Godin Exit 22

My Godin was a stock 2003 Exit 22 with a Rosewood neck, H-s-s setup. It is kind of a Les-Paulish guitar but with a Fenderish neck. The tuners arent locking but it stays in tune well.

This is where I was disappointed. Yes the single coils are quiet. But the guitar seemed to lack character. There are Fenders which you have to drag the sound out of, but this makes for an intense lead sound. There are Gibsons that sing with sustain. But this guitar just made what I will describe as a midrange "honk". There is no resonance when chording. I was very disappointed.

The action was on the high side when I got the guitar. Lowering the action made the sound proportinately degrade. But I must say that the guitar was well made with quality components. But again it just for some reason didnt sound right.

This guitar is built like a tank.

I didnt keep it long enough to have to deal with the maker. I gave it to a rhythm guitarist.

I have been playing for 25 years. When you buy online you are taking a chance. My friend bought one and his simply sounded and played far better. The guitar wasnt bad, it just wasnt for me.

The features are listed for you in the other reviews. This one is an '04 model. I think what drew me to this guitar was the lack of features. No locking anything, no whammy bar, no active anything, just a simple, pure guitar.

This guitar sounds wonderful. One of the reviewers hit the nail right on the head--how do they maintain an even level of volume thru each of the five pick up settings on a guitar at this price? Nice job on the pickups, Godin. This guitar has more tones/sounds than any guitar I have played. The selector switch gives you five distinct voices, not just variations of one tone---pretty cool. Even the tone control really changes the tone, rather than just knocking a little edge off the treble.

Looks to be hand built--excellent fit, finish, and quality. Very solid. How Godin does this for this amount of $$ is beyond me. I guess the only niggle could be the grain does not perfectly match--but hey, that is real mahogany--that's they way it looks. It would be prohibitively expensive to make the body from one solid piece, so I can live with the differing grains. The neck is fabulous, very nice fretboard--mine is rosewood. No rough edges on the frets, either.

Very nice strap buttons to go along with everything else that is nice about this guitar. It looks very solid, and I would be amazed if it does not hold up. Even the selector switch and tone/volume knobs feel solid!

Something will have to go wrong with one of their guitars for us to find out how the support side of Godin is. I'm not sure that will happen.....

I am not an experienced player, but I know quality and value from bloated prices for mundane equipment. This is definitely worthy of your attention if you are looking for a great guitar at a reasonable price. I have played strats, various Ibanez', a G&L, and a Les Paul or two. For the money, I don't think this can be touched. Of the guitars I've played, only the G&L and a Strat 60's re-issue impressed me with this type of quality--and they cost a lot more.

Mahoghany body, maple/rosewood neck, Hum/single/single p.u.'s, String-thru-body design, 24 3/4 scale, 22 fret, 5-way switch

Guitar sounds great! Fantastic strat sounds, great bridge humbucker detail without mush. The most amazing thing they nailed about this guitar was the balance between the pickups. All five positions offer great tones with no volume loss between singles and humbucker. The tone also hangs together. Not quite sure how they got it so balanced, but it does the job better than my PRS.

I can't really believe how well made this guitar is for the money... scratch that... for any amount of money this guitar is extremely well-crafted. I chose silver hardware as the black hardware version I saw had some finish issues on the bridge.

Seems to be built like a tank. I really like the natural satiny mahoghany finish. The neck is set in a deep pocket with no play at all. I play music for a living, and my guitars get much abused from touring... I wouldn't have bought it if it needed to be baby'd

Haven't needed 'em. Interesting that there's no e-mail on their website. Points off for that...

Been playing for 27 yrs. Owned just about every guitar you could own. The only thing that almost stopped me from buying this guitar was the low price ($500.00 list) I did say almost... I think that some of the other guitar manufacturers need to take a hard look at what Godin can offer at this incredible price point, and stop resting on their laurels. There's been very few guitars I've pulled off the wall lately that felt heavenly right from the get go. This one did, and I almost let it get away because of price and namebrand. Do yourself a favor and don't make that mistake....

This is a new model with a maple neck with 22 frets and Black hardware. The guitar has 2 single coils and 1 humbucker in the bridge position, with a 5 way selector switch and 1 Tone and Volume control and a string-thru bridge
The body is Mahogany with a transparent finish.
It comes with a very nice Gig Bag.

