CORDOBALuthier C9-CED Classical Nylon Guitar

I'm very happy with this guitar. It arrived just a few days ago. I've been playing a long time but mostly steel string acoustics. This guitar is light and even with the Cristal Corum high tension strings feels very easy on the fingertips I suppose that's part of the allure of nylon. This guitar is beautiful. It shines like glass. The strings were already in tune right out of the case. It's a nice case, form fitting and also light but more protective than a gig bag. This guitar has been sounding better by the day as I acclimate to it. Artificial harmonics are easy to get on this instrument with these strings. Tunes by Sor and Tarrega sound better on this guitar than on acoustic. I would describe this guitar's sound as full, almost chorusy in nature as opposed to super clear. It's a matter of taste and I'm just going with it. You can do things to clarify the sound if you want but sometimes a big wall of sound is what you want. If you have Bridgett Memikides Compendium, the first two studies sound fantastic on this guitar as does the 3rd 'The Guiliani Allegro' which she plays at 100bpm. I play it at something like 55bpm. To me 100bpm shouldn't be humanly possible ! The action was set fairly low but the guitar comes with instructions on how to adjust the truss rod. I won't be doing that any time soon. The guitar should be kept in the case when not in use and at 45-55% humidity and 60-85 degrees Fahrenheit. I've set up a small room humidifier in the room the guitar is stored in to rectify the situation. I turn the humidifier off at night and close the case and the humidity is preserved overnight. I will not zip and unzip the case because eventually the zipper will fail that way. When I need to actually move the guitar I'll be assured of quality transport. I use high heat canola oil to revitalize the fret board and a little Murphy's oil soap solution for the painted waxed sections. Winters are hard on guitars with the low humidity's and fast temperature changes so don't expect your fine solid wood guitar to stay in perfect tune under those extreme conditions. This is a living piece of wood and will expand and contract accordingly. I keep a vibration head stock tuner handy and generally stop playing when the furnace comes on. Once the temperature stabilizes I re-tune and start again. The guitar doesn't fall out by much but by enough and spring will come soon enough and this will then be unnecessary. If anything changes I'll come back and amend but for now I'm living in a fool's paradise over this purchase. Thanks for reading !

The guitar approaches the perfection. It has a high volume, nice tone, a surprising light weight, a really nice look, a nice finish (but I would prefer semi-gloss than gloss). The strings are perfectly adjusted, not too high at the 12th fret, not too low. It comes with a nice case, with a comportement inside for capot and strings (It would be a good idea an outside small comportement for a footrest, little more room for music sheet, and why not, a comportment for a stand. That would be the perfect guitar case !). I am really satisfied. The packing lacked some protection: only a cartoon box over the guitar case. The pack received a shock during transportation which did affect the case (not apparent as the outside case surface is hessian), but the case did protect efficiently the guitar, a real good case. An extra protection over the nice guitar case would be indicated.

I received it after eight days from my order. It is a beautiful and very comfortable guitar to play. The sound is amazing, it is shiny with great finishing. The case that it came with is very protective and beautiful. Absolutely worth the amount of money paid. The workmanship is flawless. The only thing that I have complain about is that every couple of days I need to retune it. Hopefully by passing time, it gets better.

The C9 is a great guitar for the money. Best to use high-tension strings in my opinion. Cordoba has a reputation for making excellent classical guitars that perform well but that are priced reasonably. If you want a louder guitar, then go to the C12. Had mine for about 5 years and still grab it and play it even though I've got the high-end Cordoba Hauser as well.

I really can not believe it. I noticed that one wood frame inside the guitar is broken when I took the guitar out of the nice looking hard case. This guitar looks beautiful, but the quality control is poor.Another problem found in the morning, there is a 3 inch long crack in the wood at the back of guitar.The beautifully looking guitar will go back to Amazon today.Update: I ordered another one. Will update the review later.