Godin 5th avenue with Lollar P90

**tot_Ou_tard** · December 18th, 2008, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by cobalt

Great guitar! it was on my short list but I went the Viking route.

The Hagstrom Viking like Spud & Sunvalley? That is more of a 335-type guitar, this'un is much closer to an ES-125.

duhvoodooman*** · December 18th, 2008, 09:31 PM

How the heck did I miss this thread?? Nice guitar, Tot, and something you won't see everywhere. You have good taste, my friend!

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**tot_Ou_tard** · December 19th, 2008, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by duhvoodooman

How the heck did I miss this thread?? Nice guitar, Tot, and something you won't see everywhere. You have good taste, my friend!

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Yeah, I'm extremely happy with it. Now if Santa would just get here

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**tot_Ou_tard** · December 19th, 2008, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by sumitomo

Man I'm still G.A.S. in' for one of these,but I'm still up in the air pup or no pup?I like what Abraxas had to say about the Benedetto pup.There is also a piezo bridge.But I really like em' more all the time.tough choice.Sumi

The Godins don't have a piezo.

You'll probably be happy either way. I played mine aucoustically & even with nickel strings & that big fat P90s on the top it sounds sweet. I'd be happy with the acoustic version.

**sumitomo** · December 19th, 2008, 03:22 PM

What I meant was Fishman makes a piezo bridge,but I wouldn't go that rout.Kent Armstrong makes interesting pickups also.So It looks like I'll get the plain jane no pickup because I can add one later and there is a lot of choices.Now can you guess which one I'm going to get,color that is?Sumi

**tot_Ou_tard** · December 19th, 2008, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by sumitomo

What I meant was Fishman makes a piezo bridge,but I wouldn't go that rout.Kent Armstrong makes interesting pickups also.So It looks like I'll get the plain jane no pickup because I can add one later and there is a lot of choices.Now can you guess which one I'm going to get,color that is?Sumi

Black. Mine is the cognac burst.

**sumitomo** · December 19th, 2008, 05:02 PM

Nope,I love that cognac burst.Sumi

**tot_Ou_tard** · December 19th, 2008, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by sumitomo

Nope,I love that cognac burst.Sumi

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:We see eye-to-eye sumi.

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**oldguy** · December 20th, 2008, 10:00 AM

I missed this 'till now........tot, that is a beautiful instrument, and I agree, you have great taste.........that finish is 'specially nice!

**tot_Ou_tard** · December 20th, 2008, 10:43 AM

Some videos of the acoustic version. It wouldn't hurt him to smile.

The first video shows an Italian-Canadian dude.

http://www.godinguitars.com/godin5thavenuep.htm

German dude having fun

American dude having even more fun

French dude too immersed in mood lighting to have much fun.

Another Canadian dude, this'un shows some of the 5th Avenue's range outside of the jazz idiom, the guy himself seems a little dour.

**tot_Ou_tard** · December 25th, 2008, 06:18 PM

Honeymoon-time.

I've never played an archtop before, the thing has swing & groove.

It's got a strong fundamental tone. I love it so far.

I know that I said that I'd be happy with it w/o the pup, but the Lollar P90 is very-sweet indeed.

syo*** · December 25th, 2008, 10:15 PM

I hadn't seen this thread until now. What an incredibly cool guitar. Gassed enough that I immediately looked up the price. Amazing! I can't wait to try one out next month. Congrats and Merry Christmas!

**tot_Ou_tard** · December 26th, 2008, 07:24 AM

There are rumours (possibly unfounded) on the interwebs that Godin will be offering a cutaway version-maybe a two P90 model at some point.

I always like to see what they reveal at NAMM in January.

**sumitomo** · December 31st, 2008, 04:45 PM

I,m gunna wait until march and also look into the Hagstrom HL550 too.Sumi

**tot_Ou_tard** · January 4th, 2009, 08:28 AM

New video review of the acoustic version. Mine is also a cognac burst.

Mine has the same blusey feel, but with the added vibe of the P90.

Here's another by mojocaster. This one is sung in French.

A country number (red River Road) by mojocaster:

**tot_Ou_tard** · March 7th, 2009, 09:16 PM

I'm still in love with this guitar. It's got a sproingy bounce that is a lot of fun to play. It really wants to groove & swing. it's kind of like playing percussion & guitar at the same time at least for the finger style blues that I am playing. The Lollar P90 is very sweet.

I just changed the strings for the first time. I wanted to condition the fretboard so i took off all the strings at once. I didn't want the floating bridge to move so I taped it down with low tack blue painters tape. That worked very well. the trapeze tailpiece caused me some trouble until I got the first string on as it falls off the guitar without string pressure.

I strung it with 13 flatwounds just to see how they sound. Very smooth strings. I need some more time to decide what I think about the sound.

**sumitomo** · March 23rd, 2009, 01:00 PM

Hey Tot have you checked out Rondo's SXNGG7 for 200.00 pretty cool and Rondo has a good return deal.Sumi

**tjcurtin1** · March 23rd, 2009, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by tot_Ou_tard

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:We see eye-to-eye sumi.

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Shouldn't that be 'eye-stalk -to -eye'?

**tot_Ou_tard** · April 1st, 2009, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by tjcurtin1

Shouldn't that be 'eye-stalk -to -eye'?

Stalk? We have a hovering eye-sac.

Stalk...jeez how ugly can you get?

I hadn't seen that Rondo model Sumi.

New review of the Kingpin from Premiere Guitar. I play mine a bit dirtier than she does.

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazin...in_Review.aspx

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