24 27/32 would be 630 mm which was Levins shorter scale, used on all steelstring guitars plus a few of the classicals (G10, G13 that I can think of) and also the 'Folk-series'. It’s in pretty decent original shape for being 103 years old, no real damage to it. Triple wood bound top, unbound back and headstock These Goya guitars were made in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Although a serial number is useful for roughly determining the age of a guitar, this is often not the exact date. I’m not sure why there aren’t more of these around in Europe, perhaps people refuse to sell them or they all got badged like Goya S-18 and shipped off to USA. On the G-10, the string spacing at the nut is 1 11/16', string spacing at the saddle is 2 7/32', scale length is 24 27/32'. It looks like the back has been removed and glued back at some point so I guess someone has re-glued some lose braces.

Mahogany bolt-on neck with adjustable truss rod I just adjusted the neck a bit, cleaned it up and it was ready to go. Polish frets, clean and oil the fretboard and then a general good clean of the whole guitar. The problem after 1967 is the new invention of Levin, the individual height adjustable plastic saddles, I hate them. I have liked some of my Levin guitars less and then one day they surprise you and just sound amazing. Unbound rosewood fingerboard with bass side dot inlay I had to do the normal work to it, reset the neck by sanding down the heel.

I like the ones they used on the Levin LS-18 at the time, they are rounder and look more Gibson like, these square ones look like something from an Egmond or a kids guitar.Ĭut a new bone saddle and then paint both the saddle and nut to match Levin’s original squirrel coloured Galalith parts. 2016 might have been the worst year ever when it comes to good musicians dying, last out was Leonard Cohen who meant so much for me in my late teens. Rosewood finished back and sides with an orange finished top. I have my mother's old Goya G-10 classical guitar. It’s a pretty odd tone wood, we have classics like the Gibson J-200 and quite a few of Guild’s jumbo models that are built with maple back and sides, but not that many dreadnoughts and especially not in the 1960’s. Levin Model 3 Parlour Made in Sweden 1914.

Goya guitar serial numbers