Godin LG Signature

Ma godin lg signature est un modele 2004. Elle est assemblee aux Etats-Unis avec des pieces faites au Quebec. Il y a 22 frets sur le manche de palissandre de 25,5 pouces de long et il y a une table en erable flamme bleu translucide. Il y a 2 pickups double seymour duncan humbucker dont un SH-4 JB model au neck et un SH-11 custom custom au bridge. Pour choisir les micros, il y a un selecteur 5 positions et il y a un bouton pour le volume et un bouton pour la tonalite.

La guitare est tres polivalente. Elle peut facilement produire des sons de blues et de jazz, comme elle peut etre utilisee pour du hard rock et du heavy metal. Ce n'est pas le meilleur choix pour du death metal mais le potentiel est vraiment grand. La qualite du son est tres bonne pour le prix et on se demande comment Godin fait pour etre rentable en vendant un instrument d'aussi bonne qualite a un prix aussi faible. Les micros sont generalement silencieux mais en mode single, le neck est quand meme un peu bruyant. Mais en general, le son est vraiment bien.

La guitare est aussi tres bien construite. Le manche est parfaitement ajuste a la table et le fini est tout simplement magnifique! La table en erable est reliee au corps en acajou avec une ligne d'erable non peinturee avec le procede du natural binding. L'effet est superbe. Les cordes sont un peu desalignees avec les micros et les frets ont ete limes au magasin, ce qui fait que le fini sur les cotes du manche est un peu moins beau. Les pickups chromes sont malheureusement facilement salissables. Le moindre conctact avec une main suffit pour laisser une empreinte difficile a enlever. Pour le reste, le fini et l'assemblage sont tres biens.

Je n'ai ma lg signature que depuis 5 mois, mais elle est tres solide. Je pense qu'elle peut en prendre beaucoup avant de perdre de la valeur. Il n'y a rien qui laisse supposer des problemes au niveau de la fiabilite.

J'ai communique une fois avec Godin par courriel, et ils m'ont repondu le jour meme. Ils sont tres accessibles et je n'ai vraiment pas a me plaindre.

Ca fait maintenant deux ans que je joue et c'est ma premiere guitare electrique. Je suis extremement satisfait et je recommande cette guitare a tout le monde qui desirent un excellent instrument pour un prix beaucoup moins eleve que la concurrence. Si je me la faisais voler, j'en racheterais une autre le lendemain. Son plus grand avantage est sa polyvalence de sons. On peut vraiment tout jouer avec une lg signature et de plus, elle a un look super.

I have a 2004 model with all of the features mentioned in the previous reviews. 2 Seymours, carved AA maple flametop on mohogany. You really can't beat the value of this guitar, easily keeps pace with a Les Paul at a fraction of the price. All work is AAA, fit and finish is excellent. This guitar is a lady, not a cheap slut like most guitars out there these days....

I play mostly hard rock/metal like AC-DC, A.I.C, Black Sabbath, S.T.P etc., and when coupled with my Line 6 Flextone III, I can pretty much nail any tone out there. This guitar just oozes rich sound and tone, and is rock-solid. I have a bit of a mid range feedback problem at gigging volume, but I am getting an ART 351 EQ to rectify that. I find the Custom Seymour in the bridge is a little hot. I dislike absolutly nothing about this guitar, I am so happy I bought it.

Second to NONE!!! I mean that... PRS, Gibson, Fender have nothing on these guys. Although I did have a cold solder on my volume pot that had to be fixed, but nothing major there....

Like a good woman, this axe takes all you can give it, and does not complain, only waits for more. This thing will dance on my grave. I sweat all over it, bend strings off the neck, pound the body with my clenched fist to evoke feedbacky nightmares and more. I haven't even broken a string on this thing, which I attribute to both quality strings and the awesome bridge on this guitar.

Dunno....

