So I did a little digging on my “new” guitar and contacted Godin directly to see if I could get some provenance information. By the way, the folks at Godin are awesome! Michel, the support person who answered my query originally, was so very helpful. If you have any Godin product, rest assured that you will get support! But I digress…
The guitar I’ve got was built in 1994. It was called a “Pro” model and replaced with the “Showcase” in 2002. It originally sold for $1200, though as a “Demo” model, I doubt it sold at full retail even back then. They’re worth about half as much now, but who cares? This guitar plays and sounds incredible!
For specs, here’s what Michel shared with me:
“That’s an S&P Pro Rosewood. It actually has a solid spruce top, but the nitro finish has yellowed over the years so it looks darker than a spruce top. It also features a solid rosewood back, laminated rosewood sides, a mahogany neck and an ebony fingerboard and bridge.”
So my thought that the top was cedar was wrong, but that’s totally cool that this was finished with nitrocellulose!
Here’s a gallery of some of the shots that I sent to Godin.
It is hard to explain the feeling I get when I play this guitar. It’s not because this was a gift or it was one of those fabled “closet gems.” This is just a damn good guitar, and to find out its provenance makes it even more special. I’m looking to get an LR Baggs Anthem system installed in it within the next week or so. So excited!
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Really nice guitar. These are usually made of “fallen” trees from what i understand, and not harvested. Even cooler. I have a La Patrie Etude nylon string (same parent company) and it is truly an astounding value. You did very well, young padawan.
🙂 Very well indeed. It’s one of those guitars that simply inspires. Once I got it tuned up, I used it in a recording – didn’t even change the 15 year old strings. The guitar sounded great.
Amazingly enough, it was barely out of tune when I took it out. That concerned me a little because I thought there’d be a bit of neck bow, but the neck’s straight as an arrow.