2020s Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin II Hollowbody Electric Guitar

Overview: This 5th Avenue is a nice rig from Canada's Godin. It's very-much jazzbox, ES-175-copycat in flavor but it does so in its own way -- with a cherry-burst satin finish and a shallower, more-modern cutaway. The rosewood fretboard and brown-pearl pickguard are nice aesthetic touches and the neck is quick an easy. I like the simplified 3-way plus master tone/volume controls as well -- I am absolutely not a fan of the overcomplicated, normal, Gibson 2x2 setup so it's good to see a practical touch, here.

Tonewise it's cleaner and clearer-sounding than I would have expected -- more like a mid-late '60s bucker sound -- and I enjoy the fresh breath of air that is. Usually, guitars intended for the jazzbox market are stuffed with bucker that are mildly-muddy or a little too hot to give them that fat, mellow tone right out of the box. I much prefer to retain sparkle and clarity and mellow it up at the amp instead if I need to.

Repairs included: I gave this a quick setup. It's playing spot-on and ready to go.

• Weight: 5 lbs 7 oz
• Scale length: 24 3/4"
• Nut width: 1 11/16'
• Neck shape: slim-medium C/oval
• Board radius: 14"
• Depth at first fret: 0.81"
• Depth at seventh fret: 0.9"
• Body width: 16 1/8"
• Body depth: 3"
• Body wood: ply birch (I believe)
• Bridge: rosewood adjustable for wound-G stringing
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Pickups: 2x humbucker
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 49w-11 with wound G (bridge does not like plain G stringing)
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium/narrower

Condition notes: It's essentially a new guitar with only the faintest signs of use.

It comes with: It has a nice, original, hard case.

Consignor tag: HKNS