Godin LGX-SA

Its a 1999 with Seymours, Sweet pickups, Very quiet, with separate midi and Acoustic sound and outputs which can be controlled separately.

How does it suit your music style (and what is that style)? The Guitar has and advanced features that fits the sound of Rock, Blues, Jazz with a combination of a Roland VG-8 midi synthesizer you can expand these tunes to hundreds of instrument sounds. a little adjustment is nescesary to set and finalize Sound Variations and Tracking to Optimal.
The best part that I like about this guitar is the Acoustic sound (from its acoustic output) It has that root "Real Acoustic Hollow Sound" You can do a narrow to wide aided by your setup. works best in direct injection box.

The Pickup is setup right on with easy access of adjustmet (quite nescesary only in the beginning. The only thing that boggles me is the Midi Plug thou it never failed) No hums or anything even with extra lenght wires. Action is Low and Easy. The luster and finish is quite Excellent,

Will this guitar withstand live playing? Excellent

Does the hardware seem like it will last? They are all sitting right on down

Is the finish good enough to last, or does it seem thin and easy to wear off with lots of playing? Excellent + Extra-fine finish

Are the strap buttons solid? I change the strap button a to wide easy slide.Can you depend on it? Would you use it on a gig without a backup?

I wouldn't go to a gig without a backup for the past 16 years of playing and sold over hundreds of fine guitars, I set my Godin Lgx-Sas as my 1 Prime Guitar. Live or Recording!

No comment. Never dealt with warranty yet!

How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own?
Is there something you wish you had asked before buying this guitar?
If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else?
What do you love about it? What do you hate? What is your favorite feature?
Did you compare it to other guitars? Which ones? Why did you choose this one?
Anything you wish it had?
Anything else you'd like to share?


There is 1 answer to all of these:
I give this Guitar a #10 rating "A Must Have Instrument" it is Rare for a guitar to have all these qualities: Sound, Playability, option of playing several instruments in one (depending on your setup), The freedom of transporting less instrument "Godin LGX-SA known and popularized as 3 guitars in 1", Fine selection of Wood, Electronics and its setups, Looks/ Finish and The Price Value.

This guitar was made in 2000, I think it's made in Canada. It is made of mahogany, two humbuckers (Seymour Duncan Jazz 2 and Custom Custom) and a piezo pickup. There are lots of controls on this guitar, which is a bit daunting at first. Three jack sockets, one for humbuckers, one for piezos and one for a mix of the two. Volume and tone controls, mix control if selected both piezos eq and seperate volume for piezos, pickup selector 3 way switch, and another 3 way switch which does nothing much. standard style tuners, the neck is quite thin, the action is very low and fast, jumbo frets? mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard. Because of the many controls you can get tons of sounds from this guitar so I give it a 10.

My music style is hard rock/metal. I use this guitar into either a Marshall 900 stack or into a Marshall Valvestate 100watt combo. The guitars bridge pickup is phenomenal. The best pickup I have ever heard for lead tones. very high output, pushes the amp right into overdrive. lovely sustain. incredible tone. This is the ultimate rock/metal pickup. The bridge pickup is a Jazz 2 and is less output and the sound is much warmer, fatter and less harsh. playing lead you can get great bluesy tones with less distortion. It's a good rhythm pickup but for that I prefer the piezos. The piezo pickups are probably meant to be used with an acoustic amp, but I used it with my marshall and the result was incredible. On a clean channel, the guitar can almost sound like an acoustic, but I used on the gain channel and got a great rhythm sound. Think of an acoustic guitar plugged in to a marshall stack cranked to ten. You hear every note ring through even with silly amounts of gain the sound doesn't get muddy. For this reason I play rhythm with the piezos and usually mix in a bit of the humbuckers to get a great tone. This guitar is very quiet, excellent quality humbuckers. Great guitar for any style.

