I own two - the acoustic version and the single-cut/2-PU CW II - and it's the best $500 you'll ever spend IMO: no bells-&-whistles, plain satin finish, the usual Godin attention to QC, and more tone than you'd expect from something this inexpensive; first thing you'll want to do is get rid of the factory light-gauge strings and put on a set of mediums or heavier (you need the additional string mass/tension to adequately drive the top of any archtop guitar, and this one has a "short" 24-7/8" scale to boot). I'm presently using PB 14's on mine, and I'll be going to Martin Monel MM13's next string change; they're slightly higher-tension than typical PB mediums but with a surprisingly slinky feel - should be good for David Rawlings-type lead lines...
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