Godin LG

I got my Godin LG as a birthday present in February 2007 so I've had it now for a little over a year and I'm very pleased with it. It is a 2004 or 2005 model with a Cognac Burst finish purchased through eBay for $350. Most of the features standard to the other LGs are the same on this one. Since it's one of the older models it has a 3-way switch and 22 frets. I can't comment on the pickups as the previous owner replaced them with a set of EMG 85/81s (no complaints here). Hardtail bridge is good for acoustic play, the sound is pretty loud for an electric. I really enjoy the playability of the neck, it's very quick and just the right size/shape for my hands. I would prefer a gloss/laminate coat on the fretboard as my fingers will sometimes stick to it but it's nothing that would effect my decision to buy one again. Came with a gig bag with the original pickups in it.

The hardtail bridge creates a nice loud acoustic sound compared to other electrics. With the EMGs this guitar can put out some nice sounds when distorted or clean. I like the range of genres I can cover which is great because I have such a variety in musical taste. This was all from a cheap and failing amp so I can only imagine the tone through a higher quality one.

Since I got it used I can't comment on the factory set-up but it was just right when I got it. The action was low enough to feel right to me and no fret buzz. No flaws that I have ever found on it. I'm assuming the upgraded pickups were professionally installed because they sound great and appear to be properly aligned. The finish isn't particularly flashy but it is resistant to scratches and dents so I'm happy with it.

This guitar is really tough. It spent 6 months in my dorm room and took a lot of abuse from people with no guitar experience yet hasn't acquired any noticeable dents or scratches. It's taken a few falls too on some carpeted concrete floors and still plays/looks fine. All the hardware seems pretty durable as well.

Haven't contacted Godin so I don't know.

For the price this is an unbeatable guitar. I highly suggest buying one over a low end Gibson or PRS because Godin really puts their full effort into creating solid, quality guitars of all price ranges. I would kind of like a laminated neck and tremolo bridge but I think that would stray from the variety and range of this guitar. I'll probably end up buying a Godin Freeway or Velocity to go with it rather than replace it. I have no complaints about the guitar really, just me being greedy. If it was lost or stolen I would either buy another LG or one of the other guitars I mentioned a few lines back; definitely another Godin for sure.

purchased on ebay in july 2005 $300.00 us made in canada in 1998 with twin sd p90's onboard and included a godin custom hardcase the rest of the features are well documented by other reviewers so i won't bore you with another carbon copy review

i have returned to guitar playing after a 40 year hiatus(i prefer to think of it as an extended intermission) i play mostly blues and what i lack in talent i more than make up for with dogged determination the lg is played with a yamaha DG 130h amp through 2 real old marsland projector speakers housing 4 8" speakers per side and a digitech rp300a effects pedal i can attain any sound i desire much to the dismay of my wife who is oblivious to a guy's need for "guy stuff" played at great volume

the guy i purchased the lg from on ebay obviously looked after it as it looked almost brand new when i received it but i took it down to the local luthier who did a complete setup on it and replaced the strings with a set of real slinky ernie ball strings i have no issues at all at this time with this guitar

i will be pushing up daisies before i am ever competant enough to impose my meager talents on the unsuspecting public and i haven't had the guitar long enough to comment on durability aspects but i do have plenty of backup that i have been acquiring at flea markets and garage sales lately should anything go wrong with the lg in my basement and failing that the guy across the street has 23 guitars (americans collect firearms while we canadians collect guitars)

godin is a great company to communicate with i don't think you can access them via telephone but they are easily approached by email and respond in detail to any inquiries