The guitar was set up very well from the factory. the action is low and fast. The neck is wider than I would have liked though. And so I cant play as fast as I can on for example my jackson or my Ibanez. It's more like a neck or a les paul. This guitar is mostly played by jazz rock players, so I assume it would be great for them. But it's still a very rock guitar, the body style is quite unconventional and that's what drew me to this guitar. There were no flaws at all with this guitar, It's of the absolute highest quality

I havent had it long enough but it seems like it will last, the stap buttons are too small, so I changed them immedialtely. I wouldn't gig without backup, because if it breaks your fucked, how else would I get that piezo sound? I use it mostly for recording. I wouldn't want to take it near a stage anyway unless It was a big stage, because it's just to valuable to be used in a little bars and clubs where it could easily be broken. It looks like it will last so I gave it a 8

Never dealt with them

Ive been playing 3 years, this is the greatest most versatile guitar I have ever playeed or owned. I also own a Tele, Ibanez RG, an Epiphone Riviera and a Jackson PC3. If it were lost or stolen I guess i'd be pretty fucked off, Id buy another one when I could afford it. I didn't compare it to anything else it was an impulse purchase. It's the most perfect guitar in the world. Maybe one day when my band plays Wembley Stadium i'll risk it on a stage.

There really isn't any reason for me to go into features detail since there are so many submissions here. My guitar is honey colored with the factory stock pickups (not the duncan ones). Other than that, it's just like everyone elses.

I play a variety of music (pop, rock, industrial, metal, blues, country), mostly as a bass player but I'm a guitar freak who currently owns 17. This is the pinnacle! I actually am using it in my home studio and since I completely suck at keyboards, it has become my surrogate keyboard.
I play either directly into the board, or with a 5150 combo, a music man 65 with a Peavey (yeah, I know) 4x12 cabinet, a fender blues junior or a fender acoustimas. I have a buttload of effects, so I'm not going into that, but I normally use an Art SGX2000 (for reverb, delay and a few other effects), a TC Electronics chorus pedal and a sansamp GT2.
This is hands down the best sounding guitar I have ever owned, and certainly the most versatile. I can get everything from acoustic to a good Les Paul sound, then turn around and melt with a strat sound. The only sound I don't think I get is a good Tele, but that's what my G&L ASAT is for (which smokes my Fender Tele Plus...but that's another review).

Perfect. Beautiful! What else can I say?

I bought it used and the only thing wrong is that the 5 way switch is a bit noisy, but I will either replace that or have it cleaned. Everything else is perfect...and yes, if I never broke strings, I would most certainly gig without a backup. Heck, there's not another guitar I own that can do all this can.

I've been playing 17 years and this is hands down the best guitar I have ever owned, especially for less than $1000. Like I said, I'm a bass player mostly, but this guitar has aided me in writing like no other tool I have ever owned. If this was stolen, I would buy another in a heartbeat, even paying much higher.

I won't go over the features here, as they've been so well documented below. I will say that my LGX-SA has the Seymour Duncan pickups, and a cognac burst finish. I play it through a Vox Wah, Boss DS-1, and Ibanez TS-9, into a Fender Blues Deluxe, with a Boss GT-5 in the effects loop for pitch/time effects. The reason I bought it was for the 3 separate options of magnetic, piezo and midi pickups, to expand on the theme my Parker Fly Deluxe had already begun in my life.

I gig frequently with a rock/R&B band and also with a jazz quartet. This guitar is simply the best I've ever played. With the R&B band I run two separate UHF wireless units from the mags and the piezo. The mags go into the setup I described above, and the piezo goes straight to the board, with a pinch of verb added there. I have a wonderful '52 Reissue Tele and '80 Strat, and I just never pick them up at a gig unless I pop a string on the Godin. Being able to have all that sound at my disposal all at once is phenomenal. In fact, I sold the Fly one month after getting the Godin. The Duncans are versitile, warm, fat, and LOUD. You have to be a little careful when switching from the middle position to the 1st or 5th position on the pickup switch, as you the volume jumps quite a bit. The piezo is sweet and sultry, a little fuller than piezo on the Fly, especially since you can control it more completely with the onboard three band eq. For the jazz trio I use the "blender" jack to send both sets of pickups to the amp clean, and with the proper tweakage, you have a remarkable hollow-body sound.

