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It is a pleasure and privilege to own the Cordoba C-10 cedar classical guitar because it has the most beautiful balance across the strings. Clearly, this depends on your playing style, and the strings you choose to use. On this instrument i use "rectified-lightly polished bass" strings. While they may not last as long as unpolished strings, the sound they produce is well worth the extra expense and restringing. I can best describe the sounds from this guitar/string combination as lyrical, poetic, and warmly human. No string requires compensation while playing, not even the intrusive G, as this is not clear nylon, but has a mixture of another compound to help "tame" this unruly member.The frets are nearly perfect, with only one area near the sound hole on the low E and A, that is rarely played by anybody, though I will have it remedied eventually. The neck is straight, fingerboard true ebony, and the saddle was perfect out of the box at 2.5 mm and 3. mm clearance at the 12th fret on the 1st and 6th strings. At this low string height, I do have to be sure that strings are constantly tuned up to avoid any buzzing, but that is a small price to pay for such fine and easy play ability.It is so gratifying to find a product that meets its billing, and the stated philosophy of Cordoba's CEO to "bring fine guitars within everybody's reach." That is absolutely true of this guitar, as the first entry into a true classical guitar it proves to be worthy of far more than its cost.Kudos must be extended to zZounds as well for their "pay and play" plan which makes such a great instrument available to mere mortals. Now that I've played this guitar, the cost has become irrelevant.Finally, the most ineffable feature of this guitar only becomes apparent when you play, especially during soft passages, as you pay attention to the celestial aroma of cedar wafting through your consciousness. I do like the sound of spruce-top guitars, but find that most are stuck in "bright to brighter" tones, and they cannot come down to a warm fireplace beside a beautiful guitar played for a beloved wife. Thank you Cordoba

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Received Cordoba C10 yesterday. Beautiful guitar with great warm tone. The neck action is great. The sold woods sing out to be played more and more. Can’t put this guitar down. Thanks Zounds for the great service, and Thanks Cordoba for the fine craftsmanship.

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after hitting lot with a couple of bad GK Studios late last year, which both zZounds and Cordoba bent over backwards to correct, when i finally got my hands on the guitar i remember thinking, "man i wonder what this would sound like in solid wood?" well, the GK Studio has been amazing. it has opened up so much over just the past 8 months and i finally nailed the sound i wanted when i tried the Cordoba high tension strings. i am completely satisfied with its sound and action. with the new polyfoam case that came with my c10 i feel like i have my "electric" guitar nailed. however, i never got to scratch that "solid wood" itch, until now... so to reward myself on the occasion of my 58th birthday i crossed my fingers, threw some salt over my shoulder and ordered my "dream guitar" site unseen again, your requisite cedar topped, rosewood back and side, ebony fingerboard, mahogany neck, bone nut and saddle, gold hardware classical guitar and hoped for the best. and boy i wasn't disappointed! the Cordoba C10 is incredible, beyond even my strict expectations. the craftsmanship is impeccable. i honestly can't find a single flaw in the entire instrument. the wood on the soundboard is tightly grained and even. the finish is applied evenly throughout. the mahogany in the neck seems to be a higher grade than in my GK Studio. the ebony fingerboard is beautifully dark and straight. the gold hardware is smooth and accurate. granted the guitar is simply stated, but elegant as is the mother of pearl rosette. amazingly enough, the action is almost there for me, right out of the box. i will invest in a professional setup just to extract all the tone and action that i can from this beauty. the guitar sounds incredible! the estudios i practice everyday sounded like new pieces, every note clear and musical. the intonation is right on, up and down the neck. the bass and treble are wonderfully balanced and full. even the volume projects surprisingly well. and to top it off i got the "new" headstock design (or the old one, i don't know, but it's the one i really wanted). i knew that i'd landed myself a winner! i honestly couldn't put it down yesterday after it arrived and i really needed/wanted to get it into the Humicase and let it settle in to the summer climate here and humidify. the only thing i will change about the guitar is the strings. i'm anxious to hear how it'll sound with the Cordoba high tensions. i'm not going to promise that anyone else will get as lucky as i got, but if i wanted a good classical i'd be eying that other Cordoba C10 and hope it's from the same lot.

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This is an exceptional and beautiful instrument. Sounds great, plays great, looks great. The wood smells nice too.

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Every fret had a sharp burr on both sides. Other than that the guitar is beautiful. Has a deep high gloss finish with a flat black fret board. Nice but unplayable out of the box.

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I have played guitar for 45 years. This is a very nice guitar. Note though that zZounds lists the nut width at 2" and is really 2.04 which for those of us with smaller hands is a big difference. They got the mm correct, but I am not so metric. The fit and finish on this guitar are first rate and it is as nice as some much more expensive guitars I have played. The tone on the cedar top is dark and quite Spanish sounding. Very nice for classical or Bossa playing. I suspect the sauce is brighter as it usually is but I haven't gotten to try one. I like it very much but the neck width may be a deal breaker for me. But I sure like the tone. I give the 1 star in manufacturer support as I wrote to them via the website and got no response.

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I have played guitar for 45 years. This is a very nice guitar. Note though that zZounds lists the nut width at 2" and is really 2.04 which for those of us with smaller hands is a big difference. They got the mm correct, but I am not so metric. The fit and finish on this guitar are first rate and it is as nice as some much more expensive guitars I have played. The tone on the cedar top is dark and quite Spanish sounding. Very nice for classical or Bossa playing. I suspect the sauce is brighter as it usually is but I haven't gotten to try one. I like it very much but the neck width may be a deal breaker for me. But I sure like the tone. I give the 1 star in manufacturer support as I wrote to them via the website and got no response.

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