I have been playing for about 20 years I guess. I have found all I need in this guitar and my Line 6 Flextone III. I will soon have an EQ in the effects loop as I stated earlier an perhaps I will add a verb unit for depth and dimention, then I am done. I love the finish, a trans-blue AA Flametop, all the hardware is top-notch, the craftsmanship is superb. It can go from cool and smooth to hot and snarly in a snap. Buy one, you'll love it.

Well, I just got it. It was hand made here in Canada, 22 frets. Mahogany body, flamed maple top (AA), mahogany neck with rodewood fingerboard. Mine is finished in Transparent Black. Two humbuckers (SD Jazz 2 in the neck possition and a SD Custom Custom in the bridge possition) One volume, one tone, 5-way switch for selecting the pickup configuration; same set-up as on PRS guitars. 25.5" scale

Tonally this beast rocks! I'm a blues player and do sessionwork for rock bands and this NAILS all the tones I look for. The pickups are a tad too bright, which is important since you can always roll of the tone knob a bit (if the guitar lacks highs there's nothing you can do, so it's better to have them a bit bright, eh?) There's just something about mahogany guitars with maple caps, y'know? Warm and rich, full-sounding without any nasty bite. There is nothing tonally about this guitar that I dislike! My best guitar - hands down.

The guitar was well set up when I received it, and then the music store at which I bought it finished the srt-up. It's very nice now.

This is the third Godin I've bought - I had one of their LG90's and an LGX-SA. Both were great instruments, but both had necks far too thin - once I started getting into playing hard the necks would start to bend around screwing up the intonation and tuning.

BUT...

Godin has fixed their necks! The neck on my new LG SIG is more massive and stable than I'd even hoped for! Super comfortable, easy to play on (and FAST! I play faster on this guitar than on any other guitar ever!) I give the ACTION a 10!

The fit is superb - no gaps anywhere and the strings are aligned perfectly over the pickup-poles. You couldn't get a sheet of onion-paper between the neck and body. I give the FIT a 10!

Now for the negative stuff: The finish was applied fairly well, but the body has natural binding and all around the body of the guitar you can see how the black finish bled into whatever was masking the wood and caused these ugly, grey splotches all over the beautiful, white maple. Next, the headstock is a slightly different colour than the body - and it's quite noticeable. In fact, the headstock is a purple-grey and, when the guitar is out in the light or in the dark, looks completely different than the body. So for FINISH I give the Godin LG Signature a 6. (the rest of the finish was well done.)

Oh, and the finish on the neck is perfect. Not at all sticky.

It's so well put together, and all of the parts are top-of-the-line, so I'm comfortable it'll last as long as I do. The grain of the mahogany on the neck is dead straight! No run-off whatsoever. The fit is flawless. I'm sure it'll be around for a long time.

Godin USED to be SO good for customer support. Sadly, this has changed. There is no link or phone number anywhere on their sitr anymore - just a snail-mail address which is useless if you want to ask them a quick question. Too bad - I used to rate them a 10, but now I'll have to give them a 5 (since they occasionally answer the dealers' questions.)

I've beed playing for 23 years now. I have too much to gear to list, but I've owned so many guitars (Jazzmaster, Les Paul Custom, 62' Vintage RI Strat, Godin LGX-SA, etc) and amps (Fenders galore, a few Marshalls - the only amp I use now, though, is a David Allen Accomplice. Period. Best amp I've EVER encountered.) Anyway, I've had a lot of gear, and I love this Godin LG Signature. If they ever offer it in any colours other than tras. blue and trans. black I'll get another as a backup, not that it would need one, but it's silly to gig without back-up EVERYTHING!

I'd heartily recommend this guitar to anyone in the Les Paul/PRS crowds. It has the tone, what more could you want?

