Godin 5th AvenUe Uptown Custom Havana Brown

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november 2019 Guitarist
GODIN 5TH AVE UPTOWN CUSTOM HAVANA BROWN & A6 ULTRA DENIM BLUE FLAME
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intonated on the Richlite bridge, which has
a more ebony-like appearance.
Internally, the A6 is braced back and
front, not dissimilar to a conventional
acoustic guitar, and while the solid wood
sides are a lot thicker, the actual top (which
appears to be cedar with that flame veneer
facing) doesn’t join them until its edge,
presumably to give more acoustic-like
movement. This main chamber works like a
proper acoustic, but the sound exits via the
smaller secondary chamber, which allows
the air out – effectively, the control cavity
on the upper shoulder with its six small
sound holes and, of course, the slots for the
preamp sliders.
It’s this upper shoulder that hides the
innovation, too. The under-saddle (piezo
acoustic sound) and the humbucker
(magnetic electric sound) feed into this
control centre, which offers independent
slider volume for the acoustic and electric
pickups and between those outer controls
are treble, midrange and bass sliders, each
with centre ‘flat’ notches, for the piezo
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
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