Robert Godin has been a mainstay in the guitar building industry since 1972. At the age of seven, Godin got his first guitar and he has never looked back. By the time he was 15, he was working at La Tosca Musique in Montreal selling guitars and learning about minor repairs and set up work. Before long, Godin's passion for guitar playing was eclipsed by his fascination with the construction of the instruments themselves. In 1968, Godin set up a custom guitar shop in Montreal called Harmonilab, which quickly became known for its excellent work and musicians were coming from as far away as Quebec City to have their guitars adjusted. Harmonilab was the first guitar shop in Quebec to use professional strobe tuners for intonating guitars.
Although Harmonilab's business was flourishing, Godin was full of ideas for the design and construction of acoustic guitars. In 1972, the Norman Guitar Company was born. From the beginning the Norman guitars showed signs of the innovations that Godin would eventually bring to the guitar market. Perhaps the most significant item about the Norman history is that it represented the beginning of guitar building in the village of La Patrie, Quebec. La Patrie has since become an entire town of guitar builders.
By 1978, Norman guitars had become quite successful in Canada and France, while at the same time the people in La Patrie were crafting replacement necks and bodies for the electric guitar market. Before long, there was a lineup at the door of American guitar companies that wanted Godin's crew to supply all their necks and bodies.
Before the actual Godin tradmark appeared on a guitar, Godin introduced the Seagull acoustic line in 1980, the La Paterie line of classical guitars in 1982, and the Simon & Patrick line of acoustic guitars in 1985. Since Godin's factory had been producing necks and bodies for various American guitar companies since 1978, he combined that knowledge with his background in acoustic guitar design for an entirely new product. The Acousticaster debuted in 1987, and represented the first design under the Godin name. The Acousticaster was designed to produce an acoustic sound from an instrument that was as easy to play as the player's favorite electric guitar. This was achieved through the help of a patented mechanical harp system inside the guitar. Godin now presents a full line of Acousticaster-style instruments as well as full electric solidbody guitars. Today, Godin Guitars employs close to 500 people in four factories located in La Patrie and Princeville, Quebec (Canada), and Berlin, New Hampshire. Intial company history courtesy Robert Godin and Katherine Calder (Artist Relations), La Si Do, Inc. (Godin Guitars), June 5, 1996.
Instruments currently produced in La Patrie, Quebec, Princeville, Quebec, and/or Berlin, NH since 1987. Distributed by Godin Guitars (previously La Si Do, Inc.) in Baie D'Urfe Quebec, Canada.

GODIN Acoustic Guitars Models

GODIN A 6 SIX-STRING ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC Image

GODIN A 6 SIX-STRING ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC

- single rounded cutaway semi-hollow chambered light maple body, solid cedar top, mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with offset dot inlay, solid peghead with Godin logo, three-per-side black tuners, rosewood bridge with white brid...

GODIN A 4 SEMI-ACOUSTIC BASS Image

GODIN A 4 SEMI-ACOUSTIC BASS

- single rounded cutaway semi-hollow chambered maple body, solid cedar top, maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with offset dot inlay, blackface peghead with Godin logo, four-on-one-side gold tuners, strings-through rosewood bridge, L....

GODIN ACOUSTICASTER 6 (MODEL 3518) Image

GODIN ACOUSTICASTER 6 (MODEL 3518)

- single cutaway semi-hollow maple body, solid spruce top, fan bracing with mechanical harp (18 tuned metal tines), rock maple neck, 25.5 in. scale, 22-fret maple or rosewood fingerboard with offset dot inlay, six-per-side gold tuners, rose...

GODIN 5TH AVENUE ARCHTOP ACOUSTIC Image

GODIN 5TH AVENUE ARCHTOP ACOUSTIC

- non-cutaway body, Canadian wild cherry top, back, and sides, two f-holes, cream body binding, silver leaf maple neck, 14/21-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays up to the 12th fret, contoured high-gloss headstock, three-per-side chro...

GODIN MULTIOUD (MODEL 035014) Image

GODIN MULTIOUD (MODEL 035014)

- 11-string configuration, based on the Middle-Eastern Oud 11-string guitar, single cutaway two-chambered mahogany body, solid spruce top, 10 small round and 5 slotted soundholes, multi-ply body binding, mahogany neck, ebony fretless finger...

