Cordoba Fusion Orchestra SP/IN Classical Acoustic Guitar

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Get your hands on the first full body guitar in the Fusion Orchestra Series. It features Indian Rosewood back and sides and a hand-inlaid rosette.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Crossover-style nylon-string hybrid Thinner neck, narrow fretboard; steel-string feel
European spruce top Clear, even and balanced with great projection
Indian rosewood back and sides Articulate mids, big lows and smooth highs
Ebony fretboard Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood

The SP/IN Orchestra belongs to Cordoba's Fusion series, a line of high quality crossover or hybrid style nylon string guitars designed to play and feel like steel string acoustics. The Orchestra is the first full body model in the Fusion series, and the only acoustic model. Although the Orchestra is full-bodied, its shape is slightly altered from that of a traditional nylon string guitar, accented by a light mahogany binding.

Like the other Fusion models, the Orchestra's neck is carved thinner than traditional Spanish-style "classical" guitars, and has a nut width of 48mm or 1 7/8". These slimmer dimensions combined with a radiused fingerboard give the Fusion series guitars the feel and playability that most steel string and electric guitar players are used to. Tonally the Fusion series models have all the warmth, body, and resonance that traditional "classical" nylon string guitars are known for, and are built using traditional Spanish guitar methods like domed soundboards and fan bracing patterns in the design.

The Orchestra is built with the classic combination of a solid European spruce or Canadian cedar top and Indian rosewood back and sides. The neck has 12 frets to the body and an ebony fingerboard. The bridge and headstock overlay are made of rosewood, and the rosette is hand inlaid using maple and rosewood rings. With mahogany binding and a high gloss PU finish, the Orchestra is the perfect blend of traditional materials with modern aesthetic touches. A deluxe Cordoba read more gig bag is included as well.

Cordoba's Fusion series was first to effectively merge the feel of a steel string with the tone of a "classical" guitar, and with a variety of wood options and finishes is the most comprehensive line of crossover style nylon string hybrids on the market.

Features:

- Solid European spruce top
- Indian Rosewood back and sides
- 48mm ( 1 7/8") nut width and thinner neck profile
- 16" radiused ebony fingerboard for comfortable feel
- Includes Cordoba gig bag
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- Top: Solid European spruce
- Bridge: Indian rosewood
- Purfling/Inlay: 3 ply maple and ebony top, back, and side purfling
- Rosette: All natural wood inlaid rings
- Finish: High gloss PU
- Neck: Mahogany
- Tuning Machines: Cordoba Silver Tuning Machines
- Strings: Savarez Corum Alliance in High Tension, 500AJ

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 877-304-0909
Web: https://www.cordobaguitars.com/contact-us/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 0.5 out of 5 stars. (1 ratings)
Submitted April 1, 2012 by Navid Eliot in Yakima, WA

"If you are willing to work on it..."

Overall: 0.5 out of 5 stars
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For $600 I didn't expect the greatest classical guitar, but I expected it would probably be playable right out of the box. It's wasn't. 1) The nut was seated WAY too low, and the high e string was unplayable at fret 1 and two, so I had to remove the nut and put a shim underneath. 2) The fret edges were nearly completely unfinished, I had to file them down, because they were SHARP ENOUGH TO CUT YOURSELF ON. Ridiculous. 3) After owning it for on week, I had to reattach the endpin jack because it had come completely loose, without me ever having put a strap on it. 4) I played a gig with it last night, and today I am going to have to take apart the bridge because the pickup is poorly installed and as a result the d and g string are WAY louder than the rest. The amount of work I am investing to make this thing playable is ridiculous. I have owned Codoba guitars in the past, and am very dissappointed in the quality of this particular instrument. It's hard for me to believe it even came out of the same company that made some of the guitars I most loved.

Musical Background:

Playing 17 years, making a living at it for 10.

Musical Style:

Rock, folk, classical.
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