Anybody own or demo one of these?
I can't find any locally and thought it might be a good guitar for post-war Chicago style stuff?
They're about $700 online.
www.godinguitars.com/godin5thavenuekingpinp.htm
Anybody own or demo one of these?
I can't find any locally and thought it might be a good guitar for post-war Chicago style stuff?
They're about $700 online.
www.godinguitars.com/godin5thavenuekingpinp.htm
I haven't played one yet either but I'm definitely interested in one!
Nice, nice guitars.
If they made, or if there was any rumor of a 2 p'up/cutaway version in the near future, I would have held off on getting the Casino I eventually bought.
I was on the prowl for a slim hollowbody for a while.
When they showed up at shop near me, I tried the Kingpin and really dug it. It's definitely a great choice for Charlie Christian/jump blues type stuff. The guitar can kind of have the effect of steering you in that direction!
The neck is a more modern profile, but not so much that it detracts from the overall vibe of the design.
Very competitively priced for a North American guitar too.
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Made from Canadian Wild Cherry!
Does that mean they play that funky music, eh?
"No harmonic knowledge, no sense of time, a ghastly tone, unskilled vibrato, and so on. Chuck is one of the worst guitar players I know" -Gravity Jim
Woah! That thing is beautiful! Thanks for giving me more things to spend money on..!
I tried a Radiator a while back, great little guitar, fitted into my collection of funky single coil guitars nicely but sold before I could get the cash together.
got goodreviews in vintage guitar magazine,but i seem to be GASin for amps now...
I don't own one, but I have designs on one! I've about worn out one at the local mom&pop shop. They are pretty killer for the low dough. A little on the bright end of the spectrum, but w/a few upgrades (bridge, p'up, electronics) it would make a great player.
That looks FAAAAbulous!
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They definitely aren't as fat sounding as an old ES-125 or 150.Originally Posted by 71818
This a little off track, but check this out!
It's the acoustic 5th Avenue with an old school clip-on p'up added.
He's going all Hot Club.
Pretty nice.
There's another guy (wildkattraynor ?) who added a neck-mounted mini HB to the acoustic 5th Ave, with nice results. He said, had he not jumped on the acoustic when it came out, he'd have went for the Kingpin.
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
Yup. This one, I think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0qnpi_z6kY&NR=1
I think the bridge on those is plastic or something. I'd bet a good ebony saddle would warm it up a bit.
"Adjustable Tusq Bridge by Graphtech."
I wonder if the whole bridge is made of whatever "Tusq" is, or if it's just the saddle. Either way, it's a pretty significant piece of material, and easy to swap.
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
That's a looker to be sure, very nice, I've played a few Godin's around here, there's a dealer nto to far from me, always thought they were made nicely.
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I've been waiting a long time to get my hands on one. Got two places that used to be dealers, one has since dropped them. The other says they can 'order me one'.
Look what they've done now.
They're supposed to be out right around my damn birthday too.
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
Nice.
Needs a Bigsby.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
Now, why do you have to show us that?!
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Fortunately, my Kay will fill that niche, once I get it fixed up. I've only got three projects ahead of it.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
I forgot about that Kay. Ees awesome.
"I haven't slept for ten days...because that would be too long." -- Mitch Hedberg
I want to say I like the Joe Pass Epiphone better. The Joe pass is now made in Indonesia , and I do not think I would buy a guitar made in Indonesia.
I wished I would not have sold the old Joe Pass I has once for a few weeks. They say they can be fixed up to play and sound very good, and the one i had was Korean.
I might try to find another eventually and just totally trick it out.
It has that Super400/L5 big box Jazz Orchestra tone vibe to it.
The Godin looks as if its not as fancy, but built better. It doesn't seem to have that big thick Jazz voice.
I think the Godin is made more like the es175's?
Oh, wonder when Fender will join the Market?
Do you mean, Coronado reissues?
Or maybe the Fender D'Aquisto Elites.
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
I've never played a Cornado, but I'd be willing to bet they weren't nearly as bad as people would have you believe. Aesthetics aside, those DeArmond/Dynasonic pickups were just the wrong pickups for the times
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
I played a red one.
The vibrato was wacky, but the guitar was pretty cool.
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Elvis Costello
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