first time around i played guitars from age 18-21 i owned a gibson j-45 and
a hofner electric guitar with a weird red naugahide leather like finish and a norman b-15 acoustic i started back playing again in the spring of this year and since then, in addition to the lg i have, (in many moments of great weakness) also acquired a godin artisan st, a godin g-4000, a yamaha pacifica 112(great playing machine for cheapo bucks), a seagull folk acoustic, a simon&patrick full size, an art and luthier full size,(the last three are all godin products) a 70's no name japanese les paul jr knockoff, a fender f-10 classical, a wonderful 30's regal parlour, a late 30's-early 40's gibson reckoning king lap slide, an older emperador 12 string and a custom built fender strat if the lg was stolen i would beat the perp to death with my reckoning king lapslide which has the density of george bush jr,allows for the back swing of john daly and could be used on any building demolition site with no adverse affects to the guitar i would then buy another lg of course i love the versatility of the lg and my favourite feature is the neck(i have small hands and need a fairly thin neck to play with) i probably purchased this guitar because of the positive reviews on it by other harmony central review contributers i now use the reviews as my bible for a lot of my purchases because i find most reviewers to be both literate and factual as well as honest in their apprasals

The LG is a well-made, dual humbucker, bolt-neck guitar assembled in the U.S.A. from components made in Canada. Godin is a Canadian company, based in Quebec, known for making quality, somewhat unusual acoustic and electric guitars (under a variety of brand names) at reasonable prices. I bought it as a supplement to my 15-year-old Squier Stratocaster, and wanted something different from that nice guitar, but still with something of the Fender feel I like. Even though I didn't expect it, I found what I wanted in the Godin LG dual-humbucker model.

Mine is an older LG, pre-2004, with two exposed humbuckers, not the chrome humbuckers on the newer LGHB model, or the Duncan P-90s on its sister LGP90. I bought it used in July 2005, and I think it may be from 2002 or so -- it has not seen a lot of wear. Also unlike the newer model, mine has a 3-way (not 5-way) pickup switch and a longer 24 (not 22) fret fingerboard. Like all LGs, it has a mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, joined to a mahogany body by a 4-bolt neck plate -- although this one is a more straightforward Fender-style square plate, rather than the contoured design on newer models. The cord jack is on the lower edge of the guitar, Tele/Les Paul style, and there is one volume knob and one tone knob, both knurled black metal.

The body shape is distinctive, with a single small lower cutaway, yet not like a Les Paul or a Telecaster, and contoured. Mine is black, nothing too special, but this finish is of good quality. (There are very nice natural and red versions I have seen.) It looks a bit like the old Ernie Ball Eddie Van Halen model, yet differs from that too. There is no pickguard. It uses what is apparently a Graph-Tech white nut, fairly large frets, and very smooth Godin black-buttoned sealed tuning machines on a small 3-per-side headstock without string trees. The bridge is a non-vibrato ("hard tail") Tune-o-Matic style Schaller with convenient flat-head adjustment screws, in front of a pretty staggered string-through-body tailpiece that ends on the underside of the guitar, not with individual holes for each string, but in a single brass end plate which looks very solid. The bridge, knobs, and pickups are all black, giving the guitar a bit of a stealth appearance, which fits with its character -- it will surprise you.

The fretboard is reasonably wide and very, very flat. Godin has developed a particular fretboard design that uses a 16" radius (rather than the very curvy 7.5" of old Fenders, 9" of many newer guitars, or 12" of modern metal-style guitars) with nicely rolled edges. Yet even as someone who prefers Fender-style necks, this one feels very good and is not hard to play barre chords on, despite the lack of curvature. The neck itself is pretty beefy, but not too big. If you have small hands, you should try Godin necks out before buying -- you might like them, or you might not. The neck and fretboard are fairly grainy-feeling, rather than having a slick finish, but I like that.

The scale is the shorter 24-3/4" Gibson style, rather than the longer 25-1/2" Fender length, despite the bolt-on neck. I didn't even realize that my guitar had 24 frets when I bought it (guess I was paying attention to other things), but that makes it different from the newer 22-fret models, where the pickups have slightly different placement. The pickups themselves are labeled Godin, and may be modified Seymour Duncans, since Duncan makes pickups for many other Godin guitars, including the LG P-90 model many others at Harmony Central have reviewed, which is otherwise identical to this one. The guitar has no pickguard, and the exposed pickups look a little bare, but this is a quality, functional instrument, not a museum piece. It's meant to be played.

