Cordoba C7 SP Classical Acoustic Nylon String Guitar, Iberia Series

This seems to be a great classical guitar for intermediate players. After playing electric guitar for a few years, I began playing classical guitar 3 years ago. I started with a used Dean Espana solid cedar top guitar with D'Addario Pro Arte normal tension strings. I replaced the nut and saddle with bone ones, and tailored the saddle to optimize the intonation at the 12th fret.I felt it was time to upgrade to the Cordoba C7. I debated whether to get cedar or spruce, and decided on spruce, in part because it was (for whatever reason) going at guitar center, musicians friend, and amazon for the exact same price, which was 30% less than normal. I understand that spruce guitars are supposed to be brighter sounding, with a less boomy bass.The sound is as I thought, but only slightly so. The heavier Savarez Cristal Corum strings reduce the brightness, so for the very high frequencies, it is about the same as my cedar guitar, but the bass is less boomy and more controlled with the actual bass tone gong deeper, but not so loud. What I was most impressed with was the evenness of tone, the precise intonation up and down the neck -- that's good, because there really is no remedy to intonation issues beyond the basic 12th fret adjustment to the saddle. The build quality is amazing. I looks perfect and the setup was great just the way it was. I'm an engineer, and I love to fiddle with the mechanical details of my guitars, but in this case I have not made any adjustments to the saddle, nut, or truss rod. I'm really happy with it the way it is. I think when its time for a change, I may shoot for strings with a tension somewhere between the D'addario normal and Savarez high tension strings -- more research required.

Very happy with my purchase. Great sound, great looks and reasonable price. I was debating between this one and the c10, but decided for this one just so I wouldn’t lose sleep for fear something might happen to it. I’m an intermediate student of classical guitar, this is perfect for my needs. As other reviewers have mentioned, my instructor was also very impressed with the quality for the price.

Let's be clear, if you can afford a luthier- made guitar, get one. For the rest of us, this is a great buy. Cordoba gave it a fantastic tone and a good build. I'm very happy with this purchase and my regular steel string is a Taylor, so that should tell you something when I say I play the Cordoba quite often. I will say the packaging - both from Cordoba and Amazon - suuuuucked. There was no packing material in the box, I have no idea how the guitar was in one piece on arrival. It was sliding around in a box that could have fit 2 guitars. The outside box was all beat up, but somehow the guitar survived without a scratch. Shame on you, Amazon, it's not a toy!

As a beginner with large fingers, I tried a guitar with a standard size “nut”. The strings were too close together for my liking. Although this is a classical guitar with nylon strings, it works MUCH better for me in terms of finger picking and moving between frets.It is very well made and attractive as well. Great guitar!

Guitar came okay but the "carrying bag" was not packaged in the box. Reached out to Amazon to see if they could mail the missing part and mentioned they could not. Now I need to return the entire item because they could not ship out the correct items. Very inconvenient.

Quality construction producing beautiful sound.

The guitar was delivered with minimal packaging, which I found surprising given the price. It was as if it had been previously used. There should have been an outer box and an inner box holding the guitar. Instead, only the inner box was used for shipping, and was significantly damaged when delivered. I question whether this was actually a 'new' guitar or a previous return. While, in theory, the guitar was nice, it had a strong buzz in the lower strings. Given all of this, I regrettably returned the guitar. Very disappointed. I don't think it is a reflection on Cordoba, but rather the retailer that handled the purchase.

Arrived with damage as pictured so returned. Cracked top, damaged fretboard and scuffed sides. Still sounded great and fun to play.

Cordoba C7-CE CD. One of the best guitar in my collection. Finish is second to non. Sound deep and vibrant at the same time. Couldn't be happier. Seller following up quickly after the guitar is shipped. Don't hesitate, you will find the right guitar at the right place.

Gran bel suono e ottima fattura! Quasi assomiglia ad un’acustica! Arrivata con un doppio imballaggio estremamente professionale! Consiglio vivamente la marca! Potete trovare molti video su tutte le chitarre così potrete scegliere ascoltandole prima!!!

Love the professional look and feel (and smell!) rich tones esp bass. Easy to play and gentle on the wrists. Having played Yamaha nylons for many years this is a refreshing and new take on the classical concert guitar. Good at all levels.