Most of the specs have been covered by other commentators. My LG Signature is new, in fact, it was back ordered from Godin. It's transparent black with the AA top. The tuners on mine are marked "Godin," but they resemble Gotohs. They have screw-down clamps that clamp the string in place, which I think is kind of handy. The fret board is comparatively flat (12" radius, I think), which seems to work well for me. I am having a bit of trouble adjusting to the "ergocut" edges on the fret board. Sometimes when I hit the low E, it slips off the board. My hands are small, and I don't use my thumb as much as most people do on the low E. So I tend to push the string away rather than push it back toward the fret board. This is a real minor issue, but it's the only nit I could find to pick off the LG Signiture.

I play mostly blues and folk-rock, and this guitar works well for both. I use no effects other than what's available on the 50W Carvin tube amp I play it through--reverb and distortion. Between the options provided by the amp, the 5-position switching on the guitar, and the variations provided by the volume and tone controls, I can get the gamut of sounds from murky mud to crystalline twang. And I can't believe the sustain on this thing. Far better than my Gibson ES135, my G & L SC-2, my Epiphone LP Standard, or my Godin Radiator. It also has the quietest electronics. Very little latent amp hum, and it's the same in any of the 5 switch positions.

I don't know that I'm an expert on this, but it seemed to be set up with Swiss-watch precision. Everything tight, and I presume it came that way from the factory. (I bought it online.) One thing I might mention: I kept looking at pictures of these guitars at the Godin website and on eBay trying to determine whether there was body binding on the guitar. There isn't; instead, they have left the end grain of the hard maple top unstained--natural. So there's this nice contrast that looks like binding.

I'm not a pro--just a serious hobbyist, but it sure seems durable to me. The LG has a mahogany neck, and I've always favored maple, which is stronger. But if you break the neck on a guitar, you must be doing something wrong. It has Schaller strap-lock buttons, and it doesn't come with the corresponding female parts. I like the Dunlop locks better, but not enough to replace them; I bought a set of Schallers. Guitar stays in tune nicely.

Well, there's no email address posted on the website, and there was no owner's manual. There's a manual available to download for the "Performance" series, which includes the LG HMB. I suspect the electronics are the same (5-way switching, etc.). I suspect Godin relies on their authorized dealers for customer support; they seem to discourage online sales. They think a person should play an instrument before buying it--which makes perfect sense. Still, you can get a pretty good idea about an instrument from reviews like this. Anyway, the nearest dealer is 150 miles away from me.

I've been playing, on-and-off, since 1963. I mentioned my other electric guitars above; I also have a Takamine acoustic. This is my favorite guitar, primarily because of its sound--in particular, its sustain. I would certainly replace it if (heaven forbid!) anything should happen to it (knock on wood). I guess here's where I confess to the fact that I've had the guitar less than a week . . . Well, if I change my mind about anything, I'll let you know.

2003 Canada made
Solid Maple Top
Solid Mahogany body
Mahogany Neck
2 humbuckers
5 selector switch - 2 of them cut off the humbuckers to give single coils - what else could you want??!
Comes with gig bag!!
Comes standard with Seymour Duncan pickups - Jazz in neck and Custom custom in bridge

Well lets see, I played just about all the high end guitars in the store. I kind of liked the sound of a $3500 Gibson a bit better but there was only 1 real sound there
This guitar gives 5 distinct usable sounds!!
The neck was much better than any other guitar in the store on this baby.
This guitar can put any fender to shame, even ones at twice the price
It can also put Gibsons to shame that are 3 times the price!

This guitar isn't great for hard hard rock or metal, but its great for everything else.

I've even been able to get a tele twang from it

No dislikes! (well, ok, just the black satin tuner caps, but I easily replaced those in 10 minutes)

Basically take a look at a Gibson Les Paul for 4 times the cost.
This guitar has action, fit and finish that is equal if not better than that!

Everything on this guitar is better and more durable than any of my other guitars

They are fantastic, answered my emails right away
Although I heard they didn't anticipate being this popular so they are backlogged now.
Hopefully they will start pumping out cheaper stuff like Fender and Gibson to keep up with demand so that my axe is rare!!

