Godin SDxt

Made in Canada, Hum/Coil/Hum pickups, 5 way switch...
Its what you would expect in a guitar. Nice and simple.
I like how the pickups are inlayed into the guitar.
I also like the way the neck is bolted on...

9/10 - Its a bit more then what I would expect.

Works great with any style. The 5 way switch with 2 hums and one coil gives a varity of sounds.
Works great with my Yamaha MagicStomp pedal!

10/10 - AMAZING SOUND!

Looks great! Wood flametop with a cream plate and fat sliver knobs. Chrome tuning knobs and bridge look nice too. Mine had no defects I can see.

10/10 - Can't complain!

This guitar seems solid, but i have not had it long enough to give it a rating

Never had to deal with them...

This guitar is all I could want.
Great price too!

10/10 - Amazing value

Versatile. The uncommon H/S/H pickup configuration allows the player to get a wide variety of tonal colors...this is the main thing worth note...

The only problems really are single coil pickup is a little bit noisy and the tone knob is a very drastic cut(so you just have to be careful when turning it). The humbuckers aren't too hot, especially because I lowered them a little bit and raised the single-coil. This guitar can make sounds ranging from being almost as bright and piercing as a Strat to the warmth of neck-humbucker distortion.

I have played this guitar on amps ranging from a Line 6 Spider to an Ampeg from the mid-60's, but my main setup is the SDxT straight in to a Roland Bolt-60...

I bought this guitar used, so I don't know what the factory presets are like. In terms of wood quality, rusted hardware, and major flaws like that, I have had no problems.

I got this guitar relatively recently, but I haven't had any problems.

I never dealt with them. There was no warranty because I bought it used

This is a fantastic guitar and I would buy it again in a heartbeat. A Canadian and American-made guitar in this price range is unheard of. Godin guitars are the last word in this price range. In the ten months that I have had this guitar, I haven't found anything seriously wrong to warrant the budget pricing.

If I had the choice to make again, I would buy it again in a heartbeat

paid $490 (canadian)

great semi-floating bridge, 2 humbuckers (really hot, great sound) and a single coil (nice tone). amber burst finish.

for heavier sounds, this is the model of godin you want to go with. it just puts out nothing but raw tone that sounds amazing. if you're playing clean, every overtone is beautiful and the harmonics have the sweetest sustain.

nice thin neck, and the finish is beautiful. the hardware is brushed steel and it looks quite handsome.

haven't had a problem with it yet. and i dont expect to. it's a solid made guitar.

i had to get in contact with godin about a question regarding the bridge, they replied within the hour. they were very helpful and knowledgeable.

overall, probably one of the best guitars i own. i have a gibson SG faded, ibanez AX125, ibanez RG470, fender telecaster, gibson les paul standard, and a gibson les paul custom, and i still love playing my godin. :]

Canada/US made. Maple silver-leaf center block with poplar sides to reduce weight. slightly-figured maple neck/fingerboard. h/s/h pick-up configuration. 25.5" scale. 22 frets. basic master volume and master tone. 5-way pickup selector. transparent blue finish overtop a quilted maple top. looks great! over all great features although i wish that the tuners were locking tuners and there was a split for the humbuckers. but with a guitar at this price it's pretty amazing.

this is where it really shines. this can do pretty much any style. the neck pick-up is great for bluesy lead and amazing for getting that trasparent sound. position 2 (neck hb out of phase with s/c) is great for a softer sound but also works great as a crunchy rythm. middle s/c is great clean or dirty. position 4 (bridge hb out of phase with s/c) is great for classic rock. works great for the that great, twangy zeppelin-ish sound in some of their songs like houses of the holy. sounds kinda country-ish clean. the bridge hb is great for hard-rock, and any lead riffs you can dish out on this baby! overall, this is amazingl;y versatile and great sounding too! even more amazing is the price i paid for it!

the finish is beautiful. came straight from the factory nicely set-up. even had the nut slots penciled in with some graphite! i just had to adjust the pick-up height to my liking.

