CordobaMini II EB-CE, Spruce Ebony, Small Body, Acoustic-Electric Cutaway Guitar

I really did not anticipate for this guitar to become my favorite. Over its big brother, Cordoba C12 SP, over the Breedlove, over the Alverez, etc.Wow, had this been my first guitar I'd probably have just chilled with it for a while. It's so easy to quickly grab and practice some chords, scales, etc. Has a nice tune to it for the price tag. Comes with electronics that sound great in my Acoustasonic 40, which is way more than any living quarters would need.Looks great. The frets are a little sharp which is pretty common on cheaper guitars. You can file them down pretty easily. They sell tools specifically for that. I haven't yet. Guess I get too zoned out to even think about it when playing or I've adjusted my hand without conscious of it. Don't even really notice it anymore.It's a great traveler, couch Potatoe, propped up in bed, on lunch break in the car, kind of guitar. Especially if you're just learning, has a full-size fret board. Fun little guitar to learn the essentials on. Strum or finger pick, handles it all.I probably grab this guitar 97% of the time because it's so accessible, sounds great, fun to play and it looks pretty darn good for the price tag, plus she's ready to plug and play. Built in tuner works well.Really, really, really... Hard to fault it. It's not going to give you that hard metal sound because it's nylon for one. All the better reason to pick up a cheap electric and now you have two guitars. I don't know if it's the body size on top of the nylon strings or what, but blues sound good on it. Haven't had an issue changing the open string notes or frequency, half step, whole step, D minor, etc. 440Hz or 432Hz...It's all about perspective at the end of the day and for me, I freak'n love this little guitar.

When considering this guitar, its important to take two things into account. 1) this is a half size guitar, and 2) it is built to a specific price point. Those things considered, it is a very good value and good sounding LITTLE guitar. Its small and very light, so it's easy to take places. It's about half way between the size of a baritone uke and a full sized classical guitar. Since it is a short scale guitar and tuned to standard tuning, the strings carry less tension, and its just not as powerful (unplugged) as a full size guitar. You may also notice that the lower tension makes the strings feel softer, and may or may not like that. For a short scale guitar with a small body, I think the guitar sounds great and has good harmonics and a sensitive feel to it. I especially like it for finger style and classical. However, it is built to a price point, and the finish on mine had some flaws. Action is good, about 3.5 mm at 12th fret with plenty of saddle available to lower it if you wanted. Intonation is spot on. I would say they focused more on getting the sound and playability right, and compromised a little on the finish in order to be able to offer it at a lower price.

You get a lot for the price. It appears to be well made, has an onboard tuner that works well, adjustable neck and a cutaway. This would make a nice kids guitar for a child who perhaps had an interest in folk of classical music. Not good for hard rock or even heavy strumming. Best played finger style or with a pick in a light hand. Fun guitar to leave sitting on the couch for noodling around at night when making noise is a factor as it isn't a loud instrument by any means though it is surprisingly full sounding for its size. Tuners work fine, they are not the usual junk found on guitars in lower price ranges. I do sometimes feel the G, B and high E, strings sound a bit uke like but not terribly so. I will qualify that statement by saying I'm new to nylon strings and I am comparing it to my Little Martin and its steel strings and perhaps 20% more internal body volume so may not be fair. All my other guitars also have a crowned neck. This little guy has a dead flat neck. This not a big deal as I believe that's common on these type guitars. I mention it because I didn't think about this when I bought it and found that it does make for some adjustment especially on bar cords. For me this buy was about better learning finger style and wanting another smaller sized guitar to keep next to my EZ chair. Fun, Fun, Fun. Money well spent.

This arrived in perfect condition, and I literally pulled it out of the box and started to play. The action is perfect (at least for me) and the ease of playing is amazing. The nut bridge width is smaller than a regular classical guitar and yet there is plenty of room to play - does not seem crowded. I experience no buzzing or issues with the frets. - all aligned and perfect.I normally play my full size classical but find myself grabbing this my new "couch" guitar and practicing and playing nonstop. It stays in my hands all day long.The tuner is surprisingly accurate (I compared with my other tuner). I can't say enough great things about this guitar. Plugged in it sounds sweet too - feel free to put it through some effects or pedals to get the sound you want. Incredible versatile little guitar. Super happy. I don't write a lot of reviews but have to give a shout out to this amazing little guitar at such an amazing price!

It sounds ok when it works, but I have to tune it constantly. Most of my nylon sting guitars keep their tune after a couple weeks when the strings settle in, not sure if this is a just common issue with 3/4 size guitars. I also had to use a spare full size guitar tunning peg to replace the broken one this came with since my customer support email seemed to get ignored. So I'm not too impressed with this. The electric tuner also get's janky and doesn't always pick up the right note. But after I tune it, sounds good for 20 minutes until I need to tune it again.