I bought the Cordoba Stage 

Thank you for adding unplugged. This is the most important metric when buying a cross over guitar.

Hello, guitar maker here. While nylon guitars traditionally don't need truss rods, some makers may add them for longevity, as even nylon guitars suffer from neck bowing over a long period of time. Since a lot of the setup happens by putting a twist in the fingerboard, if a neck bow happens without a truss rod long into the lifespan of the guitar, it could lead to the guitar needing a neck reset, using a heated metal beam. This process could take weeks if the neck woods are particularly dense and it's not an easy or cheap repair.

I watched this video last week and ordered one immediately. It is awesome. Thank you for putting this together and sharing, Alex.

This is probably the best review of this guitar I have seen. Thank you for a great review!

I have been intrigued by this guitar. Just happened to come across your video, which is really great. I'm buying one! Thanks for all the info!

That's awesome! Thanks brother! I got one today, and found this video. I'm stoked to get it!

Waited ages but I collected a Cordoba Stage from the shop a few days ago. Early days in terms of playing, but it looks fabulous and as far as I can tell it's well put together.

Thank you so much for the review! I just bought the blue burst limited. Guitar Center locally does not have any and showed no interest in having them. So with that said I ordered online. You helped me make that decision. My hats off to you for your generosity.

Dude! I watch a ridiculous number of videos of every instrument I’m interested in. Excellent job! Very well spoken with no fluff. The big question no one before you answered was “how does it sound unplugged.” I like to sit in my lazy boy and play quietly after the family has gone to bed. I had a solid body classical that you could barely hear at all without headphones and a headphone amp. This is at least getting an in person audition for my collection. Thank you.

It'll be a great added and creative tool for you, with its cool range of tones - and for various applications. May it bring a ton of musical inspiration and creation!

Thanks for the specs and sweet playing.

Excellent review, thank you for your honesty. Will be purchasing one soon.

Thanks for that little unplugged moment- I looked at a dozen videos as I’m thinking about buying one and your the first who did an unplugged test. Cheers

This sounds great unplugged!

i will get one super soon. maybe a month. need this for recording FOR REAL. amazing playing and thank you for sharing.

i’m buying one, thanks for the insights and helping me decide on a nylon string to get without waiting for the tim henson signature!

you play 'Arirang' so gracefully. Thank you!

I had being searching for live tone of this guitar with unplugged. Great review and it was very helpful. Thanks. And arirang! It was good too.

Mine should be here in two weeks! So stoked. Great review man

Great review and beautifull playing!!

Really informative demo...thank you!

Awesome video! I've been shopping for a nylon string guitar and this was the main one that caught my eye. Sounds like it's time to pull the trigger. Thank you sir! Liked and subscribed for that.

Well you gone and done it! Convinced me to buy one! My GC actually had two in stock and I put some money down on one until my mandolin sale goes through. Great review!!

just ordered one, can't freaking wait!

Great review Alex. Didn't know about this guitar. I have always liked Cordoba guitars and have one of their GK Studio models. I gig mostly with nylon string guitars playing different fingerstyle arrangements (Earl Klugh style and others). My main guitar is a Takamine TC135, a "crossover" nylon. This Stage model reminds me of the old Gibson Chet Atkins CE model. Will definitely check one of these out and maybe buy. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it.

played one last week and was surprised at how loud it is acoustically

Oh, I was just surprised because I haven't expected hearing Arirang from a guitar review video. And your review is very nice. I guess I try this guitar in a local shop soon.

I ordered mine last night and cannot wait!!

I have this model and i love it. Nice work Cordoba.

I saw one of these at a local shop, and am going back to try out today... THANK YOU ALEX, for a wonderful video review, agree one of the best, and now I have an online source to be able to refer students to you in the future. Re' the beginnings of this type of design, Chet Atkins had one model/per Gibson, which at the time felt to use just a few words "too thick," and an amazing Luthier in Phoenix, named Ron Carrriveau, who developed steel and classical models of what he called the "Eloustic" models. I bought a beautiful steel string that I used on my first guitar album "The Year of the Tiger.".. (Kenn Harris) released on cassette (remember those) in 1986 now remastered from Tape( cut and past was literally cut/splice/paste !!! >Dat>CD 2009>2023 Remastering... now on youtube music, and soon Apple & Spotify etc.in case anyone wants to hear this instrument in action. I had asked Ron to customize the neck thinner and and to make the body more ergonomic. The guitar has 2 humbuckers and an acoustic piezo, and a custom electronic active system specifically designed to service the design, with a selector switch for different combination of pickups, and only a volume nob for each, and one for master volume tone was achieved by dialing in the natural tone of each pickup... the design included a chambered body and bracing to achieve acoustic tones. It was simply brilliant. I call this guitar "the Grey." Although the guitar pre customization that I bought was reviewed Guitar Player, April 2005, it was from a small shop that unfortunately, was not able to achieve commercial scale/success. Ron went back to full time teaching. He should be noted in the history of guitar making as an innovative and great luthier, wonderful human being, and brilliant innovator. Eventually Godin and Taylor with T5, Fender etc... developed their instruments in this evolution. Now Cordova has what seems like a wonderful instrument. Ron Carriveau's bio on line states he "started making guitars full time in 1968 at the Village Luthier, 1922 E. Hedrick St.,Tucson, Arizona . Carriveau also operated as Precision Guitar Works. Carriveau introduced the Eloustic models in the 1980s, these were versatile guitars with both magnetic and piezo pickups mounted on thin lightweight hollow bodies with no sound-hole and a unique transducing brace and bridge system." Thank You Ron & Thank You Alex Kenn Harris

Nice job reviewing!

