Product Description

The 45FM is a lightweight flamenco guitar built for the guitarist seeking the authentic flamenco sound or the bright and percussive tone of a Spanish-nylon-flamenco-style guitar. With a flattened neck angle and lightweight construction, the 45FM has low string action up and down the neck for quick runs and a snappy, responsive tone. Comes with a HumiCase Protege.

Body Body type:Flamenco Cutaway:No Top wood:SolidEuropeanSpruce Back & sides:Sycamore Bracing pattern:Spanish fan Body finish:High GlossPolyurethane Orientation:Right handed Neck Neck shape:Traditional Classical Nut width:2.04 in. (52 mm) Fingerboard:Ebony Neck wood:SpanishCedar Scale length:25.6 in. Number of frets:19 Neck finish:High Gloss Electronics Pickup/preamp:No Brand:Not applicable Configuration:Not applicable Preamp EQ:Not applicable Feedback filter:Not applicable Tuner:Not applicable Other Headstock overlay:Indian Rosewood Tuning machines:Cordoba Premium Gold Bridge:Indian Rosewood Saddle & nut:Bone Number of strings:6-string Special features:None Case:Hardshell Case Accessories:None Country of origin:Info not available

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This guitar was shipped internationally and arrived safely and quite fast too. It was used and labelled as level 2. At first I could not find any imperfections at all but after a very careful examination I found two small indentations in the binding of the lower bout where I rest my right arm. Apart from that, I had to remove a small amount of green substance from the inner lining of the sound hole (not mould-probably some remnant of the polishing). There were also quite a few excess glue spots on the inside of the guitar and the frets could do with a little work but these are minor flaws that don't affect the performance.

The sound is of course very subjective but I found it pleasing with that punchy snare-drum quality on the trebles when played hard. The sustain is short as expected from a flamenco model. It seems to intonate reasonably well after changing to a fresh set of strings. So far I have only used a set of D'Addario Flamencos but they worked very well.

I think this Cordoba i a good choice for the player that want that distinctive short sustain flamenco sound. The is of course a good choice for flamenco but could also work well in world music, latin styles and some classical pieces depending on your personal sound preference.

There are a lot of flamenco guitars available online in this price range. As there few or none flamenco guitars to try in my part of the country (Sweden) I went with a quite extensive online research and settled on the Cordoba because of the consistently positive reviews. There is a China-made Cordoba with solid back and sides available in the same price range, which some players consider an important plus. Others argue that there are no difference. Anyway, I liked the sound of the laminate b/s better and I think it was a little less money som I went with that.
Cordoba 45FM Acoustic Nylon String Flamenco Guitar
.It's a little heavy for a flamenco guitar but it sounds great!
Cordoba 45FM Acoustic Nylon String Flamenco Guitar
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