After looking for a new, inexpensive electric guitar for several weeks, and spending an entire day resolved to find one, I examined many different models, most of which were made in Indonesia,

I've only had this guitar for a day, but it was the kind that everyone always advises you to buy: it spoke to me after trying a whole bunch of different instruments. The LG has a wonderful acoustic chime when not plugged in -- despite all the mahogany, it is not heavy and it's well balanced physically and tonally. The humbuckers are also great pickups for this price of guitar, with lots of articulation and a variety of good sounds from clean to overdriven. They're not especially hot (compared to other humbuckers or, especially, P-90s), but they certainly have enough oomph for most people's needs. As they should, the humbuckers block most electrical buzz, which is nice compared to my old Strat.

So far I've played the LG through a Traynor Custom Valve combo and Line 6 Pod (in the store), then at home straight into my '70s silverface Fender Princeton 12-watt combo, then through a SansAmp GT2 amp simulator and the Princeton, with and without a Danelectro Daddy-O overdrive and an MXR Phase 90 phaser pedal, and straight into my eMac with the built-in guitar effects in GarageBand. I have yet to get a bad sound out of the LG: from chiming clean to R&B crunch to Mesa-Boogie over-the-topness, it handles them all well.

I did notice that, because of the humbuckers, I had to adjust the tone controls on everything I have, since they were set for the much brighter, bell-like pickups on my Strat, but that would be true for nearly any humbucker-equipped guitar. That was particularly noticeable in GarageBand, but I was able to get great tones with a bit of tweaking. Just don't expect full Fender spank and quack -- the LG leans more to the Gibson-PRS end of the guitar design spectrum.

I'm storing my band's guitarist's rare and expensive 1994 Matchless DC-30 Class A 2x12" combo (I make a living a drummer, not a guitar player), but I have resisted hauling it out to try so far. I don't think my resistance will last long. The LG could really do some nice things with a high-end Class A amp.

My guitar was used, but the new LGs at Long & McQuade in Vancouver (priced at $500 Cdn) seemed set up well. The in-set design of the bridge and pickups mean that the strings can lie low to the guitar's body right from the fretboard to the tailpiece. The action is good, without buzz. The LGs come stock with .10 through .46 strings, which is nice because I prefer heavier gauges -- when I need to change them, I'll probably get it set up for .11 to .52s.

There are a few minor dings and scratches here and there on my guitar, but nothing significant. Just evidence that it's been played. There was a still a plastic shipping film over the control plate cover on the back of the guitar, which indicates mine isn't too old. All the hardware feels exceptionally solid, and none of the controls is scratchy, which was a problem I found with many of the import guitars I tried, even brand new ones. Tuning stability is wonderful. I had planned on replacing the bridge saddles, nut, and string trees on some of the other guitars I looked at with Graph-Tech stuff if I bought them (I did that on my Strat years ago), but this one has good material, and I won't need to do that. If I'd bought another guitar and needed to do that, I would have eliminated any price savings over the Godin anyway, so I think this was a better choice.

Fit and finish are good. I noticed a bit of paint wear inside the holes where the strings enter the body at the top, but I guess that's expected, and it doesn't detract from performance at all. The guitar is a bit dusty, either because its owner hadn't played it for awhile, or because it sat on the wall at the store for a few months. Good for me -- I was lucky enough to find it. The construction of this guitar is miles ahead of any of the Asian-built instruments in this price range, and at least as good as, say, a Korean G&L Tribute or Japanese or Mexican Fender at twice the price.

Godin started off their electric division by building parts for other manufacturers, and it shows. The LG is a solid, no-nonsense, no-frills guitar built for the road. There are no frivolous parts to wear or break off, everything is well assembled, and it seems that it could take abuse almost as well as a Telecaster. You could make all necessary adjustments (neck, pickup placement and pole-pieces, bridge), with standard guitar tools.

One advantage of a bolt-on neck is that you can replace it if it breaks. That's true for the LG, but it's not as simple as for a Fender, since Fender-scale necks are easy to find anywhere. I can't speak for the real-world reliability of my LG, since I bought it yesterday, but it's still in fine shape despite obviously having been played quite a bit. Nothing is loose, buzzy, scratchy, or out of alignment. I don't expect any problems.

