Goodall guitars

James Goodall Guitars

James Goodall is now back in California after spending many years building his spectacular guitars in Hawaii. In his youth he counted Kim and Larry Breedlove, Geoff Stelling and Greg Deering among his friends, they all went in different directions to make excellent musical instruments. In 1972 James made his first guitar and has not looked back since. With only ten people working in the workshop he has a hand in the making of every instrument. He says "I want every Guitar to come out as if I had made it myself. I want it to be perfect."

Of course Hawaii is the only place that Koa grows so James has access to small quantities of AAA and AAAA woods. You can choose which grade of woods are used and be sure that James' unrivalled attention to detail will lead to a masterpiece both cosmetically and in tone. All woods whether they are Koa, Maple, Rosewood, Walnut or top woods are hand selected by James. All bindings are natural materials. Great attention is given to voicing each individual instrument. James doesn't believe that scalloped bracing is the way to go, instead he uses a light bridge and graduates the top, and this results in clarity of tone throughout the tonal range that has to be heard to be believed. These are some of finest guitars available today.

Goodall RJ 12 string with Highlander pickup USED

A dream 12 from James. It has a few light buckle marks on the back and some very light top dings, otherwise excellent condition.

• AAAA sitka spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• Highlander active pickup
• 14 frets to the body
• 25.5” scale
• 2” nut width
• 2 3/8”string spacing at saddle
• 17” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• No cutaway
• Koa bindings
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Slotted diamond abalone position markers (with side dots)
• Abalone rosette
• Koa back strip
• Abalone logo
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Gotoh super 510 tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• Clear pickguard
• Cedar Creek case

£ 2,995.00
Goodall Traditional Dreadnought Rosewood/Bearclaw Sitka USED

Beautiful dreadnought from James with all the power you would expect for a great dread plus that Goodall magic. In excellent condition except for one top ding.

· Bearclaw sitka spruce top
· Indian rosewood back and sides
· 25.5" scale
· 1 3/4 " nut width
· 14 frets to the body
· 2 1/4 " string spacing at saddle
· 15 7/8" lower bout
· Ebony headstock veneer
· Maple bindings
· Marquetry back strip
· Herringbone rosette
· Bone nut and saddle
· Ebony fretboard
· Ebony bridge
· Abalone inlaid logo
· Mother of pearl slotted squares position markers
· Waverly tuners
· Boxwood bridge pins
· Tortoise pickguard
· AVS case

£ 2,995.00
Goodall Concert Jumbo sitka/rosewood SOLD

Reduced by £100 (was £3795 ) due to a mark on the top below the bridge near the edge, caused by an idiot who dropped something on it... !!!****!!! I have tried to photograph it without success, its about 12mm long, then a shorter and shallower one below.

Classic Goodall tone, amazing complexity and depth with great separation and projection. A bit bigger than the Grand concert this is a very versatile guitar, it responds fantastically to flat-pick, fingerstyle or any other style.

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• Sitka spruce top
• Indian rosewood back and sides
• 25 1/2" scale
• 1 3/4"" nut width
• 2 1/4 " string spacing at saddle
• 15 3/4" lower bout
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Flamed Koa body and headstock bindings
• Flamed Koa back strip
• Abalone rosette and logo
• Bone nut and saddle
• Gotoh super 510 tuners with ebony buttons
• Clear pickguard
• TKL case

Out of stock
Goodall Grand Concert (OM) Sitka/Rosewood
SOLD. Next one due 2011. £3595.

James' Grand Concert (OM) has superbly even tonal balance over the whole register. It is rich and complex with the warmth and darkness of well-worked rosewood, with great clarity and projection.
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- Sitka sprucetop
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- 25 1/2 " scale
- 1 3/4 " nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15" lower bout
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Koa bindings
- Koa back strip
- Abalone rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- Abalone position markers
- Gotoh super 510 tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- Ebony bridge pins
- Clear pickguard
- TKL case
Out of stock
Goodall Standard Sitka/Rosewood
SOLD. Next one due 2011. £3595.

James's standard is a variation on the Dreadnought with a slightly more rounded body shape. A more versatile guitar could not be imagined, its got enough bass to satisfy the hardest driving flat-picker but with well defined middles and trebles, fantastic clarity, separation and balance and enough volume to be heard in any situation but play it gently and the response is there. Its a beauty too, take a look at those curly Koa bindings.
- Sitka spruce top
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- 25 1/2 " scale
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 16" lower bout
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Koa bindings
- Koa back strip
- Abalone rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- Abalone slotted diamond position markers
- Gotoh super 510 tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- Ebony bridge pins
- Clear pickguard
- TKL case
Out of stock
Goodall Traditional OOO Sitka/Rosewood
SOLD. Next one due 2011. £3795.

Imagine James Goodall's superb response combined with a classic OOO 12 fret tone, and you have a fairly accurate idea of what to expect from this instrument nice punchy bass tones and clear, bright trebles. Dark rosewood back and sides with beautiful bearclaw figure on the sitka top, flamed maple bindings, herringbone top purfling, marquetry back strip, outstanding!

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- Bearclaw sitka spruce top
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- 25 " scale
- 1 3/4 " nut width
- 12 frets to the body
- 2 1/4 " string spacing at saddle
- 15 3/16" lower bout
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Flamed maple bindings
- Flamed maple back strip
- Abalone rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- Mother of pear slotted squares position markers
- Gotoh super 510 tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- Ebony bridge pins
- Tortoise pickguard
- TKL case
Out of stock
Goodall Traditional Dreadnought Rosewood/Bearclaw Sitka SOLD

SOLD. Next one due Feb 2012.

Beautiful dreadnought from James with all the power you would expect for a great dread plus that Goodall magic.

· Bearclaw sitka spruce top
· Indian rosewood back and sides
· 25.5" scale
· 1 3/4 " nut width
· 14 frets to the body
· 2 1/4 " string spacing at saddle
· 15 7/8" lower bout
· Ebony headstock veneer
· Maple bindings
· Marquetry back strip
· Herringbone rosette
· Bone nut and saddle
· Ebony fretboard
· Ebony bridge
· Abalone inlaid logo
· Mother of pearl slotted squares position markers
· Waverly tuners
· Boxwood bridge pins
· Tortoise pickguard
· AVS case

Out of stock
Goodall 14 fret parlour sitka/rosewood SOLD

Sold. Next one due Feb 2012.

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· AAA sitka spruce top
· Indian rosewood back and sides
· 25" scale
· 1 3/4 " nut width
· 14 frets to the body
· 2 1/4 " string spacing at saddle
· 14" lower bout
· Ebony headstock veneer
· Flamed maple bindings
· Flamed maple back strip
· Abalone rosette
· Bone nut and saddle
· Ebony fretboard
· Ebony bridge
· Abalone inlaid logo
· Mother of pearl slotted squares position markers
· Waverly tuners
· Ebony tuner buttons
· Ebony bridge pins
· Tortoise pickguard
· TKL case

Out of stock
Goodall Traditional OM Rosewood/Bearclaw Sitka SOLD
This beautiful OM from James Goodall has the most spectacular bearclaw spruce top I have ever seen! James has exceeded his usual standards with this one. It has a depth of tone that shouldn't come out of a relatively small body, rich and sweet but well balanced with good definition and plenty of volume.

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- Bearclaw sitka spruce top
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- 25 1/2 " scale
- 1 3/4 " nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15" lower bout
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Flamed maple bindings
- Flamed maple back strip
- Abalone rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- Mother of pear slotted squares position markers
- Gotoh super 510 tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- Ebony bridge pins
- Tortoise pickguard
- TKL case
Out of stock