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Post by Rob DiStefano on Jul 30, 2008 19:21:17 GMT -5
Man, I'm building up a hefty jones for a 5th Ave (and I don't mean the candy bar!) - killer little blues/jazz/ragtime machine ...  ... and add in a P90 like the Kingpin ...  |
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Post by Ray M. on Jul 30, 2008 23:50:47 GMT -5
Man, that tea colored on looks really cool!
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Post by Rob DiStefano on Jul 31, 2008 5:36:58 GMT -5
Just bought the cognac (tea) one for $441.15 from Music123 - they've got 15% off on almost everything, with free shipping.
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Post by gmello on Aug 4, 2008 2:30:47 GMT -5
wow I didn't even know these Godin guitars.. the price is good too. Godin makes really good stuff.
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Post by Rob DiStefano on Aug 6, 2008 5:59:40 GMT -5
Got an email from M123 that the cognac flavor is back ordered, so I cruised the site again to select the natural and they had a blem cognac for $383/delivered. Yeah, I bought it. Had to. Due to arrive tomorrow. Review to follow ...
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Post by bloodrose on Aug 6, 2008 8:30:46 GMT -5
Great price!! That alot less than normal? Look forward to the review! Blems can be a great way to go.. Its pretty common for the issue to be almost non noticable.
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Post by Rob DiStefano on Aug 6, 2008 8:42:53 GMT -5
Street price on the 5th Ave is $519/shipped, so if the blem itself isn't too bad and the neck angle is good it'll be a bargain, maybe, if it's worthy, will know by tomorrow afternoon. Kent already built me the floating ultra thin humbucker for it, single coil voiced, good for blues 'n' jazz.  Just checked and MF and M123 are sold out of 5th Aves. |
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Post by Ray M. on Aug 6, 2008 8:55:12 GMT -5
Where / how do you put that pickup on Rob?
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Post by Rob DiStefano on Aug 6, 2008 9:33:29 GMT -5
The pickguard gets cutout to allow the pup pole pieces to line up with the strings, the pup's tab is epoxied to the underside of the pickguard. In the pic below I reused existing mini pots that were on the p/g, but with the 5th Ave I'm installing thumbwheel pots (vol and tone) that allow the adjustment wheel to barely stick out beyond the lower rear edge of the pickguard. And instead of drilling the body side for a jack, I'll use a strapjack. In essence, all you'll see is the floating pickup and there are no holes or screws into the guitar top.  |
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Post by Ray M. on Aug 6, 2008 11:14:51 GMT -5
ohhhhhh, ok...cool!
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Post by Rob DiStefano on Aug 7, 2008 14:56:47 GMT -5
Just got the "blem" cognac in this morning - geez, it's a steal for the $519 street price and for the $383 I paid it's beyond stolen. What a great little box that's extremely well crafted, as is all of monsieur Godin's instrument offerings. The tone with pb acoustic strings is as expected - a more treble-oriented bass tone with crisp singing highs, the action and intonation was easy to adjust to perfection, and the "blem" appears to be a very slight hair-like scratch on the side of the headstock which is a snap to correct. I have plotted out the mods and will begin some time next week: custom Kent floating pickup, pickguard thumbwheel vol and tone pots, strapjack, 11-50 flatwounds.
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Post by Rob DiStefano on Aug 8, 2008 20:04:54 GMT -5
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Post by Ray M. on Aug 9, 2008 0:30:42 GMT -5
cool lookin' guitar, Rob!
and that pickup install is the shizz....
I like the way you did those pots!
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Post by Rob DiStefano on Aug 9, 2008 18:28:53 GMT -5
Completed ... just need to find the right strings ...   |
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Post by gmello on Aug 9, 2008 22:59:38 GMT -5
fantastic job as always, Rob. I really like the pots
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