I bought the guitar at Mars Music in Indianapolis (having driven 3 hours from Columbus Ohio)and it was set up pefectly at the time. The finish is beautiful. The neck is smooth and easy to play. They toed the line with the neck, trying to optimize it for the "acoustic" sounds while still being an electric. Not as fast as my Tele, but very playable. My only quibbles involve the bridge and piezo saddles. Strange though this may seem, this guitar is VERY hard to string because the holes in the back open up into a wider chamber before closing up again to small holes where they come out the top. Especially when stringing the higher strings it can be laughably hard to get the string through. Secondly, I break a lot of high E strings, and even more B strings on the saddles, and there's nothing I can do to stop it, because taking a file to the piezo saddles would be, um, bad.

I've had the guitar for almost 2 years now, and it has been flawless thus far. It's well built and durable, and the finish still shines like day one. The strap buttons are strap-lock compliant. Again, as much as I love my Tele (with it's zebra jazz humbucker in the neck) and Strat, they sit as lonely backups to the Godin.

Unlike some of the below entries, I've had great experience with Godin. My phone and email contact with them and their regional rep both when trying to find a place to play one, and later with assorted questions about them have been great. They've been prompt and friendly at all turns. I can't say the same for Mars Music, who quoted me a firm price, with case. Then, after I drove the 3 hours to play it and buy it, all of a sudden it was "Well, we're not sure who told you the case was included, but the case is NEVER included." Which, of course, is crap, since the guitar is shipped from Canada its very own case. It was just bait and switch crap, and we eventually compromised on a price, but they can kiss my business goodbye on future Godin purchases (Mmmm, have you seen the LG3? Three single coil duck-buckers in a Godin. Gotta have one.)

For all the above reasons, I give it a 9. It would be a 10 for sure, and in fact, it IS a 10 everyday, except for the days I have to restring it, and start cursing those goofy string holes.

Features? Well, a lot. Others have listed features in detail. I'll stick to basics. Three outputs to choose from: magnetic humbucker pickups (seymour duncan custom custom and jazz neck) with 5-way selector switch and tone control, special micro-transducer bridge pickups for acoustic sounds (complimented with a 3-band EQ and volume control) and access to guitar synths, etc. via a 13 pin jack. Visually stunning. Cognac burst. It's a warm, earthy brownish orange color. Scale length is the same as a Fender strat but the layout is more reminicent of a Gibson Les Paul ie. twin humbuckers, mahogany neck and body, maple top (and ebony fretboard). When mounting it on my shoulder with a strap I find it lightweight and well balanced. This last point is important to me. I've had to fight with guitars in the past that wanted to tip if I let go of them and it's very annoying. Somebody knew what they were doing when they designed this guitar. It's clear that attention was given to every detail. The only accessories it came with is the standard flight case that's custom fitted inside. Adequate for local travel. Frequent or international travelers would be well advised to invest in something a little more secure.

This is an extremely versatile guitar. The tonal possibilities are staggering even before you consider it's possiblilities with guitar synths and the like. It's possible to mix all three outputs to varying degrees. In a way, this is also a drawback because it seems more difficult to "arrive" at your own signature sound. I've only had this guitar for a month and I think it will take some time before I find those combinations that I like best. The magnetic p/u's are very good quality. They make my junky practice amp sound phenominal. The guitar is worth having for these alone. The jazz neck pickup is very warm, clean and full. I'm at a loss for words to describe the PAF like custom custom in the back. It's full of character and it rocks! For leads it just sings. It's very bright full. It's not brittle and sharp. There is a full range of sounds between the two pickups that all sound great. My favorite is the jazz neck pickup alone. The acoustic sound on this guitar is also very remarkable. I sent this signal dry and direct to the PA the other night backed by the whole band. The quality of the sound was unbeleiveable! I was perhaps a bit bright that night but I'm still working out my EQ settings. I find I have to change my playing technique somewhat when using this as an acoustic. It's not an acoustic, it's a solid body electric guitar with light gague strings. I have to use a very light gague pick and not strum so hard, and I'm not a heavy handed player to begin with! It's going to take some getting used to. It makes for great acoustic leads though. I use the 13-pin out to drive a Roland VG-8. Needless to say there are a million ways to go through this little puppy, but that's another story. As far as the LGX-SA is concerned, I'm happy with how it drives the VG-8 for the most part. I do find that the LGX-SA tends to produce a rather bright signal through the VG-8 which is bothersome. Again, its a matter of tweaking the EQ to find the right setting. It's a real pain in the butt when all I want to do is get up and play. The one consolation I have is that eventually I'll lock into the settings that work and keep them. There are also modifications that can be made to the LGX-SA as detailed by members of the VG-8 egroup www.vg-8.com that are reported to address the issue of signal brightness through the VG-8. I haven't tried this out yet but I'll probably give it a go sometime in the future.

