Godin and their artist list

Godin are a Canadian company with head office located in Montreal, built in several different locations, five locations in Quebec and one in New Hampshire. For those of you keeping score, that adds up to six factories spread out over about 1000 kilometers. So why not just have one giant guitar factory? Although there are some obvious inconveniences associated with spreading ourselves out this much, the up-side is that these smaller operations promote a more intimate working environment which gets everybody more involved and this is reflected in the instruments themselves.

“Godin Guitars are AMAZING..!

I am so happy to be part of their ‘family of artists’ as Godin’s level of craftsmanship and aesthetics are just stunning.” When I played their instruments at the Winter NAMM Show I was instantly inspired by the high quality, innovative use of technology and history of the company! I am always in search of new tones and the advancements Godin have been making with the integration of MIDI is extremely exciting.

Godins artist list is very comprehensive. Here they are alphabetically :

WHO PLAYS GODIN GUITARS

ANDY ABAD (MARC ANTONY BAND, BACK STREET BOYS)

NICK ABLE (RAVI SHANKAR/ANOUSHKA SHANKAR)

ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY

DARIS ADKINS (POE)

AGENTS OF GOOD ROOTS

STEVE ALEXANDER (CLINICIAN/PRODUCT SPECIALIST/ROLAND CANADA)

ERIK ANDERSEN

JON ANDERSON

MARC ANTOINEJAMES ANTHONY (JAMES ANTHONY BAND)

INDIA.ARIE

ROY ASHEN

BADI ASSAD

JULIAN AUSTIN

DAVE BALL (CROWNE VICT)

TRAVIS BALLSTADT (VEGAS DeMILO)

KEITH BARNES (TRICK PONY)

DOUG BARNHILL (BARNHILL STATION)

MANUEL BARRUECOBARRY (3 DAYS GRACE)

RUSSELL BARTLETT

JEREMY BARNES

JOY BASU (JESSICA SIMPSON)

GERRY BECKLEY

BILL BELL (ALEX LIFESON, TOM COCHRANE, TARA MacLEAN)

BELLAMY BROS.

MARTY BELLENTYNE (BREACH OF TRUST)

BETO BIANCHI (REVISTA DO SAMBA)

KIM BINGHAM (NELLY FURTADO, DAVID USHER)

FRANK BLACK and the CATHOLICS

RITCHIE BLACKMORE

BLESSID UNION OF SOULS

ELIEZER BLUMEN (REVA L’SHEVA)

BOB & TOM

JAY BODNER (EAGLE & HAWK)

TREVOR BOLDER (URIAH HEEP)

DANIEL BOUCHER

LUC BOURGEOIS (DIGIDESIGN CLINICIAN/PRODUCT SPECIALIST)

BR5-49RUSS BRANNON

THOM BRESH

VICTOR BRODEN (LEANN RIMES)

DANNY BROOKS

BOB BROWN

HUNTER BROWN (STS9)

CHICO BUARQUE

MATTEO BURICO

CARL BURNETT (BRANFORD MARSALIS – BUCKSHOT LeFONQUE)

RALF BUSCHMEYER (TERRAIN)

MATT BUTLER

DAVID CABRERA (RICKY MARTIN)

BOBBY CAMERON (SOLO ARTIST/RYAN MALCOLM)

JUAN CARMONA

CHAZ

GEORGE CLINTON AND THE P-FUNK ALL STARS

YVON CLOUTIER – CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

TOM COCHRANE

BRUCE COCKBURN

LEONARD COHEN

JF COLEY (FLICKER)

COLLECTIVE SOUL

JESSE COOK

KYLE COOK (MATCHBOX TWENTY)

DAN CONTI (JACYNTHE)

BILLY CORGAN (SMASHING PUMPKINS)

ANDY COUGHLIN (ALL MY LOVING)

TYRONE COWANS (ICE CUBE, DR. DRÉ)

‘RADICAL RAD’ CRASTO (OLIVER HAZE/LIKWID)

