@GodinGuitarsOfficial are to blame for making my recent interest/obsession with archtop guitars much worse than it needed to be! I had a lot of fun with this guitar. :-)
This model, the Canadian made 5th Avenue CWII Cognac Burst is a 50's influenced hollow body archtop guitar with 2 great5 P90 pickups and all the features and playability that you'd expect from a modern guitar. Specs are below, but a quick listen and a look at my happy little face should tell you all you need to know. Don't forget to like and subscribe for more stuff like this.
0:00 - Intro Jam
0:50 - What am I looking at? The 5th Avenue CW Kingpin II in Congac burst
1:18 - Let's talk about some specs and the finish.
2:29 - What does it sound like?
2:53 - Acoustically
2:58 - Acoustic demo playing start
3:38 - Thoughts on the acoustic sound
4:37 - Heavy acoustic strumming (4 to the bar, baby)
5:24 - Electric!
5:58 Neck Pickup playing start
7:07 - thoughts on the neck pickup
7:19 - Bridge Pickup Playing start
7:55 - Thoughts on the Bridge pickup
8:09 - Bridge & Neck together (Middle Position)
8:50 - Thoughts!
9:31 - The Bridge
10:34 - Summing up
11:14 - Acoustic and Electric mixed together (Classic archtop recording technique. 😉)
11:33 - Outro jam
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Specs -
Back and Sides
Canadian Wild Cherry
Bridge and Tailpiece
Graphtech Adjustable Tusq Bridge
Bridge Pickup
Godin Kingpin P90 Single Coil
Color Name
Cognac Burst
Controls
1x Tone, 1x Volume, 3-way Switch
Fingerboard
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
16" (406.4 mm)
Finish
Semi Gloss
Frets
21
H.D.R
Not Included
Machine Head Ratio
Bass side 18:1, Treble side 26:1
Neck
Silver Leaf Maple
Neck Pickup
Godin Kingpin P90 Single Coil
Nut Type
Graphtech
Nut Width
1.72" (43.688 mm)
Scale Length
24.84" (630.936 mm)
String Gauges
.012 .016 .024w .032 .042 .052 NICKEL WOUND (Wound G-string)
String Set
E12 Jazz
Top
Canadian Wild Cherry
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6 июл 2024