Very informative, first review I've seen w/pedals.

I LOVE my Cordoba C10. Went thru a bunch before I settled on it. Thinking I might give this a try

Great Demo Thanks

I'm back. I'm so impressed with your brain that I came back to subscribe. Love you man Cliff

Just got a GK studio negra a month ago. Love it. Great quality.

Dude, I just ran into this guitar last Saturday. I play on a Esteves Spanish guitar and was looking for a lighter nylon guitar with a smaller acoustic box knowing that I need to get into this type. I was blown away by the looks and the sound. I confess I have a very primitive knowledge on amplifying and electric guitar sounds and tricks and even less skills but do enjoy trying to learn how to play guitar. You impressed with your skills.

Cool beans. I took up building stringed instruments in my retirement and definitely a nylon electric is on my 'next' list.

Great review!

We've seen the future!! I thought the same thing, "We need a guitar just like this." ESP also made one years back, but it was only available in Japan.

Nice review, really interesting!! Thanks.

Wow so nice and I love cordoba as well I own my gk studio. Yes I like the truss rod helps with the temperatures and or neck relief

I had a c5, beautiful tone! Didn't like the scale length so sold it to a friend. He's actually got talent, so a good use of the universe's resources!

Thank you for this exhaustif explanation

It has a great sound. Thanks.

Dude, how on earth do you only have 2K subs? that is criminal! subbed! great video and now I need one of these...

Great Great really really really great job. Thank you so much.

Thanks for the great video- happily subscribed

Good review and good sound. I Bojght one ready.

If I am not mistaken, the truss rod will make this guitar easier to manage traveling with, as the temperature and humidity changes can still cause issues even though the nylon strings don't exert a lot of force on the neck.

Great video, we’ll thought out and informative!

I want one for fingerstyle, such a cool instrument

Wow, sounds amazing for this type of guitar. Maybe someday :)

This guitar might be a great candidate for some nylon classical guitar IRs (impulse response). Possibly turn a passable nylon sound into a great one that way?

I upgraded to the fusion model 48mm neck! boom! love it even more now on my back knee or standing/jamming...

The more I play mine the more I love it . I did a good investment/ purchase for this and pair it with the lr Baggs venue direct box unit and a perfect combination and sound I am using a harbinger 8 inch powered speaker and with the direct box is perfect sound 🔊

Your a good player. This is the most inspiring video l have seen today.

i want this guitar. i guess i'll build one. it's been on my mind and this is the first review of one that i have seen. i knew it was a good idea! got the planning wheels cranking now.

For sure a trussrod makes a lot of sense also on a nylon stringed guitar ! I wish my other nylons had one. This way one can finetune and adjust the action to ones personal taste independent of the string gauge just like with an electric guitar.

great video wow!

This guitar sounds a lot like the one Chet Atkins used when recording the song Vincent. This was very fun to watch. Looking forward to owning this guitar in the near future.

Thank you for the pedal part. I always wondered what a classical guitar thru a Hendrix rig would sound like if possible. Always thought it’d be cool to combine nuance of nylon string w/ the textures of classic loud electric guitar, working the feedback and sustain and everything. The right person could really make it shine, I think

Chorus just sound really good

The dirty pedals almost give a Jack White vibe. Pretty cool. I think the feedback on the distortion was the multiple mic pickups. I would turn those down/off when using distortion.

Never could get used to the tone of this guitar. Returned it to Sweetwater and bought the Cordoba fusion orchestra instead . Awesome guitar 🎸

I want this guitar so bad. And that Syntax Error pedal gave such Amnesiac or Kid A vibes, it's awesome! Man, it sucks not being able to afford new gear, haha. Now, I wonder what this would sound like fretless. I want to experiment with fretless guitars and I don't know if traditional electrics would work well. It'd be a shame to ruin one of these to attempt it, though, since the neck seems to be set (and thus buying a neck would be impossible). Seeing the price I ABSOLUTELY will pick one up as soon as I'm able to!

Nice overview. I gig with the Goding Multiac Encore and its a great guitar but i'm tempted by one of these. I also have a C10 Parlour which is lovely hence the Cordoba temptation! Iplay with a thumpick trying my best to play Jerry Reed tunes (and failing!) so plugged in nylon is a sound i really like.

Finally, a demo with the unplugged sound. Thank you for a comprehensive review. I dismissed the TH Ibanez because of the lack of body mics.

I was on the fence about this guitar. After watching your video...I just got back from Guitar Center with a blue one! Thank you.

Great job….I want one!😃

I find this instrument to be far more interesting than the Polyphia one tbh. This one has depth and control over your tone while Tim's new one seems to always sound like it's being played through cardboard regardless of the amp.

