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Originally Posted by jpbat
The acoustic sound of the 5th Avenue series will not be troubled by any PU in the top. Or two of them.
This is not a guitar you use for its acoustic capabilities, except for practicing late at night in an hotel room.
Maybe a piezo PU of some sort on the top could add some useful acoustic color to the sound of a magnetic PU. Maybe.
But I can't picture gigging with a microphone in front of a 5th Avenue.
Even the thicker body ones.
YMMV.
(I live in Montreal where you can find the entire Godin line anywhere, and I tested all sort of 5th Avenue models. Sturdy laminate little beasts, can be bought used for not much money. I would own one if only they had a wider neck. But using one acoustically ? No.)
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Thanks so much for this perspective! I have found that Soundpure has taken an Eastman mahogany b/s model AR610 and then later installed a Barbera Soloist transducer pick up in their shop. The good news is that it could be a good guitar to use both in front of the microphone or plugged in since in theory the transducer pick up shouldn't compromise the acoustic sound as much as a mounted P90.
On the downside the street price is $1720 (it is all solid tone woods), so obviously a different animal than the Godin.
I've got something for sale right now, maybe I could get this when it sells.
