Product: Godin G-5000
Price Paid: US $255 used
Submitted
09/21/1999
at
02:10pm
by
Tom
Email: TGUTEL<at>cfl dot rr dot com
Features
:
8
Canadian made single cutaway solid body electric guitar. Solid maple body and neck with a rosewood fingerboard. It has a Godin Tetrad Blade pickup at the neck and a dual Blade (humbucker) at the bridge. Floyd Rose locking tremelo. It included a very nice canvas gigbag and hex tools. Black hardware including tremelo and Schaller tuners. Three way switch. One volume and one tone control. I would have liked to have had a 5-way selector.
Sound
:
5
Very heavy sounding, perfect for metal, but not very versatile, since it is impossible to obtain cleaner or thinner sounds.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Setup appears to be ok, but the action is not very fast. The volume control was not installed straight. The finish (red laquer) on the body and head is beautiful. All of the hardware and pickups are very solid.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
This guitar feels like it it was built like a tank. The body is heavy in weight, like a telecaster.
Customer Support
:
1
I wrote the company (Lassido) and never received a response.
Overall Rating
:
7
I have played for 35 years. Other guitars include..electric: Fender USA Strat, Fender USA Fat Tele, 1968 Gibson ES335-TD, 1964 Harmony Silhouette, Takamine GX100-TB solid body, Epi Korina Flying Vee, Asian Harmony H60. Acoustics: 1972 Ibanez Classical, 1968 Grecco 12 String, 1974 Alvarez acoustic. Due to the one dimensional heavy sound and slow action, I would not purchase another.