I'd always play a gig with a backup guitar, no matter how well built my main one was (easier to switch guitars when you break a string, after all). Then again, I'm a drummer in my real life, so I wouldn't need a guitar for a gig anyway, would I? If I were a gigging guitarist, this would be my main instrument. I've had my cheap Korean Strat for 15 years and it's still going (though it needs fretwork), so I expect the LG will last at least as long.

No idea. I like that Godin is Canadian, but I have no idea what their service is like.

I've been a professional musician for 16 years, playing drums. I took classical guitar between the ages of 8 and 13 (1978-82), and have hacked around with guitars and basses ever since, plus some piano now that my young daughters are learning it. (Though I'm a drummer, I've always had more of an affinity for the technical details of guitars.) I have another electric, a bass, a classical guitar, a bunch of drums, various amps and effects, and a store room full of gear from the other musicians in my band.

As I mentioned before, I tried a lot of guitars before I bought this one, and it was by far the best value of all of them in this price range. I also preferred this particular guitar's feel and sound over that of the newer 22-fret LGHBs that I tried, including an LGHB prototype the store had for sale -- while apparently Godin customers requested the newer design, I prefer this one with 24 frets, so I was glad to find it. I would like if it had 5-way switching and a pickguard. But it is a usable, professional, versatile instrument that blows away other $350 guitars (and many $500-700 models) in quality. It's the real deal. I'd buy another. Heck, when I get more money, I may buy the P-90 version anyway!

This guitar was made in 1999 I believe. THis one is the Seymour Duncan p-90 version as opposed to the Godin humbucker model. TO be brief, the p-90's sound amazing and are very versatile. Its made out of a mahogony, body, mahogony neck, and rosewood fingerboard. The neck is a bolt on, but goes deep into the body and fits very tightly so the sustain is great. It also has a string-through bosy design which helps the sustain as well. The 24 fret 3/4 scale neck is very flat which maskes it very easy to solo with.

I play some blues, punk, and a little bit of metal, but mostly classic rock type stuff. This guitar sounds amazing, it has a huge variety of sounds and it sounds great with whatever style I am playing. On the distortion channel it sounds much fuller and heavier then a strat, but it's not quite as full as a Les Paul. This guitar sounds great for rythm and amazing for lead. Also sounds brilliant on the clean channel with warm jazzy tones or really bright tones if you want as well. My one small problem is that because of the p-90 pickups it can become a little bit noisy when played on the distortion channel other then that, its perfect.

The transparent red finish on the guitar is great. The action is very low but gives no buzz, I bought this guitar used so I'm not sure if the previuos user ajusted the factory set-up at all, but I didn't have to make any adjustments whatsoever after buying it except for a new set of strings (the previous owner had jazz strings on)

This is a very dependable guitar and even though I have knocked it continuously but after 3 years it still shows hardly any signs of damage, I use this guitar to jam with my band and have used it at three of four gigs and it has done superbly. From my experience, this guitar is as solid as a rock

Never dealt with Godin and don't think I'll ever need to

I've been playing for five years and hadn't even heard about godins before I bought this guitar. I tried out countless fenders Gibsons, and, ibaez guitars before buying this but none of them gave me the tone and versitilaty that this guitar does

OK, this guitar is beautiful. it has 1 vol knob and one tone knob. perfect for me. the neck is thin, and very easy for my fingers to move across. i could never play soildly on my old fender strat but as soon as i tired this guitar i was in heaven. I have had this guitar for seven months and since then i have been jamming hard out in gigs etc. I think the neck is one of the best features. The humbuckers are nice, interesting clean. it has a 5 way switch which i am changing to a 3 way, 5 way is to much for me. 22 frets. its kinda like a les paul shape. i bought it this year 2004, not sure when it was made. stays in tune =) solid mahogony body and neck, rosewood board.