The guitar arrived from the factory well set up. There was nothing to do but play the thing the moment I got it. There are no flaws that I can see. Great care was given to the details. Thats more than can be said about some of the bigger name brand guitars. There's a whole lot of guitar here for the money. People have commented that the finish reminds them of PRS guitars which are unquestionably high quality items.

It's hard to comment on the reliability/durability seeing as I've only had it a month. Nothing has fallen off it yet. Don't expect it will either. Can I depend on it and would I use it without a backup? I'm afraid I'll have to seeing as I can't afford two of these things!

Can't really comment here either. I've not had to deal with them and I hope it stays that way.....unless I'm able to buy one of their acoustics.

This is the highest quality guitar I've ever owned. It's hard to think of anything to complain about. My biggest complaint is the bright sound through the VG-8. But if it were lost or stolen, I would seriously consider getting another one.

If any of you have read the previous submissions, I'm sure you are aware that this guitar has all the features imaginable. But I'll go through them just the same. The LGX-SA is basically a do-it-all-one-stop guitar. It has a 22 fret mahogany neck with an ebony figerboard that is bolted to a mahogany body that is capped with a maple top. The top on these guitars are similar to the highly flamed PRS guitars. The guitar is stunning. The neck is wide 1.75", by electric guitar standards, but thin. The fingerboard is nearly flat with a 16' radius. The best way to describe it is a fast acoustic neck with electric action. The body shape is somewhat similar to a Les Paul but with a little more carved surfaces and the rounded edges. The tuners are made by Schaller as well as the Tune-O-Matic style bridge. All of the SA models come with passive magnetic pickups, and an active peizio transducer that doubles as an acoustic pickup and as a GK2 Roland type synth pickup. The magnetic pickups on my LGX-SA are of Godin's own design and are called Tetrad Combos. Tetrad Combos are double stacked blade type humbucking pickups. The LGX has one master volume and tone control for the Tetrads. There is a 5 way (Fender style) switch. Positions 1, 3, and 5 select the front pickup, both pickups, and back pickup with positions 2 and 4 providing for splitting the pickups. The tone control can be pulled to initiate a filter that simulates a single coil strat type sound. The piezio transducer is made by LR Baggs and the onboard preamp is controlled by 4 sliders. The top slide controls the volume and is followed by treble, mids, and bass. There is no mid sweep or presence. The Roland output is controlled by a separate volume control and the Roland patches can be selected by toggled an on board switch up and down. There are three outputs. One 1/4" for the magnetic pickups only, one 1/4" for either magnetic/piezio and a 13-pin Roland. The list of features on this guitar would make anyone wonder why there isn't a Godin LGX-SA in every guitarist's arsenal. It allows the guitarist to bring one guitar to any gig and be able to sound like an acoustic or electric guitar, or with a Roland synth, a piano, horns etc. One outstanding feature is the adjustable transducer bridge. This was a major selling point for me. Most piezio bridges are of the acoustic variety that do not allow for any string height or intonation adjustment. Godin has taken time to provide those features that all of us take for granted on our electric guitars. There are just a couple of minor items that are more annoying than anything else. There no way to switch from piezio to electric. The change is made by backing the volume off of one and increasing it on the other. Also, blending of the piezio and magnetic pickups are done the same way as there is no blending knob. Finally, there is no battery check button and the battery is replaced by the removal of a plate with two screws on the back. Not that bad except that the LR Baggs pre-amp is always on when the dual output is used. This will burn up the 9 volts and you won't be able to quickly change batteries... but you will be able to switch to the passive electric pickups and get by.

