The neck is designed to have little or no relief, offering low action for ease of comfort and quick playability. For flamenco players, this model is the quintessential flamenco guitar with its bright, snappy tone designed to cut through the sound of an accompanying dancer. However, any guitarist looking for a new tone to add to the repertoire will feel right at home with the GK Studio.
Like every Cordoba guitar, this model also has a two-way truss rod built into the neck. Other premium features include a rosewood fingerboard and bridge, high gloss finish, clear flamenco-style tap plate, and Savarez Cristal Corum strings.
About the brand [ All products from Cordoba ]. Cordoba guitar Cordoba for kids Cordoba bundle Cordoba bass. Some musicians also bought these accessories. Forgot your password? Not a customer yet? Amplified, the Studio is well balanced, though if anything the sixth string is a little softer than the others. Under-saddle pickups can be tricky buggers in this regard - another reason to plug in before you pay up. However, the onboard controls and the tuner all work effectively.
Of course, for playing more dynamic flamenco styles, check you have enough headroom in your signal path if you're going to hit hard. For the money, this is a very well-sorted guitar, intelligently conceived and very nicely made. Yes, as supplied, the fret tops were a little rough and needed, but that Spanish influence is very welcome both in feel and acoustic sound, although the light build could present problems in louder amplified settings. Still, for more moderate volume gigs, home, studio, practice and, well, just enjoyment, they have a lot going for them.
Prices include a decent soft gigbag and high-quality and expensive Savarez strings. MusicRadar The No. Home Reviews. Our Verdict. Pros Well-priced, well-made nylon-string with great 'crossover' playability and 'Spanish' sound. Cons There's a slight unbalance to the electro output. Add to Basket. This is what customers who viewed this product bought. Perfect fit. Savarez CJ High Tension. Hannabach MT Medium Tension.
Thomann Classical Guitar Case. Cordoba C5 CE Spruce. Alhambra 3F Flamenco incl. Gig Bag. Thomann Classica Flamenco 1F. Raimundo Model Flamenco. Raimundo Model Palo Santo. Alhambra 2F Flamenco incl. Gewa Pro Arte Flamenco Yellow. Raimundo Model Cypress Flamenco. Alhambra 4F Flamenco incl. Cordoba GK Pro Negra. Alhambra 4P A incl. Rate now. Excellent electro acoustic flamenco guitar. Firstly, a little background I am a luthier with more than 30 years experience, so if my comments seem like I'm nitpicking, it's only because my job is assessing, building and setting up guitars.
Flamenco guitar is a new style for me and it made sense to research and buy a decent intermediate-priced instrument to start with.
The guitar was supplied in Thomann's usual excellent packaging and arrived undamaged. On careful examination, I was able to identify a couple of minor finish flaws and some under-polished lacquer but certainly nothing that was cause for concern. The alignment and fit of the neck was perfect, the tuners properly fitted, frets well seated and for a guitar at this price point I would say that the finish quality was very good - well above average, in fact.
Some of the fret ends were a little sharp and several would clearly benefit from some polishing as roughness could be felt where the strings passed over them. The golpeador did have an air-bubble under it, but this was easily sorted out.
Anyway, I see none of this as negative and would rate the guitar extremely highly at the price paid. Naturally, the guitar needed a few days for the strings to settle in and a few hours playing before evaluating the performance. I have to say, the factory setup was very good indeed. For my own purpose, I knew I would set the action a little lower, deepen and polish the nut slots and perfect the string-to-string balance of the transducer, as well as addressing the issues mentioned in my initial assessment.
In short, everything would fall into a proper professional setup, which I guess many folks buying a guitar online would expect to have done once they had played the instrument for a few weeks.
I wore out the first set of strings and then setup the guitar as described above, on new Savarez high-tension strings. In summary, it plays superbly and, considering it is an electro-acoustic instrument, it has really respectable purely acoustic tone and volume too. Through a decent acoustic amplifier Fishman Loudbox Artist it sounds really good, with great dynamics and that dry, raspy flamenco voicing when you dig into the strings.
If you are thinking of spending this kind of money on a flamenco guitar to use with an amplifier, you should really check out this model. There are several useful performances on YouTube and I would say that they fairly represent the capabilities of this instrument.
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