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Originally Posted by JohninCt.
I used to have an old 1960 Goya back in the Folk era 60's. It was a F19 model which one of the guys in Peter Paul and Mary played. It was made so you could use either steel strings or nylons. Had wonderful sound. I had it in the Army in 64-67 and it used to put guys to sleep when I played it. It got stolen when they broke into my car in Houston,Texas in 1969 along with a Teardrop Vox electric guitar. That really hurt. I now have a 1969 Martin D-28. and a Martinez nylon string, a 1988 Gibson Les Paul Studio, a Gibson Avenger from 1982 I think, a Gibson ES 225, and a Ovation Balladeer from some time back in the 70's, and a privately made Telecaster using Fender pickups and gold trim with some nice body parts that I am not sure who made them, I bought it cheap from a guy who used to own a music store and built it for himself, plays nice and sounds nice. Most just sit in cases and I hardly ever play anything any more, the only 2 which are strung is the nylon Martinez and the Telecaster copy. Just have basicly lost interest. Never was that much of a player any way. I remember when Gordon and Terry got those expensive guitars, as I had asked Terry about them when I seen it up close. They looked pretty much like a Martin if I remember them right. They did sound excellent though.
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Nice collection of vintage guitars! Sorry about your Goya and Vox
. Sounds like you put the Goya to good use the several years you had it. I know I would have been crushed if any of my guitars had been stolen.
I would like to have an older Goya someday -the serial# on mine is high and I'd guess it's among the last that were made. I know they were common and inexpensive but I feel there's something magical about a Goya. Liona Boyd's 1st guitar was a Goya...and Stevie Nicks was too. Stevie wrote a song the 1st day she got hers. I had mine for a couple of months before I spent any time on it and I guess that 1st day -is when I wrote a song. I hadn't written anything in years!
Martinez..I remember those! Haven't seen or heard of one in years. Sorry to know you've lost interest in playing though. I'm not much of a player either and hadn't spent much time playing at all during the past decade (even went 4-5 years without a guitar) until last winter. I'm playing differently now and I've gotten a little better. Before, I felt like I had plateaued -didn't think my playing could progress.
I hope you can pick up playing again! I've been unemployed nearly 1/2 the time during the past few years so I've had the benefit of having some free time to pick up playing again.