DAVID CROSBY

MICHEL CUSSON

ANDY DACOULIS (DAWN TYLER BLUES PROJECT)

PEPPINO D’AGOSTINO

D’AREZ

JOHNNY DEE (HONEYMOON SUITE)

JOHNNY DeMARCO (ROLAND CLINICIAN/PRODUCT SPECIALIST)

MICHAEL DEMPSEY (CAROL KING, LAURYN HILL)

CAL DENISON

JUSTIN DERRICO (PINK)

LEONARDO DI LORENZO

AL DiMÉOLA

SANDRO DI STEFANO

SACHA DISTEL

DWAYNE DOLPHIN (FRED WESLEY BAND)

JEAN-PIERRE DURAND (INCENDIO)

KAT DYSON

JEAN-MARIE ECAY

STEPHAN EICHER

GORDON VAN EKSTROM

RAED EL KHAZEN

DANNY EMBREY (KARRIN ALLYSON)

J. ENGLISHMAN

LUIS ENRIQUE

T.J. EVANS

RICHARD EVANS (PETER GABRIEL)

PAUL FABER (GORD BAMFORD/SEAN HOGAN BANDS)

MÀRCIO FARACO

LILI FATALE

MORDY FERBER

JERRY FIELDEN (ARAPACIS, MIRANIE MORISSETTE)

RODRIGO FIGUEROA

ROBIN FINCK (NINE INCH NAILS)

ALEC FINN

FISH (TIN FOIL PHOENIX)

AARON FLINN (SALAD DAYS)ONDER FOCAN

STEPHEN FREDERICK (FALLEN FROM GRACE)

FRIDRIK (ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER)

BILL FRISELL

AL FUNCTION (SIX/CYPRESS HILL)

GREG GALDIERI (FALLEN FROM GRACE)

GAROU

PIERREJEAN GAUCHER

FRED GERANTAB (QB3)

BOBBY GIBSON

THE GIPSY KINGS

MARIO GUINI (MARC ANTHONY, JENNIFER LOPEZ, TALKING BUDDAH)

ROGER GLOVER (DEEP PURPLE)

JEAN-JACQUES GOLDMAN

NELSON GONSALEZ (MARK ANTHONY, GLORIA ESTEFAN, JOHN SECADA)

GOTTHARD

LAWRENCE GOWAN

CARTER GRAVATT (CARBON LEAF)

JEFF GREEN (ILLEGAL EAGLES)

DERRY GREHAN (HONEYMOON SUITE)

SLAVA GRIGORYAN

BERNARD GROBMAN

SIMONE GUIDUCCI

BETO HALE

DARYL HALL

ROB HOLLIDAY (SULPHER, CURVE, GARY NUMAN)

CHAD HOLLISTER

KIRK HAMMETT

FAREED HAQUE

MATTHEW HAJDYS (MISTER VERTIGO)

ANTHONY HARRINGTON (INDIA.ARIE)

JAMES HAYTO (KYLIE MINOGUE & DAMAGE)

GEORGE HEBERT (ANNE MURRAY)

JOHN HELMIG (CROWNE VICT)

TOMMY HENRIKSEN

ERIC HOLLAND

JASON HOOK (MANDY MOORE, BULLET BOYS, VINCE NEIL BAND)

MARTIN HOPE (ALL MY LOVING)

BRIAN HUGHES (LOREENA McKENNITT)

AZIZ IBRAHIM (IAN BROWN)

LEVON ICHKAHANIAN (SOLO ARTIST/PETER MURPHY)

ANTHONY IGLESIAS (ONE SWEET WORLD)

INHALE

MATHIAS JABS (SCORPIONS)

VASTI JACKSON

ERNIE JACKSON

CHUCK JACOBS (KENNY RODGERS)

THOMAS JANZON

WYCLEF JEAN

FRED JENKINS (GAP BAND)

DIEGO JINKUS (DIEGO JINKUS & BAND)

WAYNE WESLEY JOHNSON

ADRIAN JONES (SNACK!)

