Godin ftw, i really want this guitar

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:35 pm

back story...

so i went to down to the usual guitar shop just to see whats new and if they decided to drop the price on the space echo pedal i've been watching for ages when i decided to wander into the acoustic room to see if there was anything i liked (i sold my rainsong just before christmas so i'll need a new one eventually). Now i'd seen the godin 5th ave. before online and i thought it was kind of cool with the flat black finish, and it had an interesting es-125/harmony/kay kind of appeal to it, so i thought what the hell, i'll try it out. my buddy grabbed the sunburst one and i grabbed the flat black one and we started playing on them, for $600 these are FANTASTIC feeling guitars. I didn't plug it in but from playing it acoustically it had great resonance and great factory set up. it looked identical to this...

tag that onto the list of guitars to buy i suppose, i really need to get my 2 projects finished so i can start buying guitars because "i'm missing that piece of equipment to fill a sonic void and have no projects to work on"

i think it would be outstanding with a lipstick hanging off of the pickguard for a bridge pickup, and might as well throw a switch in the pick guard to.

anyways, if you have a chance to try one of these out in store, i highly recommend it, great value, it really left an impression on me.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:49 pm

That's really, really nice looking.
Problaly the first godin I've ever seen that doesn't look like crap.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:59 pm

Jesus in the last week so many repeat threads. We have a search function and this guitar has been discussed in several threads.

This is atleast the 4th repeat thread you and some other people have made in the past 3 days.

william · Post by **william** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:40 am

nice git ar rweapeat or not man

i love the gitar

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:30 am

I played the straight acoustic version a while back - they really nailed the vibe of the old Sears archtops but took the playability to the next level.

I'd consider the Kingpin, but it would be covering the same territory as my U1(s) and I'm looking to slim the herd.

Ty · Post by Ty » Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:23 am

God I love these things, like DSB I've only played the acoustic version.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:15 pm

Looks the part.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:17 pm

Dare i say it..... i like the Godin Radiator model

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:21 pm

ordered, it should be in next week

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:25 pm

Fran wrote:Dare i say it..... i like the Godin Radiator model

+1

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:43 pm

Wish these had a bridge pickup, and then I would very strongly consider them. I've been interested in a hollow-body with p90s for a while now.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:08 pm

i have a deposit on it, but i also found this on ebay...

about $250 more

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Gibson-ES-1 ... 25556532QQ

hmm

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:28 pm

looks like a proper mans hellcat

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:22 pm

so i went into L&M yesterday to check if the guitar was in, turns out it didn't even ship yet. i started checking out the acoustics again and they had this beauty in there...

http://www.long-mcquade.com/?page=produ ... ctsID=2985

and as it happens, there was a promotion that provided a $100 gift certificate with purchase of the guitar. it was about this time that i noticed one of these in the store as well...

it matches my orange rocker 30 head, so i put said gift certificate down on the cab, and with my upcoming birthday i will finally have a cab, the fact that it matches is a bonus

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:59 pm

Jealous as fuck of the orange cab. Don't need an Orange to enjoy that, I've wanted one exactly like that on several occasions.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:06 pm

ooo someone else with a simon & patrick. i love mine, it's on like 90% of everything i've ever recorded.

also that orange marshall cab is amazing.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:01 am

finboy wrote:i have a deposit on it, but i also found this on ebay...

about $250 more

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Gibson-ES-1 ... 25556532QQ

hmm

thom yorkez

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:31 am

i have been eye fucking those, and the gretsch archies.