There is quite a range of sounds availible. I like both a jazzy, George Benson type sound and also am partial to a mildly distorted high sustain and you can easily get both with the Exit 22.
The humbucker is very quiet and even the single coils are not too noisy.

This is a beautifully made guitar. How they can sell it for this price is beyond me.They could ask for twice as much money and it still would be worth it. The wood work and the look of the wood itself is just great. All I did was lower the action a bit.

Very solidly made.

Never contacted them

I've only been playing guitar a little over a year.
I've never seen an American made (okay...along with Canada), guitar for anywhere near this price. Frankly, it's astounding.
I would definitly buy it again.

Strings thru, fixed bridge w/6 saddles, 24-1/2" neck w/22 meaty frets, 2 single coils, 1 bridge humbucker (all made by Godin, all sound SUH-WEEEET!), 6-on-a-side good quality tuners with brushed finish, 5-way switch, 1 vol, 1 tone. Neck is a tiny bit skinnier than I normally like, but it does feel good and is growing on me! I got the rosewood fretboard version, also comes in maple. Main 2 features are QUALITY and VALUE. Well, that and TONE and PLAYABILITY!

Just awesome. Very convincing Strat "in-between" sounds, but the bridge humbucker is just a beast--overdrives my Peavey Delta Blues 210 in a good way. Lots of variety with the 5-way switch.

In a word, excellent. Like every other single Godin I've played or owned (owned 3 or 4 of them in the past), they all had airtight neck pockets--I love that! Good fretwork, no apparent flaws. I like the stained 3-piece mahogany body.

Seems solid; I think it'll hold up well.

Dunno.

What an awesome value! Includes THE nicest gig bag I've ever owned--it's practically a case! The playability of this guitar is first-rate, makes me play and sound better than I am. Godin makes great guitars, and the Exit 22 is no exception.

2003 Canada/USA-made guitar. 22 frets, maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard (24 3/4" scale). The neck is a little more baseball bat-like than Godin's old, slim necks. Very comfy. Solid, three-piece mahogany body with Godin's signature LP meets Tele shape, plus the usual contouring on the neck heel. Both the body and the neck are lightly finished and feel great. One volume, one tone and a five-way switch that controls two single coil pickups (neck and mid) and a bridge humbucker (the pickups are apparently of Godin's own design). The tuners were very solid feeling and worked smoothly (they had a silver paint over them). The bridge is like a hard-tail Strat, only with smoother edges (string-thru body, too).

This grain of the mahogany under the clear finish is beautiful. More elegant than figured maple tops, in my opinion.

I own an LG-SP90, but this Exit 22 really turned my head. I played it in my local music store through a Crate Club Series 50-watt. I hate Crate amps, but this guitar made that amp sing. The single coils were surprisingly quiet, and there really wasn't a volume drop off when switching pickups.

The sound was rich, full and detailed. The sounds echoes its looks -- Les Paul meets Tele. The single coils were a little richer than a Strat, but they also had a little funk in them. The bridge humbucker could cut, but it wasn't overly harsh and not as powerful as an LP.

Very cool tones. Enough to cover the bases from rock, country, jazz, rockabilly and just about anything else you'd like. You might want a hotter humbucker if you're a complete metal head, but the bridge does put out a generous amount of gain.

This guitar played like a dream. It was set-up to perfection. You can tell that where Godin saved cash in cosmetics, they made up for it by really making sure the nut fit perfectly and the neck joint was snug. SOLID guitar with no gaps anywhere. You can't ask for more here.

The Exit 22 is like all the other Godins I've played...they all stand up to gigging abuse. My LG has lasted me a long time. It may be dinged up a little, but it sounds as good or better than the day I got it. I didn't purchase the Exit 22, but I looked it over for a long time and put it through its sonic paces. It'll last.

I've contacted Godin through e-mail a few times. They've at least responded most of the time. If I had a serious problem, they'd take care of me.

I didn't buy this guitar, but I'll have one in the future. I'd been really wanting a Dennis Fano Satellite, but some of Godin's new Performance Series guitars stand up to 'em. Sure, the Fano's cost a whole lot more and damn, they sound and feel AMAZING, but Godin knows what they're doing. I was really surprised with how the Exit 22 sounded and played. The guitar I played had its act together. Great sounds and amazing feel. I'll be getting one of these soon.