Ever heard of this guitar

Subject: RE: Ever heard of this guitar
From: PHJim
Date: 19 Aug 15 - 09:13 PM

The Julie Andrews Maria guitar was a folk model. It had a slotted peg head, wide fingerboard with no position markers but it had a pin bridge. It had nylon strings in the movie, but was supposed to be able to take "compound" or "folk" strings, now called silk & steel.
They were supposed to remove the "Goya" stencil from the headstock, but neglected to do so, so Maria was playing a guitar made for the North American market.

Subject: RE: Ever heard of this guitar
From: PHJim
Date: 19 Aug 15 - 11:25 PM

This is my
1958 Goya M-26. At the time I took the photo,I was teaching one of my son's Dobro students while he was on tour and, since I had no Dobro, I put an extended nut on the Goya. It stayed that way for about three weeks.
It has a flame maple back and sides and a Brazilian rosewood board and bridge. It is one of the few guitars I've seen with a lacquered bridge.

Subject: RE: Ever heard of this guitar
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Apr 16 - 05:49 PM

Please could someone tell me about the Levin W36CE. I can not seem to find anything on the internet at all which is very puzzling? Not even one review! Where are they being made now? Is it worth purchasing for a beginner.If not, please could someone tell me an alternative make they would recommend on the lower end price scale but not cheap. Thank you.