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Specifications: |
Levin version of Goya S-18. |
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 X-bracing. |
Flame maple back & sides. |
4-ply bound top. |
Single-bound back. |
Mahogany bolt-on neck |
with adjustable truss rod. |
Metal Levin truss rod cover with a star and "1900". |
Single-bound ebony fingerboard with centered pearl dot inlay. |
Rosewood bridge. |
Nickel plated strip tuners with white plastic buttons. |
Natural finish. |
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Marketed by U.K. distributors as Super Goliath Model 1855. |
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Introduced: Circa 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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Earliest known example: 403295 (1960) |
405514 (1960) |
xxxxxx (1958-1965) - (changed tuners) |
411715 (1961) |
429419 (1962) |
433824 (1963) |
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Circa 1963: |
Replaced by LT 18. |
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446233 (1964) - (changed tuners) |
448576 (1965) |
Latest known example: 451584 (1965) |
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