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Specifications: |
Goya version of Levin LM 50. |
Non-cutaway. |
Goliath size: |
Body width: 400 mm. |
Body length: 505 mm. |
Body depth: 95/120 mm. |
Fingerboard width: 43 mm. |
Scale length: 630 mm. |
Spruce top with ladder bracing. |
Flame maple back & sides. |
5-ply wood bound top. |
Single wood bound back. |
Mahogany bolt-on neck |
with adjustable truss rod. |
Metal Levin truss rod cover with a star and "1900". |
Single-bound headstock with no inlay and decal logo. |
Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlay. |
Rosewood bridge with mother-of-pearl inlay. |
Nickel plated individual open back tuners with pearloid buttons. |
Natural finish. |
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It appears a batch of test examples were made in 1957: |
Earliest known example: 357670 (1957) |
357673 (1957) |
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Introduced: Circa 1958: |
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375177 (1958) |
375180 (1958) |
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Circa 1958: |
No star or "1900" on truss rod cover (star and "1900" used until Circa 1962). |
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Circa 1960: |
Van Gent tuners (Kolb tuners used until Circa 1963). |
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Circa ?: |
No inlay on bridge. |
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436667 (1963) |
Latest known example: 283218 (1966) - (leftover M-50 body with T-16 neck?) |
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