i've had my Godin Sdxt for about 10 months now. this this is very durable. although i do have some dents in it. but those are my fault. like when i dropped my mini and on the bottom wing. i had to fix the top strap button once, but ive had to do that with all my guitars. nothing abnormal. i can definetly depend on it. although i do sometimes go through phases of breaking way too many strings. im thinking of getting graph tech saddles. the only thing bad is that the hardware is starting to oxidize, but thats an easy fix.

i've never had to deal with them

overall this is a great guitar. especially for the price. i could not beat this gutiar at the same price range. this guitar is just amazing! i would most definetly try to get a new one if it were ever stolen or. i really love the versatility of this intrument. i've been playing for almost 2 years and had this guitar for about 10 months and its holding up. it sounds great and plays great. i love it!

Canada/U.S. made, maple neck/fretboard, bolt-on. Silver leaf maple center block with poplar sides. Quilt maple veneer top, HSH Godin pickups, vintage-style tremolo. Tusq nut. Comes with the best gig-bag I've ever seen; next best thing to a hard case. Great features for any guitar, but especially good at this price.

This guitar is a tonal monster. Pickups are punchy, clear, and reasonably high-output without being harsh. Clean & jazzy, country pickin', mellow blues, screaming blues, hard rock, it's all there. Tone control actually does something, and rolling back the volume cleans up the sound nicely without getting too "thin" sounding.
Through a Fender HRD and a Behringer V-Ampire I can get a truckload of great tones

Wow, was this guitar well put together. Everything fit well, and construction is first rate. Actually, I need to qualify that statement: When I bought the guitar, there were two in shop; one with a rosewood fretboard and one with a maple board. Both had airtight neck pockets, great action, superb finish, etc. I wanted the maple fretboard, but the other guitar had a much more "resonant" body, so I asked the shop to swap the necks on the guitars. When they did, the strings were pretty much laying on the frets on my guitar, so they had to shim the neck at the front of the pocket to get the neck angle correct. Also, now there was a slight gap on one side of the pocket. All in all, when the guitar was finished, it played and sounded perfect, but the situation showed obvious variances in manufacturing tolerances from guitar to guitar. Does this infer that Godin mixes and matches parts during assembly to ensure a perfect guitar, or is it just hit-or-miss as to whether or not you get a good one? I guess my rating should realistically be for the way the guitars were when they were on the shelf, as built by the factory.

Solid, solid, solid. Great components and first-rate materials. Strap buttons are among the smallest I've ever seen, so if you value your new guitar, straplocks may be in order. I've already put them on mine.

I have no idea. They seem to have a good reputation though.

Godin SDxt made in Canada / USA in 2003 with H/S/H pickups, quilted maple top (beautiful), birdseye maple neck (very nice), floating trem, 5-way pick-up switch, etc. Pretty much everything you could ask for if you want a good mix between Fender single coil sound and Gibson humbuckers.

Bought this guitar about 7 months ago from a small, local shop as a back-up for my Fender Strat. The owner re-strung and set it up nicely for me (kudos to the small music store). Once I started playing it, I couldn't put it down! It now serves as my main guitar for practice and gigs with the Fender as my back-up. Play mainly rock and blues covers with a few originals thrown in and this guitar handles them all very well. Recently purchased a VOX Tonelab SE and run that through my Fender tube amp. Just plug and play with the SDxt - what more could you ask for? You can get pretty much any sound you want from the H/S/H pick-up configuration. Not noisy at all. Can go from bright and twangy to mellow and bluesy depending on the pick-up config you choose. Very nice sound.

I'm pretty picky when it comes to buying a guitar, and there wasn't a flaw to be found on this one. Always pays to look it over well, but honestly I tried out several Godins and they all looked great. Quilted maple top was perfect and the birdseye maple neck is top notch (though it is small and fast which may not appeal to everyone - but I like it).

Only issue I had was the pick-up selector switch which was not wired properly and only gave me the top, middle and bottom options - nothing in between. Store owner replaced it for me with a whole new set up and sent the original back to Godin for repair. Since the store owner set it up for me, I can't comment on the original set-up, but when I was trying it out it felt pretty good. Due to the bad switch connection, I have to dock Godin a point.