BUSTER B. JONES

STEVE JONES (RONAN KEATING)

MIKE K (NELLY FURTADO, EDWIN and SIX FOOT DAISY)

YEHUDAH KATZ (REVA L’SHEVA)

ALAN KENDALL (THE BEE GEES)

PETER KIENLE (3rd MAN, FREESOME, MONIKA HERZIG’S ACOUSTIC PROJECT)

JAMES KIMBALL (REBA McINTIRE, NSYNC)

DON KIRKPATRICK (ROD STEWART, RICHARD MARX, EROS RAMAZOTTI)

RICHARD KISER

LONNY KNAPP (MUDMEN)

HABIB KOITE

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

LA CHICANE

FRANCOIS ‘TREM’ LAMOUREUX

PIERRE LAMOUREUX

SERGIO LARA

NICK LASHLEY (ALANIS MORRISETTE)

GERRY LAST

RIC LATINA (JOHN BERRY, SUZY BOGGUSS, BILLY DEAN)

CHRISTOPHER LE (ABSOLVE)

LEAHY

MICHAEL LENNON (VENICE)

KENNY LEE LEWIS (STEVE MILLER)

CHRISTOPHE LEU

ANDREAS LIDBERG (MAHARAJAH)

OTTMAR LIEBERTLIKOTA SON (GREGORY VITALE)

DORY LOBEL (JESSE McCARTNY)

LOS LOBOS

DANNY LOHNER (NINE INCH NAILS)

DAN LOUIS (MOSQUITO-B)LIONEL LOUEKE

BRYAN LUBECK

SYLVAIN LUC

LUKE (KILL THE CAPITOL)

PACO de LUCÌA

JEFF LYNNE (E.L.O. TRAVELLING WILBURYS)

PAUL MacLACHLAN (_emb.)

MADAGASCAR SLIM

KEVIN MANAUGH (TRICYCLE)

BOB MANN (JAMES TAYLOR)

JOHN MARTIN (W.KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)

DAVID MASH

BRIAN MAY (QUEEN)

JIM MAYER (JIMMY BUFFET)

BRENT MASON

ERIC McCLOWNY

Brander (STANDING BEAR) McDonald

HUGH McDONALD

KELLY McDONALD

AARON McLAIN (MARC ANTHONY)

JOHN McLAUGHLIN

LUKE McMASTER (McMASTER & JAMES)

HUGH McMILLAN (SPIRT OF THE WEST)

MEADOWLARK

MIGHTY CHIHUAHUAS

SANJAY MISHRA

MATHURIN MOLGAT

FRED MOLLIN

MANUEL MONESTEL-CANTOAMERICA

JOÂO MOTA (ANGELIQUE KIDJO)OLIVER MTUKUDZI

ROBERT MULLER

BOB MURNAHAN – THE CHANDLER WRIGHT STORY

MY VITRIOL

YURKO MYCHALUK (NELLY FURTADO)

SAMBA NGO

ROBERT SPALDING NEWCOMB

KARL SANDERS (NILE)

NOIR SILENCE

PATRICK NORMANHEATHER NOVA

ANDERS NYSTRÖM (KATATONIA)

STEVE OLIVER

JOHN O’CONNOR (KING OF THE HILL / FOX TV)SEAN O’CONNOR

P-NUTT (311)

PAT O’MAY

JEFF O’KELLEY

KIP PACKARD (BETH HART BAND)

MICHEL PAGLIARO

PHIL PALMER (ERIC CLAPTON, DIRE STRAITS, GEORGE MICHAEL)

BRAD PARENT (SECTORSEVEN)

MARK PATTERSON (OPEN MIKE WITH MIKE BULLARD)

GREG PAUGHCHRIS PAUL

PAUL PETERSON

JEFF PEVAR (C.P.R.)

