I'll take a photo of the Goya to post here -maybe even video a demo of me playing it..once I finish some 'must-complete before the end of the weekend', tasks at hand. It needs to be re-strung though and I've never strung this type of guitar before. I did manage the high E though, however I did it, seems to have worked. I think I still have the rest of the strings from that set.
Martin acquired the Goya from Levin in the mid-late 70's. I don't know when they actually started manufacturing them (in Korea) but they stopped in 1995. The # on my G 125 is: 9204000055 and I have yet to find the date of manufacture for that serial#. But I think it's from the tail end based on serial#'s I've come across on other Martin Goyas from the 90's.
I bought the guitar to re-sell...never intended to keep/play it. As I've noted (ok, complained
) in posts here -I have small hands, short fingers and struggle with wide necks. Anyway, it was sitting in my friend's antique store down at the shore ($160) and was taking a beating from people trying it out...which I can't tolerate seeing happen with any guitar so I took it home.
After about a month, I decided to try to play it one day and within minutes...I had 'written' an instrumental. I have no experience playing a classical guitar (though I've been meaning to sit down and learn some Rachmaninoff) and I really don't have anything to compare it to. It doesn't have the crisp yet still warm tone as would be favored by Liona Boyd -but I'm not about to compare a Goya to a Rubio.
I have decent callouses but switched from silk&steel to brasswound on the Ibanez and OUCH. I wanted to try the brass ot see if it would make a difference. Anyway, some discussions on this board awhile back helped me to locate the buzzing problem (B-string, I found the groove on the nut is too deep...and also, discovered poor-fitting pegs when I recently re-strung).
The silk & steel strings (I use Martin, only) have spoiled me. They are much smoother to run fingertips across/over and have a more crisp and obviously less-brassy sound than brasswound strings (even light gauge).
oh lol anyway...the Goya is what is is -best I can respond to what you have asked. It's cheap, but playable/passable?
What do you play when you pick up the Martinez? ok I best get back to my Turbo-taxing