I play rock/metal. umm this guitar is interesting when you play dirty. the sound is great if you used some bluesy overdrive. I used my boss metal zone thru a laney stack or my fender stage 100. This guitar is beautiful clean soemtimes and other times its not. Must be the weather or something. When i use my metal zone it pumps out the sound. i am going to change the humbuckers because i am just not happy with the sound. its good but not great.

The guitar is beautiful. The wood is great and action was done well. i have gigged this 5 times now. Here is my problem. The pots in the volume and tone knobs. They have crapped out on me twice. Once at my mate funnel (which wasnt good) and once when my band was trying out for a big gig. That was to flash. apart from that. no worries

Everything ios great apart from the pots which is a easy fix. I dont have a back up (cant afford one) paint lasts. the strap on buttons are soild as. the body is a tank. yup this thing is good for live.

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been playing for 4 years now. My guitaring had really taken off when playing this guitar. i feel free when playing this guitar. i have written many songs with this guitar. If it was stolen i would cry and get a new one. i like the neck and body, just the humbuckers and pots have to go. i played a strat and tried a les paul and prs. if i had the money i would buy a prs custom 22 or tremonti single cut.

First off id just like to say that this guitar was exatly waht i was looking for

I had been looking to buy a fender strat but i also wanted a guitar with
humbuckers. After shopping for months i was getting discouraged. And then i went in to the guitar shop to buy strings for my other guitar
(a piece of junk by the way) and i noticed this guitar hanging there.
i ask the guy about it and he said they just got it in so i played it
and that was that i bought it that day.


It has two humbukers with 5-way switching (it splits the buckers into singles) and they sound great!

it has a 22-fret rosewood neck its not as thin as some guitars but it fits just right in my hands

it has a mahogany body and a silky smooth satin finish the body is kind of like a les paul meets a telecaster the cutaway gives exelent access too the higher frets.

also included a deluxe Godin gigbag

This guitar is incredibly versitile and can get nice clean tones for Pink-floyd stuff or just as easily get a mean distorted sound for playing some metallica or black sabbath.

I play this guitar throgh a 50-watt Marshall G50R-CD
i use a Zoom 505II (a great effects pedal by the way)

the guitar was set-up well when i bought it the only thing i did was play around with the pickup height

tuners are a little touchey but you get a feel for them after a while.

this axe is built like a rock!

i've banged the headstock at least 4 times but theres not a scratch on it.

I think this guitar would defenitly withstand live playing

the strap buttons are solid

i would play this guitar without backup

hav'nt had to deal with them and i doubt i will

overall i'd say this guitar is one of the best
guitars you can get under 700$

i love the HH spliting system it lets you get a wide variety of tones

after playing countless stratocasters i was happy to find this
guitar stands out with big tone and comfortble action and fit

if this guitar were lost or stolen i would defenitly buy another one

Not sure of date made - bought it in 2002 - appears to be NOS - comes with the Godin humbuckers (not the Tetrads), not the covered Seymour Duncans that are now available. Nice red transparent finish - one vol, one tone, 3-way switch.

Mahogany body - somewhere in the range of Tele meets LP, mahogany neck, rosewood board, string-thru-body. Decent weight - not too heavy, not too light.

My first purchase after not playing for several years - one day of jamming turned into a spot in the band :)
Came with gig-bag, but I upgraded to a hardshell case.

Overall, a straight-forward kind of guitar. Also tried the P-90 version, but it wasn't quite the sound or feel - am not sure but the neck on mine has a slightly under-finished feel ... very comfortable.

Give it an 8 cause I'd like an extra vol and tone controls.

Sound? Does well in clean, slight gain, and distortion via my Fender Twin and thru an old Traynor I have. Use it with a Pro Co Rat, Danelectro Delay and Boss Chorus from early 80s.

This is one incredibly loud beast - have noticed it lacks the gradual volume my other guitars have. This guitar really wants to let loose as soon as you plug it in and turn it on. Have thought of adjusting this, but am too lazy to change it ;)It has some fullness, but also lets the mids and highs to push thru ... tube amps and a little bit of change with settings helps

Depending on the amp settings and what sort of dirt level is going on this guitar has sounds I like. Have traditionally been a Fender/G&L fan, but this is a very nice alternative - a great bang for the buck.

