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Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin Hollowbody Electric Guitar - Cognac Burst

Hollowbody Electric Guitar with Canadian Wild Cherry Archtop, Back, and Sides, Silver Leaf Maple Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 1 P-90 Single-coil Pickup - Cognac Burst
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Sophisticated Archtop!

Injected with the soul of yesterday, the Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin archtop guitar is ideal for the sophisticated guitarist. Get ready for dynamically rich tone with plenty of projection, thanks to the Canadian wild cherry archtop top, back, and sides. Then, as you plug into your favorite amp, you'll be greeted with the 5th Avenue Kingpin's attitude-tinged vintage tone, courtesy of the single P-90 pickup at the neck. This full-flavored beauty is the kind of guitar you won't want to put down!

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An archtop for every occasion

Whether you play jazz, alt-country, delta blues, rock, or anything in between, the Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin is just the distinguished, tone-drenched guitar you've been looking for. Factor in the rustic-inspired beauty of its custom satin-sheened polished finish, and you've got a guitar reminiscent of yesterday, with all the stability of today.

Godin: crafting pro-quality instruments for five decades

Since the early 1970s, Godin has been crafting pro-quality instruments loaded with innovations. Whether you're a session pro or a re-creational player, Godin has a guitar built to suit you perfectly. You'll love the clean lines, the exceptionally comfortable playing feel, and the exquisite tone you get from a Godin guitar. You get it all: classic craftsmanship, modern features, and amazing tonality. Here's your chance to get your hands on a pro-quality guitar!

Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin Archtop Guitar Features:

  • Cognac Burst
  • Archtop hollowbody electric guitar
  • Canadian wild cherry archtop
  • Canadian wild cherry back and sides
  • Silver leaf maple neck
  • Contoured high-gloss black headstock
  • Custom polished finish
  • Rosewood fingerboard
  • Adjustable TUSQ bridge by Graphtech
  • Cream binding
  • 1 x Godin Kingpin P-90 single-coil pickup
  • 1 x volume, 1 x tone
  • 16" fingerboard radius
  • 24.84" scale
  • 1.72" nut width

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Hollowbody
  • Body Shape 5th Avenue
  • Body Material Canadian Wild Cherry
  • Top Material Laminated Canadian Wild Cherry
  • Body Finish Acrylic Lacquer
  • Color Cognac Burst
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Silver Leaf Maple
  • Neck Shape Kingpin, Cantilevered
  • Radius 16"
  • Fingerboard Material Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay Dot
  • Number of Frets 21
  • Scale Length 24.84"
  • Nut Width 1.72"
  • Nut Material Tusq
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Graph Tech Tusq adjustable bridge, trapeze tailpiece
  • Tuners High-ratio open geared nickel tuners
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Kingpin P90 Single-coil
  • Controls 1 x Volume, 1 x Tone
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings EJ21 Jazz Light, (.012-.052)
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 031986

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Great Guitar

This guitar has got that vintage tone. For just one P90, this thing really sings. I love the simplicity of just the Volume and Tone. This is my first jazzbox and I love it. It came with D'addario flatwound 12's. I have it set up in all fourths tuning so I put an 11 and 15 on for the high C and F strings. I did have to do a bit of setup to it. The nut had some sharp corners that were catching the flat windings. I opened those slots in the back a bit to allow for smooth tuning. I did a little bit of lowering the string slots at the nut, but they were actually pretty low. The low E was notably high though. The height of the pickup is not adjustable, but you can adjust the magnetic field a bit by turning the screws on top. I had to do that to balance out the response from string to string. I am not particularly thrilled with the Tusq nut and bridge. I feel they impart a really bright tone. I will probably swap out the bridge for a rosewood bridge at some point. The thin tailpiece is also a little problematic as it sings like a cymbal as the guitar vibrates. I had to stuff foam underneath the high strings, squeeze the bars of the tailpiece with a velcro guitar cable strap so it doesn't vibrate, and I slipped some felt in between the wounds strings where they leave the tailpiece. That tailpiece will also probably get replaced at some point with a rosewood tailpiece.

The guitar is very light and doesn't have much of a neck dive. It is comfortable in both sitting and standing position. The neck carve and their "ergo cut" fingerboard edges are really comfortable. The satin finish is super smooth. Although the guitar is not as loud as my thinline classical, it resonates really well and sounds great when I mic the sweet spot at the cross section of the treble foot of the bridge, the volume knob, the end of the pickguard, and the corner of the F hole. The output jack is solid. I don't feel like it will be coming loose. The guitar sounds great through my Fender Champion 20, my Fender Acoustasonic 40, and DI into my recorder through an ART Tube MP Preamp. You can hear the resonance of the chamber and top in the amp. It maintains that acoustic quality. I really love that about this guitar.

