Anyone here own a Godin Electric?

[eagerbeaver]

Just wondering.

[Strum Tied]

I've got a Godin Freeway Classic. Blue with Maple neck and fretboard.

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

[telebender]

I have 2 Godin electrics - a Triumph and a Montreal. The Triumph is a fairly inexpensive 3 pickup model that is a great deal. The finish is beautiful, the action low, the neck great. The pickups are not super hot, but they sound fine. The Montreal, on the other hand is a bit pricey. However, if you play jazz or blues, its hard to beat. The finish is absolutely stunning and the neck is great. It has a darker sound, very much like a Gibson jazz box, but it gives you the option of adding in the Baggs bridge transducers and brightening it up. I am a huge Godin/Seagull fan, I currently have 3 Godins (one acoustic) and 4 Seagulls and have owned 2 other Seagulls. All have been great guitars and I highly recommend them to anyone.

[jackdenial]

Godin make very nice guitars. Not keen on the Seagull acoustics, though.The only ones I tried were overpriced and under performing.Don't Godin make their guitars from submerged logs or something?You can't say one brand is better than another, really.Guitars can be quite individual and so can tastes. I've seen some Godins I'd like to own.Like a nylon string solid guitar with a built-in Roland synth pickup.What amazes me is that Cort can make such good guitars at such low prices. Godin are more expensive on average.Cort don't make cheap guitars, they make inexpensive guitars.What I mean is guitars with the same high level of quality and specification as rivals, but a much lower selling price than others.Just look at the hardware Cort uses.First class.Another point is that Cort has mastered the art of mass production in countries like Indonesia and China with no loss of quality. So they are now transferring models from Korea to Indonesia,which help reduce prices, but where the end product is near as dammit perfect.One art I particularly think Cort has mastered is that of producing uniform necks, with silky smooth frets that can take a low string action without detriment.