How does it compare to Fender or Gibson? It's somewhere in the middle ground between the two traditional giants of guitar sounds. I have made this thing HONK, ssscccrreeeaccchhhh, ROAR, purrrrrr and everything short of oinking like a pig :) - although using a Blue Box might just change that!

It lets me cover the fundamental sounds of 60s/70s rock; jazz; some country and even the occasional bit of disco-cheeze (never claimed to have good taste)

The shop where I bought this was very good about set-up, etc. Judging by the dust and hang-tag on it when I bought it, the guitar had been on display for a while.

Pick-up height was good - have only recently changed height of neck p/up after almost a year. Have left the bridge p/up at its original height as purchased.

Have not seen any major/obvious flaws. Is just a hint of paint on the neck - up near the nut. Hardware looks like it will be going strong for a long time. P/ups look like they are secure. 3-way switch still needs a little blast of air to clear out some dust.

Action, fit and finish are all more than adequate - it's all good. Have even used it for some occasional slide playing - I put a set of 10s on this and really got to have some fun.

I have used this on several occasions live. Always with a back-up - sometimes another Godin, sometimes an older Squire Strat from mid80s.

Strap buttons are solid - finish will last a long time - frets and board look like they are willing to endure some major abuse.

Sent a letter to Godin, hoping to get further information about 'their pickups'. Brochure I got back was about 'their pickups', but not about the partical type I have in my guitar. That's okay, cause I know this is one odd-little-beastie.

Have browsed the web-site, but wonder what it's worth 'cause they don't seem to post a lot of new information on it. Have also checked out a webpage for Godin owners - it seems to have some neat stuff.

Overall? This was a good instrument for me, considering I had not played for about 5 years. It was somewhat of an impulse buy - fortunately, it has turned into one of my favorites. I also have a hard-tail Strat, Am Dlx Telecaster, and an old G&L ASAT.

I first started playing when I was 13 - I am now 33. I like to make noise - sometimes it is all about finding good clean tones, sometimes it is just about getting the grind and dirt. This guitar let's me do this and have fun while I'm playing.

What do I like? It has a distinct look - it has good feel to the neck - weight is good - has some interesting tones available - an affordable alternative and it's not made in Korea.

Anything to share? Do some surfing on Net to find out all you can about these guitars if you are considering buying one. They have changed over the years since they were first introduced - make sure you know what you want and make sure you know what you are buying.

I like this guitar - it has become a very comfortable and reliable part of my return to playing and making noise. People have been fairly split on their comments - both positive for looks and for sound.

Handmade in New Hampshire in 2002 from Canadian Parts. 24 Frets 3-way selector switch, 1 vol. and 1 tone REAL Seymour Duncan P-90s (2) Natural finish (beautiful!) w/ a rosewood neck String through body standard tuners but they work just fine Came w/ gig bag

Fits my style just fine and I think it would fit every style I play ska, punk, classic rock, and some new stuff I use a Marshall AVT 50 with a straight cable most of the time, but I have a DigiTech RP200 pedal Rich sound that is very bright because I play thin strings Will go thick if you need it to Love the sound

Picked it up in the store and loved it immediately! Had been trying Strats and other guitar store regulars, but they all felt the same This felt soooooo much better! Set up perfectly w/ no flaws

I would say that this would definately withstand live playing Hardware is great, finish is great, itll last forever, good strap buttons Yeah, you can depend on it I think you could probably play a gig without a backup

Never delt with them, but Im sure they are great

I have been playing for just over a year I also own an Ibanez acoustic If this guitar were stolen, I would be heart broken I love everything about this guitar I chose this guitar because it felt and sounded the best I wish it had a trem, but I can live without one

Godin LG

This guitar features a solid Mahogany body, single volume and tone controls, strat like 5 way toggle switch and 2 Seymour Duncan P-90's (These babies tear walls down). I choose 1 of 3 and got the one I thought looked best as far as wood grain was concerned and heavier weightfor better tone and sustain. This guitar is no cheap thrown togeather Korean axe that you buy your kid to beat up. It's well constructed, very smooth and cuts butter with it's sound.

