One of the most recorded nylon stringed guitars ever was this particular Tarrega (look familiar?, except for the headstock shape, it's essentially the same as that España I sold to you): Spanish guitars were fairly rare among the studio guys (Chet Atkins was one of a few who played them). Goya, the Bjärten made España and Tarrega (distributed by Fender), Martin, Guild, Baldwin, Harmony and Gibson could all be found. Studio players played what they wanted - everyone had a nylon string or two. One place where it didn't matter was the recording studio.
GOYA CLASSICAL GUITAR 1968 SERIES
The Levin made G-45 is so scarce that some think it a catalog item only (I have played two) while it is possible that only 10 or so of the USA made G-50 series (there were three models) were ever produced. Eventually, they introduced the Spanish style G-45, G-50 and the F-7 to get some of that market back but it was too little, too late. Goya catalogs still showed the drawings of white tie artists playing in the recital hall. This gave birth to the N series in 1968, an effort to win some of that market back. Martin and Goya finally understood that the concert hall was not where their guitars were being played anymore. The Guild Mark series was designed to compete directly with the Spanish and Gibson didn't concede the market till they stopped making nylon stringed guitars in 1972. None of them gave up on the idea that their nylon stringed guitars belonged in the concert hall. The 40s and 50s advertisements showed these guitars in the concert hall but Goya changed that by using active artist endorsements from singers who played the G-30 - this sold a lot of guitars, BTW and the other companies got on board. I am certain that the 000-28C was designed to compete with the G-30. Although many did play Spanish guitars, a lot of these singers played Martins and the larger Goyas. The post war folk boom saw a lot of singers being accompanied on nylon stringed guitars.
Before the '50s, classical guitarists did play other gut stringed guitars - the Spanish guitar was one of your choices.
GOYA CLASSICAL GUITAR 1968 TV
In what would appall marketing types now, America ate it up and many such performers became household names - first on radio, then TV.Īmong the early TV superstars were Carlos Montoya and Andres Segovia - and they played Spanish classical guitars. It was a deliberate effort to bring high brow culture to the masses. Symphony, opera, recitals, ballet and such artists on variety shows were a regular part of programming. There was a lot of effort to present serious content. What began in radio in the '20s continued on television in the post-war '40s '50s and early '60s. I believe that what happened was television. As Dick Boak put it, Martin thought that they were building classical guitars - as did Levin/Goya Gibson and Guild.
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