Goya G17 Classical Guitar - Used - Solid spruce top - Vintage quality for sale in Littlefield, TX
Goya G17 Classical Guitar - Used. It's a G-17, one of Levin/Goya's best classical guitars, made in Sweden in 1963...great deep sound. Solid top, back, and sides. Chipboard case is included.This guitar has been highly modified, and it will take some space to summarize the mods.When I got the guitar, the spruce top had become badly cracked. I re-humidifed the guitar, repaired and cleated the cracks, and they are solid. I reset the neck to allow for an elevated fretboard extension. There appears to be a small separation at the neck joint, and though it appears to me to be solid and unmoving, the neck might could use another reset. I installed a Bridge Doctor to address some belly bulge, and that installation went fine. I made a bone nut and saddle and put on new gold tuners. Electronics were installed, but they are now disconnected and nonfunctioning. I will include the electronic parts in case you want to reconnect them. The label was reproduced from a photo of the original label. The spruce top and mahogany back were sanded and refinished. I replaced the rosette with an Ovation-style raised rosette.There is a slight string rattle/buzz somewhere. It is not a fret rattle/buzz, it's a pitch specific rattle/buzz, worse on the D string, 4th fret. I tightened the winding on the D string by hand, which often has to be done on a classical guitar's D string, but this did not remove the problem. In an effort to find the rattle/buzz, I removed the back, repaired all the braces and made sure all the surface cracks were solid. I reinstalled the back and replaced the lower binding, removed the electronics, but the rattle/buzz was still there. I drilled into the fretboard in two places to inject glue into the metal neck T-bracing (not a truss rod, by the way), since these often rattle. The rattle/buzz is still there, though it has been significantly reduced. I still suspect that the rattle is tied in somehow to the metal neck brace - but probably higher up on the neck than my attempts to firm it up. You need to know this before the sale, and I am listing it as used - for parts - no returns for this reason. However, the guitar is quite playable and satisfactory as it is now - except for that string rattle/buzz.Here are more specifics about the G-17 from various sources.Serial number 180238, which verifies that it was made in 1963 in Sweden.Grand Concert size.Body width: 380 mm.Body length: 480 mm.Body depth: 98 mm.Fret width: 50 mm.Scale length: 650 mm.Solid alpine spruce top with very light fan bracing - the top looks almost like cedar but it is spruce.Solid mahogany back & sides.5-ply binding on top.Single-bound back.Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod.Unbound brazilian rosewood fingerboard. Brazilian rosewood bridge. Bone saddle and 50mm bone nutGold tuners - not originalDovetail neck joint, professionally regluedLevin Goya was later sold to Kustom and then to Martin. This model was from the years previous to these sales, and it is a purebred early Goya - first year of Goya G-17 production.Goya added the following note: "Unlike the slightly-smaller G-10, G-13, and G-15 models (which are more comon), the G-17 has the larger 15" lower bout (like a wide-waist 000-size) body of the fancier Goyas which contributes to bigger bass response and a wider tonal palette."I found the guitar to be immensely satisfying to play.I am selling it because I prefer a 48mm neck - due to small hands.Includes a chipboard case that is in good condition. Feel free to ask questions.Available only in the lower 48 US states, no exceptions. Any bids from outside the lower 48 will be cancelled. No returns.
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