Godin Built Angine de Poitrine’s Touring Double-Neck in 38 Days

Angine de Poitrine gave Godin a deadline shorter than the company’s normal production cycle. The Quebec duo wanted two custom instruments within a month; a standard production guitar usually takes eight weeks. “They asked if we could make the guitar in one month. That’s pretty crazy,” CEO Simon Godin told Guitar World. Other production was paused, and the two builds were completed in 38 days.

Khn needed a road-ready spare that combined guitar and bass. Luthier Raphaël Le Breton had made the polka-dot original by cutting two instruments apart and joining them. Godin’s team was allowed only an hour with it to take measurements and record the weight. Their version needed to be lighter, bring the necks closer together and improve access to the highest frets.

The answer began with a chambered basswood body built for the project. The guitar uses a 25.5-inch scale and 37 frets; the bass uses a 34-inch scale and 35. Extra quarter-tone frets across the first fifteen positions place another stopping point between the familiar notes of equal temperament, while the upper positions return to standard semitone spacing.

The guitar and bass sections keep independent outputs, routed to a Roland Jazz Chorus and a Hartke amplifier. Phosphorescent lines on the backs of the necks help Khn find positions beneath the mask, though the microtonal frets themselves remain unmarked. Both necks come off for travel, and the custom case occupies its own airline seat. The stage absurdity is supported by very practical engineering.

The KEXP performance below does not show the new Godin. It was recorded on 4 December 2025, before Godin’s first sketch, and features the earlier Le Breton instrument. It is still the clearest official demonstration of the job the new build had to survive on tour: guitar and bass ranges in one object, Klek’s drums answering Khn, and visual comedy carried by exact mechanics. Godin did not redesign the joke. It made the joke roadworthy.