I don't think I'll ever have to buy another electric.. unless I win the Lottery and can spend 5 grand or so

the other guy stated most of the features. the aa flame body looks magnificent. the mahago9ny neck sounds beautifull, and godin maticulously places the neck into the body for perfect intonation.one volume, one tone knob, 5 way switch, seymour duncan humbuckers. if it had an LR Baggs system, or a peizo system, i would have given a 10, but this is a GREAT guitar. Godin is where you will get your moneys worth. (by the way, i know some one who has an lgx, and it is at my house right now. this is basically an lgx, but with flame maple top, and no acoustic - bridge pickup system)

i play rock, metal, and other stuff like liquid tension experiment, and alot of jhon petrucci stuff. i use it through a Crate Gx 212, and a zoom 607. ot has great tone on distortion and clean settings.
the neck pickup is kind of noisy, but has the best tone i find. it is a VERY versatile guitar. i like the flame maple top, the mahogany body/neck, sounds excellent, i like the body through string setup. but..the neck pickup is a little noisy. thats still good though, not enough to bring down the sound a whole point.

the action is perfect. every thing is properly routed, and the flame maple top matches the rest perfectly. this guitar will last a long time. very nice. i suggest godin over any other brand.

everythiong seems like it iwll last, but the tuning keys are plastic. the strap buttons are solid, kinda squeak a little, but solid, i can definately depend on it. I would use it at a gig without a backup.

i dealt with a store, and bought this guitar at 50% off, brand new. iam not sure about a waranty. the guy that works at the store is a really ignorant asshole, and trys to make you feel as uncomfortable as possible, but they did have the 50% off sale, which is why i give a 4.

ive been playing for about two years. i own a fender 12 string, a gibson acoustic, a samick,m and a fender copy. if it was stolen or lost, i would be a sad puppy. but i would buy another, if i could find one. i love the sound, the action, and the aa flame maple top. my favorite feature is the pickups. i was thinking about getting a godin radiator, but i diddnt want it. so i splurged and got the Lg signature. i wish it had a tremolo system. a nice wilkonsen tremolo,

Brand new 2003 Godin LG Signature. Made in Canada, and assembled in USA. Beautiful Trans Black AA flame Maple top and bookmatched. 25.5" scale, 5-way selector switch, mahogany neck and body, rosewood fretboard, string through body, Godin spec tuners. Pickups are Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck, and a Custom Custom in the bridge, with really pretty smoked grey pickup covers. This is basically an LGX, but without the piezo in the bridge. Comes with a great gig bag.

This guitar sounds really nice. It's not a thrash axe, but a very classy sounding rock and blues guitar. I play it through a Fender Blues Jr, and with the 5-way selector and the Duncan's in the neck and bridge, can get alot of sweet jazzy, bluesy and rock sounds. Sound is very full and sweet. It's almost too laid back at times, whereas my LG SP90 really can rock. This LG is sophisticated, whereas the LG SP90 is a little rougher around the edges. That being said, the Signature is slouch, and the SD pups can really rock hard with some drive from the amp.

Setup out of the box is top rate, and perfect. The appointments on this guitar is beautiful, you just want to look at over and over. The finish is amazing, with the transparent flame maple top in Black just looks beautiful. Everything was aligned perfectly, A+

I have no reason to think this axe won't last, but you might not want to play at gigs because it looks to good to through around. More suited to a classy jazz club, than metal. The tuners are plastic and may need to swapped, and like my SP90, i have some reservations about the string through body design keeping the guitar in tune properly. We'll have to see about that over time.

Nice people at Godin. I emailed and called several times, and always was replied to quickly.

For the money, you can't buy a guitar like this anywhere. For the finish alone, a Gibson or PRS will run you twice the cost and more. It's a beautiful, classy sounding guitar. I would buy another. Godin makes exceptional guitars in their price range, and are top buys always.