Aside from the great playability, good balance, and great tone, this thing is a really beautiful guitar. I have the Cognac Burst.

If you watch some videos on the 5th Avenue series from Godin, you may notice that this model resonates better than the latter models in the series. I have a feeling it is due to the full chamber, as opposed to having less internal space due to the cutaway, and the fact that it doesn't have an extra pickup choking the vibration of the top. After watching a bunch of videos, I realized I wanted this style of guitar with as much of it's natural tone as possible. I'm glad I got this one. It is amazing. I am more than happy with it.
by Simon W from Maryland USA on
Music background: Performing Bassist since 94, amateur guitarist and ukelelist, Professional Luthier since 98.

Awesome classy archtop for Jazz

This guitar is awesome. I've been playing rock/blues guitar for over 20 years and have recently started to get into jazz so I was looking for a classic archtop. This guitar is beautiful, its inspired in the early Gibson models, particularly the ES-125. It has all the vibes and tone you could expect. Really great finish and craftsmanship considering its price point. Fretwork is very smooth and every other aspect of the guitar is either just fine or surprisingly well done. I changed the strings to flatwounds 12s and bought a black pickguard directly from Godin's website to give it a more vintage look.

Compared to flatops the sound is more focused, less expansive, with super clarity and nice balance between all the strings. The acoustic sound is pretty nice although its not as loud as a flatop and sounds a bit dead if you compare it with a Dreadnaught (which is to be expected). Pickups sound great, I had a bit of a hard time dealing with the bass but I think its because of my amp and bc it's my first electric hollowbody. With flatwounds its really a great guitar for jazz. If it had some roundwounds, blues, slide, and folk fingerpicking would sound amazing too.

My only critique is that it should come with a case and that the Godin brand name is necessarily included in the pickup cover and pickguard - I used a black sharpie to hide it. Overall its an excellent guitar for the price, go for it.
by Ignacio on
Music background: Non-professional quitar player, student of music 20 yrs in the making

Pretty darn nice!

One thing about archtops- you have to hold them away from your body to let their backs resonate and thicken the bass response.
This guitar is a semi-thinbody so you can play comfortably and still get that great sound.
I swapped the heavy chrome tuning knobs for ebony, and the silver-top volume & tone knobs for gold-tops.
Now it's perfect. Sounds great plugged in too.
Plus, Sweetwater dropped the price since I bought mine last month. Grr... Oh well, it's a great guitar at either price.
It arrived quickly, wrapped and double-boxed. Can't ask for more there.
by Phil on

BEAUTIFUL ALL AROUND

I'm a senior musician still playing out solo. I am not a "jazz" guitarist but I can fake it for a few songs over the night.

I have a dreadnought case that fits it fine. I swapped out the knobs for 6mm chrome dome knobs. Way nice.

The satin finish sets it off nicely. No frets sticking out or sharp ends.
The "Tusk" nut and bridge are first class.. Not some cheap ebony that needs to be replaced asap. There is no need to do any pickup changes.
Looking up about the tuners I found Bass side 18:1, Treble side 26:1. This guitar is so well thought out its unbelievable.

Set up: No guitar is going to come set up. I don't are what it is or who's it is.
I set the neck at 010, the string heights at .060 - .070 and it plays up and down the fret board like "I cant stop playing" this thing. I have about worn out Autumn Leaves. Some SRV Cold Shot isn't too bad either.

It sounds and plays so beautiful it has that traditional jazz sound. I can't wait to take it to a gig.

It came double boxed and packed super securely from Sweetwater. I could have found a sale somewhere here and there but with Sweetwater I get to see the guitar I was actually buying and select from a few guitars full photos. This is important to us over picky pickers, yes I will pay for that no problem, I have been a Sweetwater customer for decades. And I do mean decades. My guy Jeff Barnett has been with Sweetwater for eons.
by Walt from Flagstaff, AZ on
Music background: Working Musician

Love This Guitar

The other reviews here pretty much say all the good things about this guitar. Plays, sounds and looks great pretty much sums up the positives about it. I decided that this guitar needed a little something more in the appearance department so I took off the plastic pickguard and truss rod cover and used them as templates to make ebony replacements. I also replaced the knobs with some chrome domes with ebony inserts. The final touch was adding some open gear 18:1 tuners. Enclosing a picture of the body to show the mods there.
by TJ from Connecticut on
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