How do you feel about Godin guitars?

[youngthrasher9]

Particularly the Redline series. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna buy one soon. They are made in Canada, so it would be my first North American made guitar. They look super nice, and I've tried one with a crappy set of strings before, but I didn't really get to test it's potential because I had something else to do.

 

[rjudo]

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I haven't played a Redline, but all the Godin's I've played have seemed like good instruments, certainly high value for the price point. I would love to try one of the Icon series myself.

 

[CTN]

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They are quite nice. I'd buy a Godin pretty much without hesitation if I was looking for something along the lines of what they make. Really well made stuff.

The redline axes are hard to go wrong with. Bare bones and simple as hell, but they are made for rocking, and that's exactly what they do.

 

[ratherdashing]

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Every Godin I've ever picked up weighed a ton, and played like it was made of concrete.

I know a lot of people like them, but I'm not one of them.

 

[CTN]

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^ weird. I've played a whole bunch and if anything, they were surprisingly light.

 

[Securb]

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They are well built guitars but I have never played a Godin that blew my hair back. If I was spending Godin money I would rather pick up a Ibanez AR320 or an Axl Bloodsport Fireax

^ weird. I've played a whole bunch and if anything, they were surprisingly light.

You must play a Les Paul as your main ax.

 

[CTN]

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nope, couple strats, an SG and a mahogany superstrat

 

[Alfonse]

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I don't think any Ibanez, except for the >12 year old ones, can even be compared to any Godin. The Godin is a far superior instrument.

 

[Hot Octopus]

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I've played lots of godin guitars. I'm a stickler for a nice neck shape and I never liked their necks. They have some innovative technology and they make a number of different guitars, so I'm sure you can find something you like. For me, I'm not into their guitars. As far as quality goes, you don't have to have any worries. They make solid guitars.

 

[GuitarStv]

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Godin guitars are very consistent, and they're consistently pretty decent guitars in my experience. Their cheaper models are good bang for the buck. I don't have much experience with the very expensive stuff that they do though.

 

[JeffB]

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We have a local dealer, or did , not sure if they still can order them. I really enjoyed the es125 types they make. The solidbodies were well put together, but there just seems to be some kind of "spark" missing. Welll built and flat, same way I have found Carvins.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

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Welll built and flat, same way I have found Carvins.

I played a Carvin in a store back in the mid-late 80s that had a TON of guitars - every brand, just about every model. The one I played was the LPJr-style that Joan Jett had. Weighed a ton, played like a brick with strings. Well built, but flat, as you said.
Of course I felt the same way about the first ESPee I played (a direct Soloist copy, including the head and crackle paintjob), and the original Peavey Vandenberg.

 

[Jethro_Dull]

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Let's put it this way: John McLaughlin has played Godins. Enuff said. (I think he currently uses PRSs with the 4th Dimension.:scratchch

 

[youngthrasher9]

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I think it's funny that this thread has come back from the dead. (maybe I should go salt and burn it's bones?)

 

[ItsaBass]

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I like Godins. The quality is always more than decent.

I don't like that they are so ugly most of the time. The 5th Avenue model (the f-hole acoustic and the two models with pickups) is an exception.

They tend to cater a bit to a "techie" crowd. They often have interesting technology and features that most guitars don't have. Their neck profiles are usually very slim.

The prices on the used market are great. Lots of bang for the buck.

The same company also makes several lines of acoustics at different price points: Seagull, AMI, A&L, etc. These are great guitars for the money.

Bottom line for me: I just can't "do" the electrics, but I would "do" the acoustics no problem. Every Godin-made guitar I've ever played has been solidly built and a good value. But the electrics are just far too ugly for my tastes. There are a few that are almost pretty, but then they have some ****ing ugly feature somewhere. And it's annoying that all they seem to use are skinny necks. The only Godin electric I have is a '94 G-4000 that I got for $100 from a friend who moved across the country...and the only way I could bring myself to keep it was my lopping off part of it and redesigning the body, then stripping the polyurethane, refinishing it, and making a new pickguard.

 

[Aceman]

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I feel I don't like them. BAsed upon absolutely no experience, just pure feeling and pics I have seen.

 

[Alfonse]

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I own a Godin Session, which I'll put up against any S/S/H Strat and an Godin Icon 2 Convertible. The only complaint i've heard repeated on forums is the fact that sometimes the frets protrude from the side of the fret board.
Godin says, "So What, it doesn't effect playing." Lately they have been much more careful about this. Great company, great guitars, astonishing price points.

 

[brunogio]

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I only played one of the Richmond series that looked like a Teisco. It felt weird and I couldn't bond with it but it seemed well made. I can't rate the company on my experience with the one model. The local chain that closed used to carrry their line of strats that are assembled in the US of Canadian made parts. They are supposed to be on par with US strats and a fraction of the price. But I never played one.

I've played the Seagulls and they're nice for the money as well.

Would be very interested in playing the higher end acoutics.

 

[ColeJustesen]

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I haven't played many but the Godin Progression was amazing!

Cole

 

[Alfonse]

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Comparing a Progression to a Strat is like comparing a Rolls to a Ford. I was astonished at the built for ever quality of thing and it's sheer beauty. The finish will knock you sox off!