The Fusion 12 Rose Cutaway Nylon-String acoustic-electric is a guitar that embodies construction elements of traditional design along with modern styling, playability, and electronics for an instrument that is sure to please players of many musical paths. Classic features include a beautiful solid rosewood top, rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard, fan bracing, slotted headstock, bone nut and saddle, wood inlaid ring-style rosette, and Der Jung silver tuning machines with ebony buttons.
Modern features include a 19-fret ebony fingerboard with 12 frets open, a cutaway body style for full fingerboard access, narrow 1-7/8" nut width with a thin steel-string neck shape, and Fishman Presys blend electronics that give you the freedom to play at any venue.
Comes with a Cordoba Polyfoam case.
Style: cutaway acoustic-electric nylon string
Top: solid Indian rosewood
Back and sides: Indian rosewood
Binding: Indian rosewood
Bridge: Indian rosewood
Purfling: double maple and ebony top
Finish: natural high gloss finish
Neck: mahogany
Fingerboard: ebony
Nut and saddle: bone
Bracing: fan pattern
Tuning machines: Der Jung silver tuning machines with ebony buttons
Strings: Savarez Corum Alliance high tension
Electronics: Fishman Presys Blend preamp
Case: Cordoba polyfoam case
SPECIFICATIONS
Fusion 12 Rose Acoustic-Electric Nylon String Classical Guitar
Scale length: 25.5", (650mm)
Fingerboard radius: 16"
Nut width: 1 7/8" (48mm)
Number of frets: 12 to body, 19 total
Body width at lower bout: 14.75", (375mm)
Body length 39.5", (1,003mm)
Body depth: upper bout: 3.7" (95mm), lower bout: 3.9" (100mm)
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and failures. This plan covers your product for one, two, three or up to five years from your date of purchase, costs just pennies per day and gives you a
complete "no-worry" solution for protecting your investment.
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Unexpected and unintentional spills, drops and cracks
Normal wear and tear
Power surges
Dust, internal heat and humidity
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For products over $200, No Lemon Policy applies. If it fails for the same defect 3 times, it is replaced on the 4th breakdown. (Does not apply to failures due to drops, spills, and cracks)
For products under $200 experiencing the above failures, a Custom Guitar's Friend gift card will be issued for the full price of the product + tax.
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I have 2 other Cordobas and I love how full their tone and playability are - their necks are considerably thinner (from fretboard to back of the neck - not nut width) than most nylon string guitars making faster playing easier for me. So you can say I was a fan before purchasing my Fusion Rose 12.
The Fusion line caught my eye for two reasons: the radiused fretboard with a slightly thinner nut width and the Fishman Presys Blend function (on the higher tier models like Rose & Orchestra) that has a microphone and a piezo pickup that can be blended to get a sound truer to the tone of the guitar unamplified. The plunky and thin sound of the piezo is harder to warm up, but with the blended mic, you can easily get the right combination that cuts through the mix or gives a full sound spectrum for solo performances.
I was worried about buying one sight unseen, but I am completely happy with my purchase of the Rose 12 as it is easier to play for players used to electrics or steel strings because of the thinner nut (and the forementioned thinner neck). Another nice feature is the fret markers go past the 9th fret to the 12th and 15th frets, where on the C5 models there are only markers on 5th, 7th and 9th. This keeps me better oriented when playing leads.
One of the other things about Cordobas that I have noticed is they set the action super low on most of their guitars and to get a more classical sound, I have had to raise the bridge saddle to keep that muting buzz that flamenco guys love from keeping the sustain I need for some classical pieces. The Fusion is set just right with no need for adjustment and it has a slight radius as well.
If you are on the market for a nylon string guitar to get the sounds the steel strings just can't do, this guitar is worth looking into if you aren't a fan of the typical baseball bat thick necks that most Classical and Flamenco guitars have. This guitar is beautiful and has great sound plugged in and unplugged! If you want a fantastic crossover guitar, this is it!
Cordoba Fusion 12 Rose Acoustic-Electric Nylon String Classical Guitar Natural
.Great guitar, it looks amazing- the pictures don't do it justice. If you have bad technique you'll get a little bit of a fret buzz. Its only on the low E and A strings- probably through the 4th or 5th fret. I've readjusted, raised the bridge a little and playing with both tightening and loosening the truss rod and I can't get it perfect, thought it is better. If you have good technique(fingers close to the fret on the fret board) it sound great, but if you're on the back half of the fret and playing louder than feels natural for the guitar it'll buzz a little. All in all really good though.
Cordoba Fusion 12 Rose Acoustic-Electric Nylon String Classical Guitar Natural
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