Cordoba Luthier C9-CED Classical Nylon Guitar

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So as against ‘toy versions’ like the 1/2 guitar or 3/4 guitar, the Parlor-size variant is a serious guitar from any manufacturer because the 630 mm size is taken seriously by luthiers and players alike. (Even top luthiers like Marcus Dominelli offer 630 mm guitars in their range.) The C9 guitars are also concert-ready guitars although with the lowest level of sophistication in the Luthier series.

As mentioned, there is a perfect fusion of both old and new in the Cordoba C9 CD/MH guitar. Thrown into the mix are extra touches of class, including a pearloid/ebony rosette and wooden purfling around the body. The C9 comes fitted with Savarez Cristal Corum strings 500J, a crisp sounding set of great strings.For most people, the C9 performed way better than its price tag. Many users who used this guitar confessed to feeling reluctant initially to spending that much on a guitar. However, when they got to play. They felt they got more than their money’s worth. Of course, mahogany is not without its benefits. First off, when sourced properly, mahogany is a really beautiful wood especially when stained. When paired with either a cedar top or a spruce top, it comes out brilliant. So, that’s score one for mahogany. And there’s the key point: the price. This price is a steal for a guitar of quality. That we’re even considering talking about it in concert terms is a huge compliment, I should think. We are, I think. For all its excellent qualities, the C9 – for no fault of its own – simply does not have the aura along with the commanding price tag of a concert worthy instrument.

Finally, there’s the C10 acoustic-electric guitar that is currently unavailable but is still worthy of mention. So, will the C9 give you good company as you burn the midnight oil bent over the instrument, figuring out Barrios and Villa-Lobos? Yes. Will you enjoy its sound and playability through the years to come? Yes. Cordoba is going all out in the detailing of the C9 to tell you to take it seriously as a worthy, superior instrument. And many agree that it is so. At the affordable price it is at, it’s easy to forget that it’s actually a highly recommended, well attested guitar. Accomplished guitarists save their ultimate drool for names like Kenny Hill, Marcus Dominelli and a few dozen more names from across the pond. Even the over achieving elder brother, the C10, has an edge when it comes to sound quality. For instance, say you want to play for something intimate, for a lover probably, cedar top guitars work. Because the guitar comes out sounding full, it doesn’t punch all the individual notes of a chord, so it sounds more seamless and free-flowing ish.Better than average tone for a mid-range factory guitar. I’d be curious if the C10 Parlor with Indian Rosewood is better though. The beautiful thing about the Cordoba C10 is that it comes with a whole array of options. Cordoba created this series such that you can almost definitely say that there’s something for everyone in the series. So, a whole range of guitarists would find a guitar for themselves in this series. While you wait for your turn to reach that super expensive concert guitar, the C9 will fill in the intervening years for many an intermediate player. Given half a chance and given its popularity, any rising guitarist won’t be able to strike it off their final shortlist easily. A deeper look at the Cordoba C9 Registered office: V12 Retail Finance Limited, Yorke House, Arleston Way, Solihull, B90 4LH. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

A reduction of 20 mm may not seem like much but it provides players with a shorter frame good reach and playability across frets without losing the full bodied sound in any appreciable way. In fact, even though many experts prefer spruce top guitars, they still have a cedar top guitar for the variety. Of course, there are places where the cedar top guitar thrives that the spruce top guitar doesn’t and vice versa.Generally speaking, classical guitars are easier to learn than acoustic guitars. However, the gap in the difficulty of learning between these two guitar types isn’t much. With a little more experienced, you’ll come to realize that both types of guitars are not hard to play. As a result, we feel that this should not be a determining factor when deciding which guitar to learn. Rather, what you want out of the guitar should be. The polyfoam case is not just a gig bag. It’s much sturdier and much plusher on the inside than the average gig bag. So, in simple terms, it’s in a better position to take care of your guitar than an ordinary gig bag. The Cordoba C7 guitars are part of the line of Luthier Series from Cordoba guitars. Although Cordoba Music Group has a factory at their headquarters in Oxnard, California, virtually all of the Luthier series guitars are manufactured in China. Cordoba Iberia – offer the beginner to intermediate player a wide range of affordable half size and full size hand built Chinese made instruments with solid tops. There are a number of reasons why your guitar strings might be too hard to press down. If your action height is too high, this will most definitely make your strings feel harder to press as you’ll have to use more force.