Exit 22 Review

The Exit22 is the latest addition to Godin's popular Performance Series. Featuring a solid mahogany body and a rock maple neck. The Exit22 is the first Godin guitar to combine a 24¾ scale with Godin's new 22-fret neck.

Features:	10
Sound:	9.7
Action:	9.7
Reliability:	10
Impression:	10
Overall rating:	9.9
Users rating:	6.1
Comments:	10

overall: 10

Featured review by: Mistaa Man, on december 17, 2007

Price paid: $ 459.385

Purchased from: Long & McQuade

Features: Hand crafted in the USA in 2007 from Canadian parts, the 22 fret maple neck and fingerboard Godin Exit 22 is a beautiful guitar. It looks amazing, especially with that Natural Mahogany finish. To me it almost looks like a Les Paul but a different version of it. The string-thru body makes string changes pretty easy, especially because there is nothing to unscrew on the underside of the body. I do prefer stopbar tail pieces though, they are much easier in my opinion. There is one volume and one tone control with a 5-way pickup selector, meanin it is very versatile. There is one GS1 neck pickup, one GS1 pickup in the middle, and a GHB1 humbucker for the bridge pickup. The Standard Godin non locking tuners stay in tune very nicely so you don't constantly have to re-tune the guitar. it came with a Godin gig bag and there was some Allan Keys in it (truss rod keys). // 10

Sound: This is by far the best sounding guitar I have ever played. I don't care what you say, it is. It is amazingly versatile allowing me to play all my styles on one guitar, them being rock, metal, punk, some grunge and anything in between, and even some bluesy stuff. I use it with a Line 6 Spider III 30 watt amp, which is very loud, but it sounds so amazing with "Insane" mode on. It is only noisy in my room because of al the electronics in there (Playstation, computer, TV, etc.) But that is probably because of the two GS1 single coils in there. If I put the selector on the first and second setting, no noise, because of the humbucker. 3, 4, and 5 are noisy but when you play it stops. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: When I saw this guitar in the store I was like "holy shit!" and I asked to try it and then I just cranked it and it sounded amazing. The action was very very good and low, I don't think many people played it before me. The pickups sounds great in it and they were adjusted fine. No flaws at all. // 10

Reliability & Durability: The Exit 22 will definitely withstand Live playing for sure. I would use this without a backup guitar for sure man. The hardware, I know will last, Godin guitars are amazing quality, and it was hand crafted too. The buttons see, to be nice and solid, yes. And the natural mahogany finish on it seems like it will definitely last. And since the finish is kind of soft like a matte finish, fingerprints are hardly to not visible. // 10

Impression: This is the perfect guitar to match my playing, rock, metal, punk, some grunge and most of the sub genres of each. I have been playing for 2 years (December 25th) and I own a Fender Gemini II, Ibanez Gio GSZ120, Epiphone Les Paul Special II, and some ION starter guitar thing. I only wish I had asked the price beforehand. Because I rented this guitar to buy it so I pay like $48.50 a month on it to get to 581.50. If this were stolen heck yeah I would buy a new one No Doubt about it. I would hunt down the guy who took it and put salt in his eyes then pull his hair out. I love everything about this guitar. No hates. Compared to anything eles I have ever played, this is by far the best. I wish it had a Floyd Rose floating whammy bar and a bridge humbucker though, so that the noise would be reduced. Oh well, as long as play in the other room away from all then electronics I am fine. I recommend you go and buy this guitar right now! // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: Draltos, on january 05, 2009

Purchased from: Steve's

Features: This guitar is handcrafted in Canada and assembled in the U.S. It come with a maple or rosewood fingerboard (I chose rosewood), a maple neck, and mahogany body.It has a 5-way selector, volume and 1 tone. It has Godin GS1 single/single/humbucker pickups. It came with an epic gig bag and a handful of picks. // 10

