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Goya G-17 / GG-17
Photo
1961 catalog
(This image is
more likely a photo
of a Circa 1953
El-Goya Model 100
with an added
Goya logo).

Photo

1964 catalog

Photo
1966 catalog

Photo
1968 catalog


Specifications:
Non-cutaway.
Grand Concert size:
Body width: 380 mm.
Body length: 480 mm.
Body depth: 98 mm.
Fingerboard width: 50 mm.
Scale length: 650 mm.
Spruce top with undetermined bracing.
Mahogany back & sides.
5-ply bound top.
Single-bound back.
Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard.
Rosewood bridge.
Nickel plated strip tuners with white plastic buttons.
Natural finish.

Introduced: Circa 1961
as a replacement for G-15.

Earliest known example: 101737 (Circa 1962)
117634 (Circa 1962)

Circa 1963:
Extended fingerboard.
Also available as Levin LG 17.

180230 (1964)
205626 (1964) - (label stamped LG-17 by mistake?)
234204 (Circa 1965)
3776115 (Circa 1968)
148 (Circa 1968-1969) - (double labels and serial number anomaly)
152 (Circa 1968-1969) - (double labels and serial number anomaly)

Circa 1969:
Fingerboard width: 52 mm.

4090086 (1969)

Circa 1970:
Pearloid tuner buttons.
Renamed GG-17.

4172014 (Circa 1970)
1745 (Circa 1971)
51220 (Circa 1972)
Latest known example: 54985 (Circa 1972)