This is a really tough category. So I will break it down into three sections. First the magnetic pickups. When I ordered the guitar, I had a choice between Godin's verstile Tetrads and optional Seymour Duncan humbuckers. Since I own a Les Paul and I was looking for something different I went with the Tetrads. Although these pickups are not terrible, they do provide an excellent reason why some companies make guitars and some specialize in pickups. Basically they are very clean sounding but extremely low output pickups. Less than a standard strat, think Mexican strat. In humbucking mode they lack any of that bright push it to the limit sound that my Les Paul gives (Well I guess I was looking for something different). They do sound better when filtered. Actually they are a slight bit louder. Godin says that there is not a drop off of sound when split, but the volume does fall off noticeably. Overall a nondescript sound. I can only rate them a 4. Now for the good stuff. There needs to be some type of law against getting this good an acoustic sound out of a solid body electric guitar. Now it may not replace a Martin or a Taylor but you'll never play that Ovation again. I would give the sound a 10, except I would have liked a little more EQ controls on the guitar, like some of their other Godin models, and a good quality acoustic really does better. Give it a 8. Although I don't own a Roland processor (Yet!) I have been fortunate to play it for a reasonable length of time through both a GR-30 and a VG-8EX. I found absoolutely no tracking problems with the LGX-SA. With this Godin and a VG-8EX you can get any guitar sound you want. I give it a 10+.

This is another area that has been difficult for me. The fit and finish on this guitar is phenomial. Godin has really taken the time to make this a beautiful instrument. The top is bookmatched flamed maple in a sunburst finsih. The finsh on the body is a high gloss thats looks like it's about an inch thick. Put a PRS and a Godin side by side and you can't tell the difference. The bolt on neck has recessed holes. The back of the neck is a satin finish so it doesn't get sticky in humid weather. The fit of the components is excellent with no gaps around the neck pocket and all recessed/routed out areas finished in a flat black. The bridge has gold accents. The tuning knobs are a black plastic. One of mine arrived split but I got a replacement in about 3/4 weeks. This is a poster guitar and hs the looks and hardware to match. This is a 10 in anybody's book. The action is a real love/hate situation. It is so comfortable. Perfect weight, no sharp edges and the neck could not have been designed better. I have a mid-sixties Guild archtop, a Gibson Les Paul, a Rickenbacker 360, and an American Strat (Actually my son's). The LGX-SA is the nicest of all those guitars to play. I simply love to play this guitar. Okay, now for the hate part. From day one I have had a problem with fret buzz. I was not able to get my Godin to duplicate the action of any of the guitars listed without getting an appreciable buzz. As it eventually turned out, the neck was uneven, and the frets had to be glued in and levelled to cure the problem. Unfortunately that was $200.00 down the road. Ouch!!! I have come to the conclusion that this instrument has the ability to be a great playing instrument if judged against acoustic guitars. Against electric guitars, the action just won't get there. Final analysis, the best action I could muster out without buzz on the LGX-SA was .080 string gap between the top of the 12th fret and the low "E" string. Fender's recommended gap is .062 at the 14th fret. I don't know how to rate it. If it were .010 lower it would flat out scream. For an acoustic it would be a 10, but for an electric... For the sake of arguement... overall a 7.

The guitar seems to be very well made. All of the components seem to be high quality and durable. Because of the extensive electronics, there is a possiblity that it might have a problem. Right now it is only a little more than 6 months old and I gig without a backup. I won't give a rating because I think it is stupid to guess how it will hold up over the years. Kind of like those guys who have the guitar for a week say... "Hey dude, it looks and sounds great, it'll rock forever." The next day the neck falls off.

