Godin 5th Avenue CW Kingpin II - Burgundy Reviews
Injected with the soul of yesterday, with a forward-thinking design, the Godin 5th Avenue CW Kingpin II archtop guitar is ideal for the sophisticated guitarist. Get ready for dynamically rich tone with plenty of projection, courtesy of the Canadian wild cherry archtop top, back, and sides. As you plug into your favorite amp, the 5th Avenue CW Kingpin II's duet of P-90 pickups gives you vintage tone with just the right dose of attitude. And thanks to the cutaway, you can grip the silver leaf maple neck and enjoy easy access all the way up the sweet-playing rosewood fingerboard.
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Godin 5th Avenue CW Kingpin II
This is my first hollow body jazz box and it is impressive. The construction is very nice and so is the tone. The two P90 pickups are much better than I thought, being that I am used to humbuckers.
Great value for the money.
Ed Nystrom was my tech guy and he gave me great service. I like that they go over the guitar with a fine toothed comb before shipping. It was nice that they sent me some professional photos of it after it shipped
Great Instrument
Great workmanship. Nice look and very nice sound even without the amp. Easy finger board. Great that it is not made in China. I am very satisfied after playing it for 3 days. It has made an impression on me and some of my friends
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I've had this guitar for about two years now. I didn't want to review right away because hadn't yet bought found the gear I wanted. And that day finally came.
I play through a Fender Blues Jr. III. And d*** does this thing sing. (When I first read reviews, there were comments that it sounded "thin" while plugged in. This was actually accurate...but only because when it first arrived, I only had an vintage hand me down Roland JC-55. A good solid state amp for cleans. But not a good amount for this guitar).
My Godin has plentiful punch from its p90 pick-ups, and the dynamics are out of this world. The sustain isn't as lasting as a solid body, obviously, but thats not what this thing is for (not to mention, it's something your compressor pedal can help with). My flatwounds play like butter. I used to prefer the feel of heavy gauge (56-13's). But the tone is sweeter with lights (50-11's).
Single-coil hum happens. Just make sure you use clean power and buy a hum-killer. A good one that preserves your gorgeous tone (electro-harmonics makes one)!
• looks are to kill for (even better in person)
• the single tone knob and 3-way switch is super versatile
• Absurdly well built
• Pick-ups are keepers
• Intonation is phenomenal
It missed a half a star because the included tuners are paper-weights. Lol... Easily forgiveable. I bought Grover's (butter beans). Had my guitar tech do some fitting and presto, I have a versatile blues/jazz guitar.
Here's the takeaway: If you are patient in honing your tone, you will love this guitar. It's not a Strat. It's a vintage inspired full hollowbody. Take your time. Have fun. Pull the trigger on this one. I'm glad I did.
Cheers!
p.s. huge thanks to my rep Aaron.
Excellent quality for the price
After circling around buying one of these Godin Kingpin guitars for over a year, I finally did it. I have absolutely no buyers remorse! Good fit and finish, durable construction, and great tone. I got every bit and more of what I paid for.
I find that it is a bit touchy as far as staying in tune.
I ordered mine from Sweetwater and had it in less than 48 hours. Great company to deal with.
nice instrument
this guitar is what I needed. I can strum it with open chords and it has great clarity. overdriven, it has great clarity. this is what I wanted and what I was looking for. any guitar can get nasty, not many guitars can produce a sound in which you can hear each string as the guitar is strummed overdriven. I can approach this guitar with an acoustic open chord strum or I can get a nice rock sound, and even some nice jazz sounds. my only complaint is that the hum of the p-90s. I've never owned a guitar w/ p90s so I wasn't ready for the hum. I have had to roll my volume off in between songs or the hum is distracting...like everyone is looking around for a hot cable unplugged. I have just purchased a humdebugger and I'm hoping that resolves that issue. other than that complaint, I love the guitar. it is versatile and beautiful.
Love it...
Loving this guitar more every day....
