Godin is one of my favorite guitar companies. Over the years I have played many Godins in the stores and just about every single one was excellent to play, coupled with the reasonable prices for them they are nice bargains.
Looks like the company is going back to the strat-shaped body again with this new line. I have a 1993 Godin ST-IV and the difference I can tell is that the new guitars will have true single coils (the ST-IV has blade humbuckers), plus the active circuit (the ST-IV has kind of a passive treble boost circuit by pulling up on the tone knob). My Godin is the second best playing guitar I have; I really like the neck radius which is 11.5" (why not 12" - must be a French Canadian thing, but it works for me), and it looks understatedly cool.
I have one recording done completely with the Godin, and it is Chinese Takeout