Sometimes you pick up a guitar that feels alive, almost as if
every molecule in the instrument is working together to make
that sweet sound. So it is with the Godin Flat Five and Five X.
New to Winter NAMM ’03 is the Spruce version. A Silver Leaf
center with Poplar wings capped with a solid spruce top lends
to the instrument’s unique beauty and sound. The neck is
Honduras Mahogany and the fingerboard is a gorgeous
Rosewood. The electronics include a modified Schaller bridge
with LR Baggs saddles. Both the Flat Five and Flat Five X have
the Godin Flat Five humbuckers, while the Flat Five X includes
piezo pickups in the bridge and a graphic EQ. It’s simply a
stunning guitar that Jazz, Blues and Rock players will feel
right at home with.