The LG would be a nice guitar for any player who likes music from mellow electric, blues to metal and thrash with it's deep deep tones. I ran through a processor and was amazed at the different tones I was able to achieve with little or no effort.This guitar definately rocks...When I got my guitar the action was set a bit higher than I like so I adjusted and felt very comfortable with it. The playablity is amazing as I've played mostly maple fret boards for their hardness allowing excellent fretboard tapping. The LG was just as easy to tap as any wide necked electric I've ever played...

Again I had to set the action to my liking as I do with all guitars I buy but the LG I purchased had pertect fit and finsh from headstock to body. In my opinion this guitar and company will increase in value in the future.

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I've been playing guitar for over 30 years and have played everything under the sun. My suggestion is that you buy 1 before you can't touch them under $1,000. This guitar blows away all the competion in it's price range and higher!!!!

There is a quite a story behind this Guitar. I bought this Guitar new in Nov, 2002. I fell in Love with the 24 ?? Neck and the Action was the best out of anything in the Store. The Guitar had 2 double coil pickups, which I was told by the salesman were Seymour Duncan. The sound was OK but of course I couldn?t do the crank test until I got it home. The pickups however did not have any branding that said Seymour on them they were branded with the Godin name. I asked the salesman about this and he told me that the pickups were Seymours made for Godin. He showed me the hanging tag that was in the hard case that it came with and the Tag stated that the pickups were specially selected by Seymour himself for this Guitar. The neck was an SH-2 and the Bridge was a special Custom Custom. So off I went thinking that is what I had. Well after getting the Guitar home and doing the crank test I was very disappointed with the performance of the pickups. I have played many Guitars for many years and these did not meet what I would expect from Seymour. I then did a lot of research on the net and found out a few things that were very disturbing about the Guitar. First off the Guitar was a limited test run that Godin made in 1998. The pickups were not Seymour and were made by Godin. After finding this out I felt I had been ripped. Since I saw the same Guitar the next weekend for a $100 less than I paid. This salesman told the truth and told me that they were a test run with double coils that was never put into production. That?s why all new LG have the SP-90?s. Godin does make the new LG signature with the SH-2 and Custom Custom Seymours but it is in the signature series and the neck is totally different.

My next step was to contact the Store where I bought it. This was Saturday and they told me that they sold lots of these Guitars and that I was wrong and they would call Godin on Monday to verify what they had said. Well knowing what the other store had told me I was kinda in shock by the way I was being treated. I called the local Custom Shop and got the private number for the Godin Techs. I called Godin first thing Monday and explained the whole thing and they agreed that I had not got what I was sold and they would look into it. About an hour later I received a call from the Vice President of Godin apologizing for all that had happened. He told me he had spoken to the Store that sold me the Guitar and that I was to return there with my Guitar and wasn?t to leave till I was happy.

I ended up getting exactly what I had thought I was getting. I now have a LG Custom, Solid Mahogany Body with One Piece Solid Mahogany Neck 24 ?? finished in Black Pearl with 2 Seymour?s a SH-2 on the Neck and a Custom Custom with an Alnico Magnet on the Bridge. This is hooked to a 5-way switch. Godin has told me that this is a one of a kind and have this documented in there database to match the serial number on my Guitar. It is the best playing and sounding Guitar that I have ever run across in my many years of playing.

As Above it Screams and then can settle down and sing you a Lala Bye

Excellent Paint, I refinished the Natural Mahogany Neck myself with Poly 10 coats and it is a smooth as butter. The Neck is bolt on and fits the pocket tight. The pocket and neck had been masked and you could see by the signatures that it had been planed to pitch.

Only had the Guitar for a few months from what I have seen in the construction it should stand up verywell. The fret wires are not showing any signs of wear yet and I have about 200 hours on them to date

Outstanding as above.

This is a LG Custom. That being said if I had purchased this Guitar knowing the true facts I would be very satisfied but having what I have now for what I paid nothing can touch this Baby!!!!