Cordoba C5 Acoustic Nylon String Classical Guitar with Gig Bag

The way in which this incredible guitar finally got to me was a little complicated. At first, amazon (via some random music distributor in gardena ca) shipped me what was a used cordoba c5. The strings, once tuned, didnt lose tuning at all..meaning they were previously used. The fretboard had junk built up next to the frets (from being played) and the neck itself was bent way out, making the action way too high. To top it all off, there was a noticeable scrape on the soundboard leaving exposed cedar to the air. The finishing was chipping off from that point which would mean that the issue would only get worse. To sum it up, I was very bummed out and decided that I would send it back and exchange it for another (which is why I bought it through amazon, I know exchanging stuff is really easy). I printed out the appropriate things and took the guitar and the box it came in to a ups store and they shipped it off free of charge (excluding the dollar for tape). Apparently, when I made the exchange request on the amazon site, they immediately shipped out the second guitar and refunded my money (which I found out through a phone call with the company) and I would then be charged for the guitar if I decided to keep the one that was sent to me (upon a phone call to confirm this to amazon). Four days after I shipped out the old used rubbish (I live in hawaii btw, shipping usually takes a while) a brand new beautiful work of art showed up in my po box. This one was wrapped in plastic-y foam wrap and also were the strings themselves. I can easily say that the second guitar I received is a brand new never used guitar and was set up perfectly ready for me to play. This is why I am still giving this 5-star guitar (in its price range of course) 5 stars, amazon was great with dealing with the situation appropriately and getting me what I needed much faster than expected. The next day, after shipping the guitar out, I noticed on the amazon site (the page for this guitar) it said that the "seller was under review", which to me was a sign that amazon is truly on their game, and I have noticed that they have changed their distributor for the guitar. Another reason why I am giving 5 stars for the guitar and for amazon.I am so happy with this guitar and I believe that for $300 it would be impossible to find a better sounding and better playing guitar. Not to mention the workmanship is on par with guitars costing twice what they ask for this. Compared to my friends alvarez costing him $1000, there isnt much of a difference. There is a slight one, his sounding a little more full bodied, but from the cost standpoint not much of a difference (to me at least). If you are on the fence about buying this guitar, just go for it. I can pretty much guarantee that you will be satisfied with this guitar. And if what you receieve is not a brand new and perfect=playing guitar, send it back for an exchange. Thats the beauty of using the system to your advantage, as long as you go through amazon atleast. Your essentially guaranteed a stellar product. You will eventually get what you paid for, which is a great sounding handmade classical that provides incredible tone and playability. A great guitar.

Bought this as a used guitar on Amazon at a really good price with a gig bag. Loved it and took it to my luthier to have it checked out. He liked it until he saw that the bridge was becoming unglued from the guitar. He told me that that was probably why I got it for such a good price. He suspected that it had been kept in a hot warehouse for a while and that caused the problem. I returned it and received my money back. Very disappointed. Like my luthier said, "If it is too good to be true, it probably is not true."

This is a nice guitar, received it with very high quality gig bag, sound is good, but a setup of a guitar horrible you can place 8 quarters next to the bridge and still you can see space between strings and quarters.And it impossible to adjust it with a truss. So to use this guitar you need to bring it to repair shop and spend some money to make this guitar playable.

I bought this to use in teaching myself to play the guitar, after reading reviews on a bunch of alternatives. It was made in China, but the quality looks good, inside and out, and it arrived well-packed and in good shape. I knew a classical might be a little tougher to play than the electric I also bought, and it is, but its a lot of fun to learn on and the sound is really excellent: I think this might be enough of an acoustic to keep me happy for quite a while. For the price I think this is a really good instrument: I went to the local Guitar Center and tried out a number of more expensive classical guitars that didn't feel or sound any better to me.

I bought this product and I was very happy with the sound. Recently and without warning, the complete bridge base suddenly tore itself from the face of the guitar bringing with it wood from this panel. I wrote to the seller (Cordoba Music Group) and they wrote me back: (quote) Unfortunately since you are outside of the USA, the same warranty doesn't apply as within the USA. Additionally, this guitar was purchased several months after the 3-year warranty period. I can recommend taking it to your local guitar tech to see how much they would charge you to have this repaired.I have had guitars for almost 40 years and have never had something like this happening to me. I maintain the instruments very carefully in a temperature controlled environment.It seems that if you are going to buy this product you can only expect a life span of 3 years. In my case, I was expecting something far longer than that. By reviewing this incident, I could see that the product was made in China, and the way that the bridge was glued to the body was with the application of only a few points of glue instead of covering the whole contact surface.I would be very reluctant to buy and recommend a guitar from this supplier. This is very poor after sales service.