GODIN A 6 SECOND VERSION Image

GODIN A 6 SECOND VERSION

- single cutaway two chambered body, solid cedar top, silver leaf maple back and sides, no soundhole, mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, three-per-side black tuners, rosewood bridge, Custom Godin under-saddle transducer, preamp co...

GODIN A 6 Ultra Image

GODIN A 6 Ultra

- similar to the A 6 Second Version, except has a single exposed humbucker pickup in the neck position, available in Black high-gloss (30309), CognacBurst high-gloss (30286), Natural semi-gloss (30293), or Trans. Red (2012-present, 036196)...

GODIN A 11 GLISSENTAR Image

GODIN A 11 GLISSENTAR

- 11-string nylon-string configuration, single cutaway two chambered body, solid cedar bound top, silver leaf maple back and sides, no soundhole, mahogany neck, fretless ebony fingerboard, bound headstock with three-per-side chrome tuners,...

GODIN A 12 12-STRING ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC Image

GODIN A 12 12-STRING ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC

- similar to the A 6, except in 12-string configuration, has a maple neck, and six-per-side tuners, available in Black High Gloss finish (9619) or Blue (10653), CognacBurst (10646), or Natural (9602) Semi-gloss finish, mfg. 1997-disc.

GODIN Acousticaster Deluxe 12 Image

GODIN Acousticaster Deluxe 12

- Similar to Acousticaster, except in 12-string configuration, has semi-hollow mahogany body, and six-per-side tuners, available in Cognacburst or Natural finish, disc. 1996.

GODIN ACS NYLON WITH SYNTH ACCESS "2-VOICE" Image

GODIN ACS NYLON WITH SYNTH ACCESS "2-VOICE"

- nylon string configuration single rounded cutaway semi-hollow chambered light maple body, cedar (2009-present) or maple (disc. 2008) top, mahogany neck, 22-fret ebony fingerboard with offset dot inlay, five small soundholes on upper bass...

GODIN MultiAc Nylon Duet Custom Shop Image

GODIN MultiAc Nylon Duet Custom Shop

- similar to MultiAc Nylon Duet, except has ebony fingerboard, abalone bound body/neck/headstock, abalone bridge inlay, available in Black (4836) and Natural (4843) High Gloss finish, mfg. 1998-99.

GODIN ACOUSTIBASS Image

GODIN ACOUSTIBASS

- single cutaway routed out maple body, bound spruce top, thumb rest, bolt-on maple neck, fretless ebony fingerboard, strings-through ebony bridge, four-per-side gold tuners, piezo bridge pickup, four-band EQ, available in Aqua, Black or Wh...

GODIN MULTIAC NYLON ENCORE (MODEL 035045) Image

GODIN MULTIAC NYLON ENCORE (MODEL 035045)

- nylon string configuration, single cutaway chambered silver leaf maple body, solid cedar top, mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with offset dot inlays, slotted headstock with "R. Godin" signature logo, three-per-side o...

GODIN MultiAc Steel Duet Custom Shop Image

GODIN MultiAc Steel Duet Custom Shop

- similar to MultiAc Steel Duet, except has ebony fingerboard, abalone bound body/neck/head stock, abalone bridge inlay, available in Black (4881) or Natural (4898) high-gloss finish, mfg. 1998-99.

GODIN MULTIAC STEEL DUET AMBIANCE Image

GODIN MULTIAC STEEL DUET AMBIANCE

- single cutaway chambered mahogany body, solid spruce top, mahogany neck, 22-fret ebony fingerboard with offset dot inlays, slotted headstock with "R. Godin" signature logo, three-per-side open-style gold tuners with pearloid but...

GODIN MULTIAC SPECTRUM STEEL STRING Image

GODIN MULTIAC SPECTRUM STEEL STRING

- single cutaway chambered mahogany body, solid spruce top, mahogany neck, 22-fret ebony fingerboard with small offset dot inlays, slotted headstock, three-per-side open-style tuners, ebony bridge, single Seymour Duncan lipstick pickup with...