normand Boucher and Robert Godin had different views and the contract with Sibécor was cancelled, Boucher started his own distribution. However, Godin owned the entire contact network that made it tough for Boucher to do business. In 1980, the Norman factory burned to the ground and everything was lost forcing Boucher to start over. He continued to produce guitars until the mid '80s when he sold Norman Guitars. It went through two different ownerships before Godin bought the trademark circa 1989. Today, Godin electric guitars are built "down the hill" in the old Norman shop while acoustic guitars are produced in the old Unisonic shop "up the hill." Normand Boucher died in 1997, Claude Boucher went on to build guitars under the Boucher trademark, and Robert Godin is currently president of Godin Guitars and the network of trademarks under Godin Guitars. For more information, visit Norman's website or contact Godin Guitars directly. Source: Daniel Laroche.
Instruments currently built in La Patrie, Quebec, Canada since 1972. Distributed by Godin Guitars (previously La Si Do, Inc.) in Baie D'Urfe Quebec, Canada.
NORMAN Acoustic Guitars Models
NORMAN B-20
- dreadnought style, solid spruce top, round soundhole, black pickguard, bound body, one ring rosette, cherry back/sides, mahogany neck, 14/21-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, rosewood bridge with white black dot pins, three-...
NORMAN B-15
- dreadnought style, wild cherry top, round soundhole, black pickguard, bound body, black ring rosette, wild cherry back/sides, mahogany neck, 14/21-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, rosewood bridge with white black dot pins,...
NORMAN B-20 HG High Gloss
- similar to B-20, available in Black (027477) or Natural (001019) high gloss lacquer finish, current mfg.
NORMAN ST-40
- dreadnought style, solid cedar top, round soundhole, black pickguard, bound body, three-stripe rosette, mahogany back/sides/neck, 14/21-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, rosewood bridge with white black dot pins, three-per-s...
NORMAN B-15 12-String
- similar to the B-15, except in 12-string configuration and six-per-side tuners, disc. 2003.
NORMAN B-20 12-String
- similar to the B-20, except in 12-string configuration with six-per-side tuners, available in Natural semi-gloss finish (000920), current mfg.
NORMAN ST-40 Cutaway Electric
- similar to the ST-40, except has a single cutaway and Fishman Prefix (2004-09) or Presys (2010-present) electronics, available in Natural finish (031351), mfg. 2004-present.
NORMAN B-18
- similar to the B-15, except has a solid cedar top, available in Black (021017), Burgundy (021024), or Tobacco Burst (021048) finish, current mfg.
NORMAN ST-40 Folk
- similar to the ST-40, except in folk body configuration, available in Natural finish (034031), mfg. 2010-present.
NORMAN B-18 12-String
- similar to the B-18, except in 12-string configuration with six-per-side tuners, available in Natural finish (021109), current mfg.
NORMAN B-20 Cutaway
- similar to the B-20, except has single rounded cutaway, available in Natural semi-gloss finish (000517), disc. 2011.
NORMAN B-18 Cedar
- similar to the B-18, except has a solid cedar top, available in Natural finish (021000), current mfg.
NORMAN ST-68
- dreadnought style, solid spruce top, round soundhole, black pickguard, bound body, three-ring wooden inlay rosette, solid rosewood back, rosewood sides, mahogany neck, 14/21-fret ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, ebony bridge with w...
NORMAN B-20 Cutaway Electric
- similar to the B-20 Cutaway, except has Fishman Presys electronics, available in Natural semi-gloss finish (027453), mfg. 2010-present.
NORMAN B-18 Cutaway Cedar
- similar to the B-18 Cedar, except has a single cutaway, available in Black (028108), Natural (2011 only, 028092), or Tobacco Burst (028115) finish, mfg. 2008-2011.
NORMAN B-20 Cutaway HG
- similar to B-20 Cutaway, except has a Natural high gloss finish, disc. 2007.
NORMAN ST-68 Cutaway
- similar to ST-68, except has a single rounded cutaway body, available in Natural high gloss finish (008346), mfg. 1998-2011.
NORMAN ST-68 Cutaway Electric
- similar to ST-68 Cutaway, except has A6T electronics, available in Natural high gloss finish (035885), mfg. 2012-present.
NORMAN B-20 FOLK
- similar to B-20, except has folk-style body, available in Natural semi-gloss finish (033157), current mfg.
NORMAN B-18 Cutaway Cedar Electric
- similar to the B-18 Cedar Cutaway, except has Fishman Presys electronics, available in Black (028054), Natural (2011-present, 028047), or Tobacco Burst (028061) finish, mfg. 2010-present.
NORMAN STUDIO B-50
- dreadnought style, solid spruce top, round soundhole, black pickguard, bound body, three-ring wooden inlay rosette, maple back/sides, mahogany neck, 14/21-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, rosewood bridge with white black do...
NORMAN B-20 Cutaway Folk
- similar to the B20 Folk, except in a single cutaway body, available in Natural finish (033133), disc. 2011.
NORMAN B-18 Folk Cedar
- similar to the B-18, except in folk body configuration and has a solid cedar top, available in Burgundy (034888) or Tobacco Burst (034857) finish, mfg. 2011-present.
NORMAN Studio B-50 12-String
- similar to B-50, except has 12-string configuration and six-per-side tuners, available in Natural high gloss finish, disc. 2007.
NORMAN B-20 Cutaway Folk Electric
- similar to the B20 Folk Cutaway, except has Fishman Presys Electronics, available in Natural finish (033126), mfg. 2010-present.
NORMAN B-20 MINI-JUMBO
- similar to the B-20, except in mini-jumbo configuration, available in Natural finish (033171), mfg. 2005-present.