Ah, I really don't want to go here. When I sent in my warranty card I wrote a letter about the problem of fret buzz and stapled it to the card. The store where I bought had already made some truss rod adjustments (They said the neck was a little high at the third fret). Still having a problem and I took it to another Godin dealer and a luthier. At first look they said that the neck had a wave in it. They said that they couldn't contact Godin and that they weren't an authorized repair shop (Everyone but Godin). When I went to pick it up all they did was tweak the truss rod and suggested I change my style of play (I guess to their level of workmanship). And to think I had been playing my other guitars the wrong way all these years. I started sending emails to Godin. Still no word from Godin. So I decided to find someone to do authorized repair work. Even though a number of people sell Godin (Seagull, etc.) products no one was authorized to repair them. I took it back to the shop where I bought it. They worked on the frets, now I was told the first one was high, but they weren't authorized either so out comes the wallet. I finally get an email back telling me that they will work with me. Still no authorized repair shops, phone numbers, telling me where to take the guitar. Now I'm just overjoyed about the situation and the fret work hasn't held up and I'm getting fret buzz with .085 string gap and I'm not real pleased. So I find a real repair shop, they tell me the neck's got a hump in it the size of Texas. I pull out the wallet. So I send Godin an email and let them know what I have gone through. They proceed to tell me how they would have done this and would have done that. I would have expected that from Fender or some other mass producer but not from a company with the market share that Godin has. In the end, I was told that there are 2, yes count them, 2 shops authorized to do repairs in the US. One on the west coast and you guessed it, one on the east coast. And although all I asked for was the names and phone numbers of them in case I had a future problem. They said said no and that I would have to go to a dealer and ship the guitar to Canada first. They were quick to point out about my using an independent repair shop. They were responding to my emails, of course I did tell them that I had already fixed the guitar. By the way, I did tell them I would be submitting a review of their guitar. I'll have to rate them a 2, one for each repair shop. Buyer beware!!!

Overall, my recommendation in buying this guitar is to play it first. And not just any one, play the actual guitar you are buying. If there is something wrong make sure it is fixed before you take it home. Although Godin has a lot of dealers I have not seen any of their guitars in the shops I have visited. I think that they rely on getting customer orders. This makes it tough to try one out first. And I can't tell you if I just got a bad one, or if my expectations are too high. I can say that in comparison with my other guitars I really don't think I have been unreasonable. I believe that Godin does make a good product. I think that they need to improve their customer service as too much is left up the a dealer to provide the right guidance and service after the sale. So how do you rate a good, not great, guitar and a not so good company? We'll split the difference...5.

Made in Canada, early 1998 model. 22 frets, medium jumbo. Has a bolt-on mahogany neck, mahogany body with bookmatched flamed maple top. This model is an earlier version than the current one, has a four bolt neck joint with metal neckplate; the newer version has countersunk bolts and no plate for easier access to the upper frets.
This is the LGX-SA, Godin's ultimate guitar, so it comes with the works. Magnetics: two humbuckers (Godin's own tetrad design, although it is available with Duncans) which are splittable (5 way switch) and have a passive mid-cut filter. Piezo: L.R. Baggs saddle transducers (in the schaller tune-o-matic bridge) for piezo output, with active 3 band EQ. MIDI: a 13-pin jack carries the piezos as individual strings for midi gear, 2 switch functions mimicing Roland's GK-2a pickup, and a selectable mix of the magnetic output with piezo. Tuners are non-locking schallers with ebony (looking?) knobs, ebony fingerboard on the neck which is wide / thin but no too thin or too wide. Came with the custom-fitted case.
Overall, an easy 10 for features... has more features than any other guitar I've ever seen.

I play blues / rock styles and this guitar suits them very well. Sound of the tetrads is quite clear and refined, but the output is quite high and you'll need to tweak the amp a bit if you are used to lower output pickups. The high output can sound muddy if you don't back off the volume a bit. The mid-cut is supposed to provide "strat" sounds but doesn't really sound like a strat to me. Probably close enough for live use, but you'd want to use a strat (or a VG-8, as I do) for recording if you needed *that* sound.
The guitar is resonant and sustains quite well (strings go through the body, which is supposed to help), and you can hear some complex overtones when playing clean that are very nice.
The piezos sound great through a full range PA or the like, quite "acousticy" and warm without that brash, harsh sound I associate with most under-the-bridge piezo pickups. No feedback at all, and enough string-scratch to make it sound like a flat-top. The active EQ makes it easy to get nice tone in no time.
I have to admit that the reason I bought this guitar was for the synth access jack, as I use it mostly with a Roland VG-8 processor. So, when using this output, sound quality comes mostly from the processor and not the guitar. The guitar is excellent, though, in that it seems to drive the VG-8 very well... better than my GK-2a on the strat that this guitar replaces.
Gets a 10 because you can play any of the above sounds individually, or any mix of them, and this versatility simply blows my mind.

