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GODIN 5TH AVE UPTOWN

CUSTOM HAVANA BROWN

£1,449

WHAT IS IT? Classic 16-inch

cutaway hollowbody electric

with Seymour Duncan and Godin

pickups and Bigsby vibrato

GODIN A6 ULTRA DENIM

BLUE FLAME

£1,349

WHAT IS IT? Innovative and

stage-aimed electro-acoustic

‘hybrid’ with magnetic neck

humbucker, dual outputs and

electric-like playability

hile Godin – and the various

brands it produces – is one of

the largest, if not the largest,

manufacturer of guitars in North America, it

also remains one of the most diverse in terms

of the styles of instruments it offers. Our two

very different guitars illustrate the point.

The 5th Avenue range put the hollowbody

‘jazzbox’ centre stage when it launched in

2008; our 2019 dual-pickup cutaway Uptown

takes the concept upmarket. The A6 Ultra

couldn’t be more different: a bolt-on necked,

thinline electro-acoustic with both under-

saddle bridge transducer, a neck-placed

humbucker and dual outputs.

Words Dave Burrluck Photography Phil Barker

Godin launched a considerable

number of new and upgraded guitars

at the start of 2019. We dip in with a

very diverse pair of instruments

Parallel

Lines

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VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra f i r st p l ay Godin 5TH AVE UPToWn CUSToM HAVAnA BRoWn £1,449 WHAT IS IT? Classic 16-inch cutaway hollowbody electric with Seymour Duncan and Godin pickups and Bigsby vibrato Godin A6 ULTRA dEniM BLUE FLAME £1,349 WHAT IS IT? Innovative and stage-aimed electro-acoustic ‘hybrid’ with magnetic neck humbucker, dual outputs and electric-like playability Parallel Lines Godin launched a considerable number of new and upgraded guitars at the start of 2019.
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Godin 5th Ave Uptown Custom Havana Brown & A6 Ultra Denim Blue Flame first play november 2019 Guitarist GIT452.rev_godin.
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first play Godin 5th Ave Uptown CUstom hAvAnA Brown & A6 UltrA Denim BlUe FlAme 1. These unique-to-Godin tuners offer different ratios: 18:1 on the bass side, and the very fine-tuning 26:1 on the trebles. Typical of Godin’s unique detail 2.
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Godin 5th Ave Uptown CUstom hAvAnA Brown & A6 UltrA Denim BlUe FlAme first play 3 this main chamber of the A6 works like a proper acoustic, but the sound exits via the secondary chamber, which allows the air out 3. This nicely voiced dog-ear P-90-style single coil on the 5th Ave Uptown has a measured DCR of 7.94kohms and is paired with a Seymour Duncan ’59 at the bridge, which has a DCR of 8.11k intonated on the Richlite bridge, which has a more ebony-like appearance.
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first play Godin 5th Ave Uptown CUstom hAvAnA Brown & A6 UltrA Denim BlUe FlAme 4. The A6’s control centre 4 offers volume and threeband EQ for the acoustic voice, and volume and two-band EQ for the electric side. The preamp runs off a single nine-volt block battery 5. Godin has embraced the eco-friendly and very stable synthetic Richlite for fingerboards (and bridges). It’s the most-used fingerboard material within the Godin range 5 acoustic pickup.
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Godin 5th Ave Uptown CUstom hAvAnA Brown & A6 UltrA Denim BlUe FlAme first play 6 Godin 5th AvenUe Uptown CUstom hAvAnA Brown spike and makes moving into more Western swing or rockabilly really easy, not least with a little colour from the Bigsby. It may feel a bit functional, but sound-wise for the older suggested styles, especially with a little amp grit, it’s an engaging piece.