Sound: This guitar sounds better than anything I've played under $1000 and may sound better than even that. I was considering buying an Epiphone I'd tried down at Long & McQuade even though it was a bit out of my price range, but this guitar just blew it away. It produces a very rich sound both clean and distorted, for which I believe the mahogany body is the culprit. I tried this guitar at Steve's with a 2 and a half thousand dollar Marshall which may have contributed to my amazement at the sound, but even plugged into my diminutive Peavey amp it makes a hell-of-a-sound. My favourite settings are 1, 2, and 5. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: Some people don't like the "unpainted wood" look, but I personally love it, especially with the rosewood fingerboard. The action on this guitar was very, very low. Which is very, very good. The pickups on this guitar are great (is it true they use GS1s on Gibsons? ). Solid mahogany body is great. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I can't really tell you much about it's durability since I've only had it for a few days but it seems like a very solid guitar. I would play this guitar Live without a backup without a second thought. I know that the hardware on this guitar will last a long time thanks to the amazing quality of Godin Guitars and the fact that it's all handcrafted. // 10

Impression: Amazing guitar. If your looking for a guitar in the $400-$900 range I can confidently say this is the best one you'll find. Period. It can play MANY styles of music VERY well. There is a huge difference between this guitar and some of the guitars you can get for cheaper. The only thing I would change is (if possible) make the pickups a bit farther from the strings (sometimes I hit them while playing). If lost or stolen I would definitely get another one. As soon as I got enough money... // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: Sguit, on august 21, 2007

Price paid: $ 355.5

Purchased from: Steve's Music

Features: This guitar is awesome. I don't regret the money I spent to buy it, it is really worth it, I even found the price low for this guitar. It is handcrafted in Canada. Available in maple or rosewood fretboard, the neck made of maple, the body is made out of mahogany, and it's all transparent finish give the guitar a very good look. It has the normal controls of an electric (5-way selector volume and tone). It has Godin custom pickups, S/S/H. And I got free with it a superb Gig bag that's worth about 80$ so it's a very good deal. // 10

Sound: It just sounds awesome, it gives a nice warm distortion and a rich clean sound, and I can get a very big range of different sounds without even touching to my amp. I can get very heavy sound to a smooth, bright sound, that's something I like very of that guitar. The only it cannot handle is stuff with aggressive sound, like punk. Outside of this, it is very verstile. But nothing can be perfect, in fact some pickups are noisy. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: It is just perfect, all guitar is well made. I didn't saw any errors on it. The wood of all the parts is very high quality. It is well assemble. All is straight and well assembled. I saw no problems. It is well finished, all is perfect, there is just nothing wrong except for the pickups are louse but it isn't too bad. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I trust this guitar very much. I don't feel the strings will break after two weeks(a situation I've already saw). The strap buttons looks really tough, I don't think they will break in the middle of gig. The neck is well fixed to the body. The finish is really good and thick, doesn't look like it will go off over time. I could definitely bring it a gig without a backup. // 10

Impression: Really good guitar in all. The only problem is, even if sound is versatile, the look doesn't fit all styles, it has a more jazzy look. But that isn't a big problem since the sound is awesome, I am playing on a Marshall MG30DFX. I really see a huge difference between this guitar and cheap guitars. Before this one, I had a Barracuda guitar (does anyone know this brand) and this one is way better. If I lost it I would maybe not buy this guitar, but certainly another guitar from Godin, because you can see that are made with compassion. // 10

Comments

[Stop Messin']

Godin makes gorgeous guitar, for cheap, that play great.

[Valathalion]

NIce choice
my friend plays these
they're fantastic guitars

[binjajer]

Good choice, but you REALLY should change the amp, man.

[i cant think]

nice guitar, love the SSH arrangement for a guitar that price

[franc0ph0bic]

it wouldve been a good review if you wouldve either put it through a spelling/grammar checker or learned english.

oh and you cant judge sound through an mg

[USAPeavey]

I want a guitar made with compassion...lol

[Mistaa Man]

binjajer wrote:

Good choice, but you REALLY should change the amp, man.

Agreed

This guitar is AMAZING. I played it at the shop on a Line 6 Spider, it was AMAZING !
I will have a review before next Thursday, I am buying it on Monday, it's on hold. Can't wait !

[GothGodinGuy]

I just got this guitar and i gotta tell its great! Sounds greats and looks great!

[floydzeppelin]

wow thats grammars hella bad. i have this guitar and a spider II and its sounds awesome.. really great grit with distortion just soudns awesome.

[Draltos]

I've been playing for 3 years and will be playing for at least another 3 before I find another guitar of this quality.