Goodall RCJC Guitar with Custom Slim Carved Neck

 

Years ago, I owned a "non-cutaway" version of this guitar called the Goodall RCJ.  It's a Concert Jumbo guitar.  I sold it not because I did not like the tone of Goodall guitars... I couldn't adjust to the chunky neck that it had!  It made it difficult for me to play compared to the slimmer Taylor guitar necks I'm so used to.  So I sold it to buy an R Taylor guitar instead.

I recently traded my maple R Taylor guitar for this 2007 Goodall RCJC guitar.  It's great!  While the R Taylor has better bass response, the Goodall has the kind of clarity and overtones I like.  It's a great sounding guitar.  Similar in sound to the R Taylor, but different as well due to the overtones.  Plus, this guitar has a custom slim carved neck!  That makes the guitar play as easily as a Taylor, but it has the distinctive Goodall tone.

According to Goodall, this hand-built guitar was completed on November 1, 2007 in Hawaii.  In 2009, James Goodall moved his company back to California and that's where current Goodall guitars are manufactured.  Back in Hawaii, he had perhaps 15 employees making guitars.  Today, there is a waiting list of over 2 years if you want a Goodall guitar because only James and his son Luke are making the guitars.

These are not inexpensive guitars by any means, but compared to other hand built guitars, they are very reasonable.

I'm enjoying the guitar and brought it into the studio to take a few photos so everyone else can see it as well.

Per the specifications posted by the seller of the guitar:

Dimensions:
Wide bout: 15 7/8 inches
Upper bout: 11 5/8 inches
Waist: 9 15/16 inches
Depth: 4 3/8 inches
Length of box: 20 inches
Overall guitar length: 40 13/16 inches
Scale length: 25 1/2 inches
Nut width 1.75"
Saddle string spacing-2.25"
Solid East Indian Rosewood sides and two-piece back
Solid AAA Grade Sitka spruce top with abalone rosette
Curly Koa binding on body and peghead, with Ebony binding on fingerboard
Gloss finish, except for a satin finish on the Mahogany one-piece neck
Ebony fretboard with abalone diamond-shaped inlays
Ebony bridge
Ebony bridge pins with abalone dots
Ebony peghead veneer with inlaid abalone “G”
Chrome Gotoh 510 tuners with Ebony buttons
Bone nut and saddle