GOYA GE150 ES-335 1975

Description: This is a 1975 GOYA GE-150 hollow-body electric guitar, it’s abeautiful hand-crafted ES-335 style instrument with a cherry finish. Thislooks beautiful in person, check out the beautiful figuring in the wood, itlooks gorgeous in person. It comes inside a very nice original hardcase. This guitar is in Mint minus condition, there is a small chip onthe back edge near the end pin, otherwise it’s perfect, see pictures. Itis very well made and has an ES-335 body. The top and back of the bodyare bound. The fingerboard is rosewood and is inlaid with dots, it’s avery beautiful guitar in both looks and sound. The action and playabilityare excellent, the frets look new as does the entire guitar. Nice qualityfactory sealed tuning machines. Low action, straight neck with excellent likenew frets. It’s serial number 004005, the fifth one made, they didn’tmake many of these. This is a great example with fine quality wood, they didimpressive work. I believe this example was built in Nagoya by the greatTerada, that is pretty much the Custom shop builders in Japan, they areresponsible for the GB10 George Benson Ibanez line, they made the high-endIbanez Artists, the Gretch reissues, some other fine models as wellas their own Tereda guitars. This guitar has excellent playability and has a beautiful tonewith great sounding humbucking pickups with superb sound quality in a widerange. This guitar is in Mint minus condition! It’s gorgeous inperson, it has been in the original HSC since new. The case is inexcellent condition. This is a very high-end Goya electric hollow bodythey made during this era that rivals a Gibson. The quality of these Japan sourced instruments is renowned makingthese earlier instruments considerably more collectable. Vintage GoyaGuitar by CF Martin & company. This example was built in the mid-70s inJapan when Martin had Goya built their import line of the day, this pre-datesSigma. This was built during the time frame when the Japanese builders had someof the best quality woods available to them and were setting out to show theworld what they could really do. The quality of these Japan sourcedinstruments is renowned making these earlier instruments considerably morecollectable, they were only made for a couple of years after Levin was boughtby Martin and production moved from Sweden. This was built during thetime frame when the Japanese builders had some of the best quality woodsavailable to them and were setting out to show the world what they could reallydo. The quality of this guitar in material and craftmanship rivals Gibson. Shipping is $125.00 in the US insured via either UPS ground orFedEx ground, Shipping with signature required. The strings will beloosened a little and the guitar will be well packaged inside the case as wellas the outside, shipped in a guitar shipping box. I’m hoping it goes to someone that will play it. I’m mainlya collector and I’m listing some of my collection. If you need more pictures, please let me know, or if you have anyspecific questions, I'll answer them the best I can. Brand Goya Model ES-335TD Finish Cherry Categories Semi-Hollow Year 1975 Made In Japan Fretboard Material Rosewood Body Material Maple Neck Construction Set-Neck Body Shape Double Cutaway Right / Left Handed Right Handed Body Type Semi-Hollow Body Number of Strings 6-String Neck Material Mahogany Wood Top Style Figured Color Family Red Model Family Gibson ES-335 Finish Style Gloss Bridge/Tailpiece Type Stop-Bar Pickup Configuration HH Scale Length 24.75" Top Material Maple Number of Frets 22

Price: 1500 USD

Location: Ogden, Utah

End Time: 2024-10-14T23:09:52.000Z

Shipping Cost: 125 USD