1958 Goya (Levin) G-20 Classical Guitar

Tone: These are clear, balanced, and full. The maple back and sides keeps the sound clean, too, compared to a similarly-large classical guitar built with rosewood back and sides. For players who like their notes to leap-out or stay out of the "woofy" sound when dug-into, this is your sort-of classical guitar.

Feel: It has a quick, slim (front to back) neck profile that most contemporary classical guitars simply lack. It plays easily despite having the normal classical width side-to-side.

Interesting features: These guitars are made with aluminum reinforcement in the neck and so the necks tend to remain warp-free as they age. This one is certainly in good order because of that. It has a nicely-grained solid spruce top over solid flamed maple back and sides. Levin didn't spare expense on the back and sides material and these have quite figured maple. The Goya brand imported these guitars from Swedish maker Levin from the '50s through the '70s. Aside from the quality build, these instruments have a nice, restrained, style to them as well -- check out the sutble, tight rosette and multi-ply top binding.

Repairs included: Previously, it's had a level/dress of the frets, a minor crack repair to the top (to the treble side of the soundhole), and some bridge modification (it's got a "string-through" mounting setup at the moment). It's playing nice and quick and is ready to go.

• Maker: Levin (Sweden)
• Model: Goya G-20
• Body style: classical with extra lower bout width
• Weight: 3 lbs 5 oz
• Scale length: 24 3/4"
• Nut width: 2 1/16"
• Neck shape: slim-medium oval/D
• Board radius: flat
• Body width: 15"
• Body depth: 3 3/4"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid flamed maple
• Bracing type: fan
• Bridge: rosewood
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: mahogany/maple
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: medium tension nylon
• Truss rod: non-adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium-lower

Condition notes: It has a bunch of finish weather-checking throughout and a hairline crack on top but it's otherwise clean save minor scratches and scuffs here and there. The stringing has been changed from "tieblock" style to "through-top" style like on some modern ukuleles -- the strings are passed through holes in the top and then into the inside, where they're pulled-up through the soundhole, knotted into ball-ends, and then snugged-up against the top when pulled-up to the tuner posts. This is to get better back angle on the (low) saddle. This guitar has been setup this way for years and has remained stable in service and sounding good, though an owner who is picky about this may want to have the neck reset as the tieblock method is not really useful on this guitar otherwise. Yesssss, we can do the reset if desired. I don't think it's necessary to enjoy it, though, as the action has remained stable the whole time.

It comes with: Sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: SCH