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Goya Model 163 / GG-163
Photo
1971 catalog


Specifications:
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.
Unound headstock with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with bass side pearloid dot inlay.
Rosewood bridge with individual height adjustable plastic saddles.
Nickel plated individual Van Gent tuners with metal buttons.
Sunburst finish.

Introduced: Circa 1969
as a replacement for N-26.

Circa 1969:
No headstock inlay.

Earliest known example: 379084 (Circa 1969)
4126087 (1969)

Circa 1970:
Renamed GG-163.
Also available as Levin Model 163.

1054 (Circa 1971)
1113 (Circa 1971)
1457 (Circa 1971)
53921 (Circa 1972)

Circa 1972:
Bass side fingerboard pearloid block inlay.

54157 (Circa 1972)
54488 (Circa 1972)
55305 (Circa 1972) - (black top!)
Latest known example: 55487 (Circa 1972)