Goodman Guitars

[Goodman Guitars]

Hi,
My name is Brad Goodman of Goodman guitars. I have been building guitars for 50 years.
I build archtops, X braced flattops and ladder braced. flattops.

I do all the work myself, including the finishing in my shop in Brewster, New York – one hour north of New York City

Here are a few examples of my work:

[Goodman Guitars]

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[JSanta]

My first jazz guitar teacher has been playing on one of your 7 strings for as long as I can remember. It's been the one guitar he could never part with. Glad to see you here!

[Goodman Guitars]

My first jazz guitar teacher has been playing on one of your 7 strings for as long as I can remember. It's been the one guitar he could never part with. Glad to see you here!

Thanks, nice to be here!

[Goodman Guitars]

Still trying to figure out how to load images so they don't show in landscape mode?

[DMgolf66]

Still trying to figure out how to load images so they don't show in landscape mode?

It happens a lot. I have the same experience and I can't remember how I fix it, haha.
They look great sideways, rightways or diagonal!

[Goodman Guitars]

here is a gorgeous set of quilted maple but I’m going to build a 16” Archtop with

[John A.]

Still trying to figure out how to load images so they don't show in landscape mode?

It has to do with the way the forum (mis) interprets metadata stored with smartphone photos. The solution is to load the picture into editing software (the camera’s edit button should work, or if not acphoto application on a computer). You then make a minor edit, such as rotating it 90 degrees one way then back or cropping slightly, and save it under a new name. Uploading the new image this created should work.

Oh … and welcome, and very nice guitars.

[Goodman Guitars]

1290720[/URL]]It has to do with the way the forum (mis) interprets metadata stored with smartphone photos. The solution is to load the picture into editing software (the camera’s edit button should work, or if not acphoto application on a computer). You then make a minor edit, such as rotating it 90 degrees one way then back or cropping slightly, and save it under a new name. Uploading the new image this created should work.

Oh … and welcome, and very nice guitars.

John,
Thanks for the help and the kind words.

[deacon Mark]

Brad I played one of your guitars many years ago out east. I remember it as a fine guitar. I like your work the basically you seem to be working in the tradition I appreciate fairly standard looking guitars. I like that and frankly would have loved to play the D'angelico-like guitar you made and had up here for awhile. I would have loved to have played it and frankly was interested. I like a 18-inch guitar and look at them acoustically first but put a floater on for electric sound.

You have some very fine guitars to show off hopefully I will get a chance to play another one. Keep up the good work!

[DMgolf66]

Brad I played one of your guitars many years ago out east. I remember it as a fine guitar. I like your work the basically you seem to be working in the tradition I appreciate fairly standard looking guitars. I like that and frankly would have loved to play the D'angelico-like guitar you made and had up here for awhile. I would have loved to have played it and frankly was interested. I like a 18-inch guitar and look at them acoustically first but put a floater on for electric sound.

You have some very fine guitars to show off hopefully I will get a chance to play another one. Keep up the good work!

Yes, that 18 inch was a guitar I was watching, but just couldn't pull the trigger at that moment.
A beauty!

[deacon Mark]

Yes, that 18 inch was a guitar I was watching, but just couldn't pull the trigger at that moment.
A beauty!

If I could have played it ahead of time to completely assess the playability and sound, and it struck it, I would have bought it really.

[Goodman Guitars]

Thanks for the kind words. That Guitar certainly was a labor of love!
I made that super 400 style tailpiece from scratch in my shop, and then had it gold plated, it was a lot of work. Also the back of the head with the binding on it was also a lot of work. the 18s were always my favorite ones, but they’re the hardest to sell