Kiesel/Carvin has for years. The NS1 is nylon with a standard Jack for amp and a 13 pin Jack you can run midi through a guitar synth.

Chet Adkins was the first dude to play ‘em. He had the builds commissioned cause he was old and they were comfortable to play live for his tv show. Dude had a sense of humor

Antonio Hermosa AH-50. No longer available. Used it as a bass with Savarez Low Octave strings. It had 45 seconds sustain on the low end.

Rondo Music have produced this form of guitar for years for cheap. Their brand is Hadean and had a flamed top. I have a natural top Babilon which is OK for a $150 guitar and I use distortion with it too. But would love to have this one.

This thing with some light chorus would make some great sounding bossa nova

Ibanez just brought out another. But I like the look and sound of this Cordoba. I found this video very useful!

Cordoba is great... a classical guitar bastion. I own 3. Stage, GK Studio, Fusion Orchestra....

Wonderful demo. Highly informative. I have heard some criticism about the intonation. Any opinion on that? Thanks!

Way back in the day the Gibson SST, CE & CEC. Godin and Carvin had thinbody acoustics as well. Niche market that comes and goes.

Great demo. Presumably by turning down the body blend can be used to reduce feedback at high volumes

Wow! You played Arirang? That is Korean traditional song! Thank you for playing, and I feel proud that I am Korean.

Nylon vibrations hover holy spruce, redwood, cedar ... romancing all the tones a shy guitar pluck really needs ... may join the band after all. Nice!! Am looking forward to hear how others share what Charlie Byrd, Willie Nelson, Sabicas, Fernando, Segovia, Girl from Ipanema, plus many others, heard, unheard, loved, unloved have kept humble in life to go unspoiled for some time. Though electric avenues may not carry the tradation in a classical sense, it may fill a hole that just might not mind pluggin us into deep, if luck is enough. It may indeed have been the room, however FIshman I too recently have learned very well compliment acoustics with acoustics amped for pleasure. Either way, you seem well adsjusted and much content with the classical sounds. Thank you for sharing!

I just ordered the Tim Henson Sig yesterday, Been looking for an Acoustic-Electric lately. I first learned on a classical nylon guitar, plus with the hype I was sold immediately. Then I found this one today & now im considering cancelling and getting this one instead lol. I love the warmth & fullness of this one. I worry Tim's may not quite stand up to it in that sense. Everything Tim & Scott have played on them sounds amazing, but then again it's Tim & Scott. Playing God & Tim's RU-vid videos with it aren't really focused on the "Proper" classical music/tone. I feel like its more sharp than it is warm. That might be enough to turn me off of it. It would be nice to get a proper review with more classical playing first, but then I worry not being able to get it at the street price after the pre-order ends before regular people start posting reviews.

I just picked one of these up over the TOD10N because of your video ^_^ 💚

So after a bit of searching it came to my surprise that there've been a lot of these around, all not very expensive too! Cort makes one, so does Harley Benton, then there's this one called Angel Lopez which I'm getting. Then you have the more expensive Yamaha and Godin obviously. You also have a few much harder to find ones like LTD makes one and Epiphone apparantly did? And then there's the old Gibson Chet Atkins.

Nice review...

I wonder if it compares to fender cn-140 sce , which one superior + how those playability to play classical compositon ? Your answers would be very helpfull, thank you guys

The Fishman sounding great is no surprise. My electric-acoustics all sound amazing through my Loudbox Mini Charge.

Conratz! Lovely guitar, the Fishman and 'body sensor' pair seem like a great pair. Will check one out - I think some stock arrived here in HK recently. I have played a Sadowsky Electric Nylon since 1992 - another name to add to the Godin / Ibanez list of options. Cheers.

Very nice!

Sounds like you can play around and practice with it unplugged? How does it sound unplugged in person compared to regular classical in terms of timbre? Thx for wonderful video - your enthusiasm is infectious :). And you called the Tim Hanson special! 😀

Not a finger stylist and do not play nylon guitar .......however...... I can find myself playing a guitar like this . Think Cordorba has another winner with this one. Thanks for the review ! 👍👍👍

You sound terrific.

I believe the neck joint is at the 14 fret which is great (instead of the 12 fret of a classical guitar)

Thanks for the great review. I own a Cort Sunset Nylon that is very similar to this Cordoba, but it's on the market several years ago. The Cort has a simple piezo, without the body transducer and the sound is more dry and quaky. Of course, it's cheaper. I'm about to buy the Cordoba.

There are a lot of solid body nylon strings but not many chambered or semi hollow options. I think that's what you meant.

Well, you could go back to the Chet Atkins solid body classical guitar. I think they came out in the 80’s. I don’t think they have made them in a while, but they had a stage version and a studio version. These were the first. I am glad to see someone coming back to this concept.

😮 It's the perfect guitar for me, I need to buy it

I want this guitar for playing flamenco and Latin jazz and Spanish music and I find it perfect for that. And after what I saw sir you played a mean guitar. I love to play guitar and jam I have a bugera ac-60 acoustic amp and can't wait to play the guitar when I get one to gig with.