Vintage 1988 Goodall PSC-332 Natural Acoustic Electric Guitar With Case

James Goodall began building guitars in 1972 with no prior experience, teaching himself the art of lutherie while working alongside Bob Taylor.  He quickly earned a reputation as one of the finest small-shop builders in North America  In the early 80's, he had workshops in Mendocino and Fort Bragg, building an average of only 40 guitars a year.   In the 90's, the Goodall family moved to Hawaii, before returning to California in 2009.  James and his son Luke continue the legacy in Fort Bragg, building some of the best acoustics out there.

Goodall instruments are celebrated for their rich sustain, responsiveness, and heirloom-quality construction. Each guitar was meticulously voiced and finished, blending traditional techniques with modern precision, resulting in tonal excellence.  This PSC-332 was built in the original Fort Bragg era.  It has a great set of tonewoods: a AAA Sitka Spruce top, Padauk back and sides, Mahogany neck, Ebony fretboard, and East Indian Rosewood body binding, veneer and backstrip.  It also features hand-inlaid bird and small diamond abalone inlays.  The craftsmanship is incredible. 

In terms of tone, you can expect exceptional clarity, warmth, and dynamic range.  The guitar is ideal for fingerstyle and expressive playing.  We found this particular dreadnaught model to sound open and lively.  It's aged well over the years - our thinking is that it sounds even better today than it did when first built.

We reached out and corresponded with Jean Goodall; she confirmed the specs, providing us additional info, and verified that James Goodall built it himself.

The guitar has been completely refreshed by the Taylor Guitars repair luthiers along with necessary top repairs along with a neck reset, finish touch ups, and fret work.  If you're going to have an acoustic like this worked on like that, there are not many better places to have it done than at Taylor.  The finish has worn away in several places, adding a nice honest player wear vintage touch (on the bass side lower bout top, the bass side upper bout side, and treble side at the waist).  The neck has a nice broken-in feel, with the finish worn away on the treble side of the neck at the 2nd and 10th fret.   The cracks were all repaired at Taylor as well.  There is light pitting on original tuners, light pick wear around the soundhole and clear pickguard, some other light dings and dents on the body and binding - all completely normal for a guitar of this age that actually got put to use as it should have been.