I waited 7 months before reviewing just to be sure the guitar was everything it seemed to be. I can say now that it is worth every penny I spent - and then some! Have used this guitar exclusively for practice and gigs and have not had a single problem. I bend strings a LOT and it has stayed in tune for me very well. Finish is excellent (though you do have to wipe it down to keep it shiny) and have not had any problems with dings, scratches, malfunctioning tuners or hardware. Built solid and I believe will last as long as I will. I did spring for the hardshell case and I do take good care of my equipment, so that helps - but I have to say this guitar is built to last.

Have not dealt with Godin directly, so can't say. Did take the music store a while to get my hardshell case from Godin, but I bought it over the holidays and Godin's warehouse was out on vacation for two weeks.

I've been playing for about 5 years. Other than the Godin, I own an American Fender Strat Deluxe, Washburn Acoustic / Electric, 1960 Harmony Hollywood archtop acoustic / electric (nice!) and a Warwick bass. I'm a big fan of getting what you pay for, and from what I've experienced you can't go wrong with the Godin SDxt. This guitar sounds, plays and feels like a guitar costing two to three times more and gives you a range of sound capabilities rivaling any other guitar out there. I tried out a number of guitars in the "lower" price range to handle back-up duties and, as I said, the Godin won hands down and is now my main guitar. If it were lost / stolen, I would probably cry like a little girl and then replace it with another Godin SDxt - you can't beat this guitar!

Though I'm no expert, IMHO the Godin SDxt is one of the best guitars on the market for the money. Its truly a "jack of all trades" and is a great guitar for those who play a wide variety of music and need the range a H/S/H pick-up config can give without breaking the bank.

Made in Canada so no Korea or Chinia Stuff.. I hate it... Many useful features.. (Look up, you can read about it)...

Awesome sound ! If you compare it with other guitars for this price.. I've been shocked... The sound is bright and strong, you can play acoustic or overdrive sound.. No noise, no other sounds only that what you wanna hear.. The music !:)

So.. The first time i tooked this one.. I thought ow.. Something like Strato.. And I hate stratoscoaster models :-\, it looks so boring.. But anyway I connected it to my AMP.. I was surprised nothing to do.. only plug & play :))

About live playing.. I need to get a feel of a new thing... New guitar it's like a new clothes.. If you are wering it every day.. You can luw it in a few days.. So i thing after few week's only one word can describe this guitar: Amazing !

Really helpful and friendly they was.. I have a place where I buy many of music thingies... :)

In my country this guitar cost is not so low.. Like in America or other good economy countries.. So i think it is worth it.. I'm playing for a 5 years.. I just luw it..

Sorry for my poor english :-\... & i'm only 17 yrs old..

I can't really add much to this section, I have a black godin with a cream pick guard... which looks pretty good,though I am ever so tempted to change it for white one :)
The pickups are very nice in the guitar though my neck humbucker has got a bit of brown something on it :)
Its neck is amazing I was going to buy an american tele but the guitar shop guy persuaded me to try this, and it had a very nice fast, smooth neck and this was a bit cheaper.. so I got this instead

bloody good sound and it allows a lot of variation.
I play in a reasonably popular band at uni, and we do our fare share of covers and this guitar can pretty much cover them all, from Muse to No Doubt It still sounds really goo
The sound is very warm but the middle single coil gives it A LOT of versatility and you can play the more clangy beatles sort of songs

lovely finish as metnion before. I changed the brige a bit, out some hybrid strings on 42 -> 9 I think :/ and erm check intonation... everything worked very nicely...
they have this nice little feature in the back where there are holes so u can thread the strings without taking the back plate off... but u cant take all the strings off cause then the holes change position and you cant get them in :) I guess its really meant for changing 1 string during a gig, which I guess it would be fine for... :)

This is the main reason I wanted to write this review...
I have had this guitar for 2 years now and its still bloody great sounds good, needed very little changes and is solid as rock.
I gig regularly with this guitar and have never had any problems on stage (with the guitar) its a great performer and looks good in photos too... though dont forget to polish the shiny coat :) or it will show all the smudges (I do have a backup though I would probably end up re-stringing this as quickly as possible)

it comes with strap locks which is nice and they are solid, though the front one came out after a year, I bought a longer screw a bit of glue and its not budged :) was probably my fault in the first place..