IAN PITTER (HEARSAY)

LUKE LIVINGSTONE-POWELL (CAPITOL CITY)

ABE QUIGLEY

RICKY QUINONES (INDIA.ARIE)

JUAN CARLOS QUINTERO

FREDDY RAMOS

PAOLO RAMOS

MATT RANTZ (ABSOLVE)

MARK REEVES

ANDY REISS

ERIC ROCK (GAROU)

KENNY ROGERS

JOSEPH ROSS (S CLUB 7)

DAVE RUNDE (UNIVERSAL STUDIO’S)

THANO SAHNAS (TURNING POINT)

STEVIE SALAS (SOLO ARTIST, MICK JAGGER, ROD STEWART)

TOM SANCHEZ (LIQUID SOUL)

MELANIE SCALA (MAHARAJAH)

ADAM SCHARFF (RADIO JUNKIES/SCHARFF BROTHERS)

NEAL SCHON

CLIFFORD SCHWARTZ – CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

KEITH SCOTT (BRYAN ADAMS)

MIKE SCOTT (JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE)

CHARLIE SEXTON

MARTIN SEXTON

DEREK SHARP (SASS JORDAN)

PHIL SHEERANDAN SHELTON (MATT BUTLER QUARTET)

TONY SIEBER

INNES SIBUN

DAN SINDEL << Thank you Godin..!

CLAUDE SIROIS

JIM SITTERLY (JOHN TESH)

TOM SKILTON (MUDMEN)

AMY SKY

DEREK SMALLEY (ORGANIK)

EDIN SOLIS-EDITUS

OSCAR STAGNARO

RAMONE STAGNARO

STEVE STEVENS

JEFF STINCO (SIMPLE PLAN)

KIM STOCKWOOD

JIM STUBBLEFIELD (INCENDIO)JOSH STURM (KAIROS)

SUMMERSIDE (BRAD NEMETH)

BIG SWOLE (KELLY PRICE)

PHIL SYMONDS (LEANN RIMES)

FRED TAN (JACYNTHE)

BRYON THOMPSON

CHRISTOPHER TIMBERS (SOLO ARTIST)

RENE TOLEDO (GLORIA ESTEFAN)

TOPLOADER

DAVID TORN

ARNALDO TORRES (RICKY MARTIN)

ZVONIMIR TOT

TOTO (MERMELADA BUNCH)

CHUCK TREECE

TRIZO (KILL THE CAPITOL)

BILGEHAN TUNCER (TARKAN)

MIKE TURNER (OUR LADY PEACE)

DAVID TYO (BIPOLAR)

MAX VALENTINO

SERGIO VALLIN (MANA)

MELLE VASQUEZ (PINK)

MATT WAHL

JERRY JEFF WALKER

BOB WALSH

DAVID WAS (WAS NOT WAS)

KAZUMI WATANABE

ANTHONY WAY (THE ADOPTED)PETE WEISE (NATIONAL GUITAR SUMMER WORKSHOP)

MARK WHITE (BERKLEE)

SCOTT WHITNEY

LEE WILLIAMSON (SECTORSEVEN)

LOUIS WINSBERG

AARON CHANDLER WRIGHT – THE CHANDLER WRIGHT STORY

BRAD YATES

JEFF SCOTT YOUNG (BADI ASSAD)

TRUEMAN YUILL (SPIT)SIMON YORKZACK PHILLIPS BAND JOHN ZARADIN SAUL ZONANA (CRASH TEST DUMMIES, ADRIAN BELEW, ACE FREHLEY, NICOLE McKENNA) DERRICK ZAJAC (30ot6)

RATKO ZJACA

Musician John Garrison is currently on tour and playing bass with singer/songwriter James Blunt. Each night during a James Blunt concert the band quiets things down for their acoustic set, where John reaches for his Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin P90. Catch John & his 5th Avenue Kingpin and James Blunt touring in support of his latest album “All the Lost Souls“. Also, be sure to check out John Garrison’s solo album called “Above the Cosmos“

~ by itsstecole on February 10, 2009.