1960 goya classical guitar plus#

It is very will fitted and looks really cool nonetheless, and really catches the light on stage! The mirrored insert in this one is probably not original, most have a sort of textured gold weave plastic inset as standard. This is an entirely self-contained modular unit, mounted on springs in the body cavity and adjustable for height and angle.

1960 goya classical guitar plus#

This one has the P-24 unit with two single-coil pickups and four pushbutton selectors, plus two rotary wheels. These guitars were available with several different interchangeable drop-in pickup units, another clever Hagstrom innovation. The Tremar tailpiece on this guitar is the correct piece and period but was added to the guitar, possibly by the distributor as the screws for a stop tailpiece are still mounted in the top. This instrument marks the first appearance of the Hagstrom Adjust-O-Matic bridge and Tremar vibrato, both of which found their way onto a number of other 1960's guitars. The bolt-on neck is also sheathed in black plastic, topped with a spectacular looking Lucite-over-pearloid fingerboard and headstock.

The top is veneered with figured Sappeli mahogany, the same wood Guild used on the 1960's cherry Starfires. The mostly hollow wooden body has black plastic sheathing on the back with white plastic edging around the front. This certainly gave them a distinctive look and feel, and Hagstrom built a number of original ideas into these flashy offerings. As with other European makers better versed in accordions, Hagstrom guitars made liberal use of plastic and pushbuttons shared with the squeezeboxes. Hagstrom had already developed this nifty design, inspired by Gibson's Les Paul but with quite a bit of hollow space in the small body, more like the Gretsch Jet series. When they decided to expand into electrics, the also Swedish Hagstrom Company seemed an obvious choice. Goya Guitars was a brand name owned the Hershman Musical Instrument Company of New York, who distributed mostly inexpensive acoustic guitars sourced from Levin Company in Sweden. What has a Spanish name, was sold in New York but made in Sweden, built of wood covered in plastic but faced with more wood? The answer is this Goya Model 90, one of the earliest and coolest of the imported guitars that flooded into the US during the 1960's guitar boom.

Goya Model 90 Model Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar, made by Hagstrom (1960), made in Sweden, natural mahogany top, black plastic back and sides finish, hardwood body and neck, plastic sheathing and fingerboard, mahogany veneer face, black chipboard case.