?? who knows never needed them... websites alrihtthough

overall this is a great guitar, and will make ppl jealous when they play it :)
it sounds great infront of a marhsall as well
my rig is
guitar > tuner > boss eq-20 > DS-1 -> Marhsall JCM800/1960cab
I have some other crap too e.g. wah but I dont use it all the time..
if I lost it or whatever.. I would miss it, but I probably wouldnt buy another one... purely because I would want to try something new... I would consider getting one of the other godins though, but I am not certain what I would get atm :)

if u only have +- #500 get this guitar..... dont get a bloody epiphone ;) hehe

- Made in Canada, Quebec I believe
- 22 medium frets
- 5 way selector (H/S/H)
- The pickups are Godin
- basswood body + maple neck BEAUTY!
- floating bridge (non/floyd rose)
- comes with a beauty gigbag and tools

This guitar can suit any kind of style--totally unbelievable.

For $440 canadian, this is an absolute steal!

I play using a Fender Princeton 65 DSP, sometimes with a MXR Double Shot Distortion in front.

The bridge humbucker sounds amazing for clean passages, very thick and rich sounding. The single coil, while slightly less in overall output compared to the two humbuckers (but can be fixed by raising the pickup height), sounds amazing, not quite as quack-like or bell-like as, say a Strat or Tele, but close enough. The bridge humbucker is pure genious; it has a ton of mids and almost single-coil like highs!

The guitar's action was set up extremely low, which gave it an almost Les Paul like feel. The pickups were adjusted well enough, though the single coil was set up a bit higher than the humbuckers because it doesnt have quite as much output.

The guitar was perfect right when I first picked it up, the only problem I can really say I have with it is the floating bridge...not that it doesn't stay in tune, because it actually does stay in tune quite well, but I just disliek the fact that small adjustments need to be made every month or so depending on climate and humidity.

Also I like changing my string guages every now and then, but with the bridge I have to stick to lights (this guitar was MADE for light strings).

But all in all, not a big deal.

UNREAL--I've had this guitar since mid-December, Long and McQuade loaned it to me since my Ibanez RG170 was getting repaired and it took them over a month to do so. While this guitar was in my possesino I couldn't put it down, and as I said for $440 it's an absolute steal. I've played Strats, PRS's, Ibanezs and Les Pauls that were more than twice this price and weren't this good.

Doesnt get any better than this for the price! I am very pleased.

Robert Godin is awesome!

a stock sdxt, see the other reviews for details... h/s/h pickups etc, rosewodd neck, etc. mine is blue, i think it's called a quilted top. non locking tuners.

i play blues rock with lots of distortion and also clean. this guitar sounds great playing leads and also the fender style out of phase clean sounds are very nice - not exactly a strat but thats probably because of the humbuckers, and since i want them for distortion, i know that's the trade off that probably all hsh pickup configurations have. i like the fact that this guitar versitle.

the guitar was set up ok when i took it from the store, but i had to close the trusrod a bit' not a problem. the finish is fine, i didnt play with the pickups height since it sounded fine to me. the guitar is well made, nice tunning pegs and bridge.

i think it's a very reliable guitar, seems well built. i would never gig without a backup.

i have been playing guitar for 20 years and i think i play pretty good even though i'm not a pro. i've had american american standarts, ibanez guitars, a gibson sg and more. i currently own an american 62 reissue strat and an old ibanez rg440, a korean epiphone dot.

i like the sound of the guitar, it's fun to play.

i don't like the way the guitar feels;
even though the neck is great and the action low, something is uncomftorble and i'm nott sure what it is. maybe the guys at godin should add an angle to the top of the the guitar where the fretting hand rests just like on a strat; i think it's very uncomfterble having the whole top flat like this. Also, i try not running the strings under the trees on the headstock to help the guitar stay in tune. blocking the floating bridge is also a must for me.

it's a great guitar for the price, it's not in the top league, but after doing the mentioned adjustment i got a very reliable guitar that's lots of fun to rock on.