Action from the factory was pretty good, but intonation was 'way off. It came with .009s and I changed them to .010s, adjusted the intonation and it plays wonderfully!
The finish on the body is simply flawless; I have never seen a better looking top than the flame on this guitar! Yes, I am including PRS guitars in this comparison, and no, I am not exaggerating. The finish is a mile deep "Mahogany" colour, and I cannot find a flaw on the body or neck. I am a bit dissappointed with the headstock though... it has a birdseye maple veneer that is not stained as dark as the body and looks a bit "pinkish" compared to the deep mahogany red of the body. And while we are looking at the headstock, I have to comment that the Godin and LGX logos are a bit cheap looking for a guitar over $1000. Still, the body is so gorgeous you really never move your eyes up to the headstock. Is this a bit Freudian?
Overall fit and finish are great: no misalignments, no burrs, etc. The ebony on the neck is a bit uneven in a couple of spots (light reflects off it a bit funny, but you can't feel anything); I think good ebony is getting hard to find as they have since discontinued its use on the LGXs and are now using Rosewood.
Give it a 10+ for the body, neck and fit/finish, the headstock gets a 7.

Seems to me that this guitar would withstand live playing, but if you smash it around don't be surprised if you crack a PC board (complicated active electronics on board!) and lose your sound. This isn't a simple electric by any means.
Still, I plan on keeping this thing for a long, long time and expect it to hold up since I'll treat it with respect.

N/A I've not contacted them, since I've had no problems.

I give it a 10 overall: flexible, good looking, great playing. I may never have to buy another guitar, and I've bought lots in the past! This does it all for me, and with the VG-8 it gets any sound I want.

The reviews of the LGX elsewhere are very full, so I have nothing to add on the excellent Tetrad and acoustic pickups (other than the fact that I have recently seen an LGX in a store with Seymour-Duncan humbuckers, so Tetrads may be an endangered species). The SA version adds a divided pickup for connection to a Guitar-to-Midi converter or a Roland VG8. I went for this option because I wanted to connect to MIDI. To be quite honest, a guitar of this quality doesn't really need to run into a COSM guitar model, although it is, of course, equally questionable whether you want to give up the tone in order to work with MIDI. Fortunately, using the various pick-ups you really can get fabulous effects, such as playing the guitar live along with MIDI strings for example. I also find it useful to be able (ignoring the divided pickup for a moment) to overdrive a low string with an E-Bow and then still get good voicing on the transducer when playing over it. Basically, anything that you can imagine doing with three simultaneous pick-ups can be done with this guitar.

It's unfair of me to criticize the sound here, because I simply DI the guitar using a Zoom, which is enough to make any guitar sound slightly dodgy. Nevertheless, given the broad range of the guitar, it's sometimes difficult to find a satisfactory blend. The acoustic pickup is pretty much perfect. The Tetrads sometimes sound lacklustre, and I've recently gone from heavy strings to light ones in search for more life - to little avail. Raising the Tetrads below the strings still didn't provide the oomf I was looking for either.

Pretty excellent here, although in retrospect I find the neck slightly slow due to the varnishing and would go for a satin/matt finish if I had my time over.

I don't play the guitar live, and it's generally regarded as a studio guitar because of its high technical specification, but I don't see any problem with the durability. It's a heavy, solid beast, so there shouldn't be any problems. And obviously having the divided pickup in the body of the machine means less danger of catching an external device such as the Roland or Yamaha divided pickups. Tuning stability is, by the way, excellent.

I registered the guitar by Email and never got a reply, which can't be good.

I would think twice before buying this guitar again, because I already have synth access on a more "loveable" guitar - the Godin Multiac. The LGX is actually a bit overspecified for my uses - it's designed for someone who wants to use one guitar that has *everything*. But, having said that, there is no guitar I have my eye on as a rival. Really, the LGX has everything I every wanted in a guitar, and I'm hoping to solve any remaining doubts about the tone by adding a Flextone amp to my set-up.